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October, 2009

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Stories from October, 2009

7 October 2009

Cambodia: BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009

More than 800 tech-inclined Cambodians gathered at the second annual BarCamp Phnom Penh on October 3-4, 2009 at Paññasastra University of Cambodia.

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USA: New campaign to “Restore Fairness” to deportation proceedings

Written by Hoa Quach · North America

A new online campaign by the human rights organization Breakthrough is asking lawmakers to "Restore Fairness" to deportation proceedings of immigrants in the United States.

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6 October 2009

Mexico: Reactions to Drug Decriminalization Law

Written by Issa Villarreal · Latin America

In the midst of the AH1N1 virus paranoia, the Mexican government approved the Ley de Narcomenudeo that decriminalizes drug consumption in small dosages. Now, 5 months later, many are wondering if any of its intended changes have been met.

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Russia: Anna Politkovskaya's Memorial Rally Announced

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated on Oct. 7, 2006. On Wednesday, people will gather in Moscow to pay tribute to her and other slain journalists and activists. Some bloggers, however, aren't too sensitive when discussing the upcoming event.

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Japan: Reactions to Tokyo's Olympic Bid (Part Two)

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia, Latin America

What does the Japanese blogosphere and Twitterverse have to say about Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Olympics? Part Two introduces some reactions after Rio won the bid.

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5 October 2009

Costa Rica: Ex President sentenced to 5 years of prison for corruption charges

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Costa Rica's expresident Calderon sentenced to 5 years in prison for corruption charges, with many citizens hanging on to every word of the verdict through streaming, twitter and blogs.

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Updates from October, 2009

22 October 2009

Bahrain

Bahraini Ali Abdulemam needs a T-shirt. He doesn't know where to get to from.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Algeria

The Maghreb region is not being given prominent coverage in the Press, complains Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door.

• Amira Al Hussaini

China

Joyceyland comments on the Reporter without borders‘ release on press freedom index. The blogger is surprised by the ranking of mainland China #168.

• Oiwan Lam

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

If the majority of Puerto Rico's crime comes from the island's reputation as a drug smuggling transshipment point, Dondequiera suggests having “the travel and shipping authorities change Puerto Rico to become an International destination…that way, all of the travelers going between Puerto Rico and the United States would be forced to comply with the rules and procedures of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas

Repeating Islands acknowledges the passing of “Bahamian self-taught international artist Amos Ferguson”, who passed away “after a long battle with dementia.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

21 October 2009

Russia

Profy reports on Amazon Kindle's “international expansion”: “This decision is obviously good at least because I personally don’t like any limitations and opening yet another window to the huge Russian market is hopefully a wise decision for Amazon. […] At the same time I myself suspect that the vast majority of the population of Russia has no idea what Kindle is at all and have never heard the name. What’s even worse, I have strong doubts that there are enough people here who would want to read their books or magazines electronically - let alone English-language titles.”

• Veronica Khokhlova