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8 May 2009

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Stories from 8 May 2009

Kuwait: Election Drama, Filthy Clinics and Domestic Abuse

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

Salutations from Kuwait! Amer Al-Hilal here with another round-up from the Kuwaiti blogosphere, ranging from posts concerning after shocks of Swine Flu, to embarrassing official printing gaffes, to the humanitarian plight of the domestic workers and much more.

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Central & Eastern Europe: Swine Flu (aka “California 0409”)

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Below are some of the Central and Eastern Europe bloggers' reactions to news reports on swine flu and measures taken by some of the governments to keep the disease from spreading to their countries.

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Talking to Jamaican writer and blogger Marlon James

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

An interview with Jamaican novelist Marlon James, who has been blogging about books, music, culture and other matters since May 2006.

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Myanmar: Rogue Wind Blasted through Mandalay City

Written by tan · East Asia

On May 6 a rogue wind blasted through Mandalay, the third capital city of Myanmar. GV author Tan translates a blog post written by a Burmese blogger who witnessed the damage caused by the freak wind.

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Updates from 8 May 2009

Bangladesh

On the 148th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the greatest poet of Bengal, An Ordinary Citizen explores the versatility of the talented Nobel Laureate. He was a poet, visual artist, playwright, novelist, educationist, social reformer, nationalist, business-manager and composer.

• Rezwan

India

Rajesh Jain at Emergic comments on the performance of the low cost airlines of India: “the air travel experience is now much more consumer-friendly.”

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India

Offstumped published an analysis of the 3rd and 4th phases of Indian Elections 2009.

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Afghanistan

Syrian blogger Omar, who is based in Canada, wonders what would have happened had Osama bin Laden apologised after the September 11 attacks: “[O]ver 100 Afghani civilians died in an accidental “strike” (a soft word for bombing). What does Clinton do? Well she apologizes, she just release a statement saying that she’s “deeply, deeply sorry.” That should patch things up with family members who are left grieving over their loved ones.”

• Amira Al Hussaini