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29 June 2009

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Stories from 29 June 2009

Ecuador: State Contracts With President's Brother Raise Concerns

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Contracts between the state petroleum company and several private companies raised some eyebrows when it was discovered that the brother of current president Rafael Correa was a member of some of the private enterprises. Even though Fabricio Correa has been emphatic that the contracts were won legally, it is still causing the government to look bad.

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Ghana: New Media in the Hands of Young Ghanaians

Written by Gayle Pescud · Sub-Saharan Africa

Operated by young people, for young people, YPWC exploits new media to create links with like-minded individuals and organisations around the world to enhance opportunities for young people here in Ghana.

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Israel: would Israeli grassroots support harm the Iranian uprising?

Written by Carmel L. Vaisman · Middle East & North Africa

In the past two weeks Israelis were following the tweets coming out of Iran with excitement, but divided on the issue of participation in the twitter revolution. Carmel Vaisman brings us the debate..

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Grimaces of education in Kazakhstan

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

From June 01 to June 10 school graduates in Kazakhstan were undergoing Unified National Test (UNT) - the first and one of the most important tests in their lives. As...

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Morocco: Celebrating the First Female Mayor of Marrakesh

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

The Moroccan elections of two weeks ago brought surprising results and were received with mixed reactions, as Hisham pointed out in this post. One such result was the election of...

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Honduras: Zelaya Arrested and Removed as President

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The day started across Honduras with news that President Mel Zelaya was arrested in his home by armed soldiers on the same day of a controversial referendum. Days earlier, Zelaya had removed the head of the Armed Forces. Reactions ranged from calling the situation a coup d'état to those who saw the move as the only way to stop Zelaya's attempts to run for an additional term.

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Updates from 29 June 2009

Bulgaria

A Fistful of Euros writes about Agim Ceku and his arrest and release in Bulgaria last week.

• Veronica Khokhlova

India

Kalsoom at CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan highlights the bond between the India-Pakistan Tennis duo Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi and Prakash Armitraj who are playing together in the Wimbledon. They are one of the finest examples of citizen diplomacy in promoting goodwill and improving perceptions between the two nations.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

Unheard Voice blog discusses the sacking of seven army officers in Bangladesh and comments: “If army is not kept above political partisanship or at the least not perceived to be above partisanship, we will have a high price to pay in future — just like we have a paid a high price for destroying some of our other institutions in the past.”

• Rezwan

Russia

LJ user Vaziani tells about [RUS] how the local Voronezh communists have wallpapered the city with huge pictures of Joseph Stalin in commemoration of the 22 June 1941 attack on the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Taiwan (ROC)

Andrew from Feast Meets West interviewed Rose Huang, the most-followed twitterer in Taiwan, in his radio show on RTI.

• Portnoy Zheng

Russia

Eternal Remont discusses the Russian government's current crackdown on the country's casinos and gambling industry.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Czech Republic

Czechmatediary recounts the end of the Czech presidency of the European Union, finalising it with a big street party.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Albania

Albanian Blogger comments on the 2009 general elections in Albania.

• Vilhelm Konnander

India

Gargi at POV celebrates the rains which have come late this monsoon season. She reminds us that: “the link that India has to rains, is much like the colder nations of the North have towards Spring. A lot of our mental and physical well being is linked to it raining and raining well.”

• Rezwan