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April, 2009

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Stories from April, 2009

23 April 2009

Kuwait: Blackberry Lunches, Arab Sex Talk and Election Responsibility Plea

Written by Amer Al-Hilal · Middle East & North Africa

From the censorship of video games to discussions about Kuwait's upcoming parliamentary elections on May 16, the Kuwaiti blogosphere offers a mixed bag this week. Also in this post, by Amer Al Hilal, a concern raised by a Kuwaiti female blogger about Arab women talking about sex in public.

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Kazakhstan: Cadres decide everything

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

“Cadres decide everything” - this expression of Josef Stalin is widely quoted by the Kazakhstanis when they discuss new appointments in the government, which usually doesn't feature much new faces,...

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Indian Elections ‘09: Where The Shoe Pinches

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

When Muntadhar al-Zaidi hurled his shoes at the then US President George Bush, little did he know that his method of getting a point across would soon become viral across...

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Jordan: Beyond Stereotypes

Written by Mohammad Azraq · Middle East & North Africa

How to get past stereotypes and the future of the relationship between Denmark and the Arab and Muslim worlds was the centre of discussions at an event organised by the Danish Embassy in Amman. Mohammad Azraq, who attended the programme, picks up on this story and more in this round up of Jordanian blogs.

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Guatemala: Collaborative Publishing of the Book TRANS 2.0

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

In celebration of World Book Day, Guatemalan author and blogger Julio Serrano asked 50 of his friends and readers to publish different parts of his book TRANS 2.0 on their blogs. This new publishing project brings together enthusiasts of literature from all over the world to participate in this open license initiative.

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Australians divided by Durban II boycott

Written by Kevin Rennie · Australia

The decision by the Rudd government of Australia to boycott the United Nations Conference on Racism in Durban was a controversial one. GV author Kevin Rennie gathers reactions of Australian bloggers.

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Updates from April, 2009

28 April 2009

Armenia

Unzipped says joke of the day in Armenia is news that the Armenian Revolutionary Federation — Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) are now calling themselves an opposition political party. Having left the ruling coalition government yesterday in protest at talk of possible reconciliation between estranged neighbors Armenia and Turkey, the blog says that the nationalist party is out of touch with reality.

• Onnik Krikorian

Cuba

“Hasn’t it been said already—by enough voices—that the requirement for permission to leave and enter Cuba has to be repealed?”: Generation Y wants to know “What more has to happen to stop them from hijacking this right from us?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bermuda

Vexed Bermoothes is disappointed in his Premier's performance at the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas: “I wish he had stuck to working for Bermudians’ benefit rather than playing cheerleader for the discredited TCI administration.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch is not pleased with recent developments in his home country: “Have criminals become so hardened that they wage war on children now?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Saint Lucia

Repeating Islands reports that the race for the prestigious position of the Oxford Professor of Poetry has become “decidedly unpoetic”.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Saint Lucia

As members of the civil service take strike action in St. Lucia, Sun Rain Or… says: “It would be a welcome change is if St. Lucians found the time and impetus not to go back to inaction in between this and the next crisis.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Peru

Isabel Guerra writing at Living in Peru provides an overview of a recent case of discrimination and racism by the local newspaper “Correo” for mocking the the indigenous congresswomen Hilaria Supa for her poor proficiency of Spanish. When in fact, she never attended school and Spanish is her second language. Others have come to Supa's defense saying that she represents millions of Peruvians like her.

• Juan Arellano

Brazil: Communities in Rio Blame Olympics for Evictions

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