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August, 2009

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Stories from August, 2009

7 August 2009

Egypt: TE-Data Fair Usage Policy

Egyptian Internet service provider TE-Data started applying what it calls a "Fair Usage Policy," without prior warning. Bloggers and Twitter users react in this post by Tarek Amr.

Pakistan: Karachi Tweet Up 2009

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Google and CIO Pakistan have recently organized a tweet up, gathering more than 80 bloggers and Microbloggers at the Royal Rodale in Karachi. The unprecedented event intended to engage bloggers in active discussion regarding social media.

6 August 2009

Dominican Republic: Doctors on Strike

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Doctors from the Dominican public health system have been on strike calling for a salary increase. However, the protest leave many wondering whether this is adversely affecting low-income families.

India: Manipur Erupts Over A Murder

The Indian state of Manipur is reeling after pictures of Chingkham Sanjit, an unarmed 27-year old, being shot and killed by the police surfaced earlier this week. Indian Twitter users react to this incident.

United Kingdom: Asylum seekers telling their stories

More and more refugee organizations are using online social media and asylum seekers' own words in their advocacy work and outreach to donors.

Kazakhstan: Economics and blogs

Megakhuimyak talks about the models of social behavior of the Kazakhstani citizens… [ru]: People of the Third World countries specifically like to spend their money to show off, especially, when...

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