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27 August 2009

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Stories from 27 August 2009

Hong Kong: “Compensated Dating” and the use of Pejoratives

The life imprisonment of the “girl butcher” might have halted the case against “compensated dating” in Hong Kong for a while, but what have Hong Kong people learned from the...

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Iraq: Death Of Shi'ite Leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives), died of lung cancer on August 26 in Tehran, Iran. His death is expected to have repercussions for politics in Iraq. Bloggers around the region have responded to the news.

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Japan: What to do with “Media Arts”

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

For a nation working to capitalize its “soft power”, what is the role of anime and manga culture in governmental policies? The official answer is that anime, manga and digital...

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Bangladesh: Mourning Senator Edward Kennedy

Written by Rezwan · South Asia, North America

Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009), the second most senior member of the US Senate, died of cancer last Tuesday. Bloggers recall him as a true friend of Bangladesh and explain why Bangladeshis will remember him forever.

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Ecuador: The Frustrations of Being a Writer

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Being a writer in Ecuador can be frustrating. Whether it is the lack of books available or how politicians use cultural events to spread their message, many authors just want their work to reach their readers.

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Updates from 27 August 2009

Russia

Poemless writes about Nikita Mikhalkov's 12, a Russian re-make of Twelve Angry Men.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Japan

A Tsukuba Express train driver fell asleep at the wheel and was reported by a customer who used his cell phone to film the driver's slumber. While many bloggers expressed relief that this didn't cause an accident, ruhiginoue wonders why the line needs drivers [ja] when it's equipped with an automatic train operation system (ATO) and blogger a205750un asks if there's something in the electromagnetic rays that induces sleepiness [ja].

• Tomomi Sasaki

Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed, a Member of Parliament, writes in his blog how and why he initiated a motion in the Maldives parliament pointing out the need to make sure that the recently proposed Defense arrangement with India conforms to the Maldivian constitution and has the prior approval of the parliament.

• Rezwan

Bahamas

Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas takes issue with an article in a Jamaican newspaper which laments the fact that the country “now has to pay the piper (IMF)”, saying: “Of course I am no fan of the IMF, but to suggest that a country ignore its debt is simply irresponsible…it is Jamaica's voracious appetite for government spending that caused the equally prodigious borrowing that has placed them in their current dilemma.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco