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October, 2009

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Kenya: Transforming sports coverage through blogs

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Written by Richard Wanjohi · Sub-Saharan Africa

The last 10 years has seen an explosion of sorts in sports coverage across the continent. The now famous SuperSport is an African powerhouse in pay TV for satellite users and subscribers. This has given Africa and indeed most states a platform to be able to showcase their best. Bloggers have also joined the coverage of sports in Africa as as Richard Wanjohi shows in this article.

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China: Nobel Dream

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Written by Andy Yee · East Asia

This month, the Chinese press and online forums are saturated with coverage of Charles Kao’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Yet another overseas Chinese scientist has snatched the prestigious prize, this temporary moment of shared glory is quickly turned into a more profound question: when would China produce its first indigenous Nobel Prize winner?

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Cambodia: Award honors sex slavery survivor

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Written by Chhunny Chhean · East Asia

Sina Vann from Cambodia is an activist with the Somaly Mam Foundation helping fellow survivors of slavery as well as those still working in brothels. For her work, she was honored with the Frederick Douglass Award.

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Mexico: The Internet as a Necessity, not a Luxury

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Written by Issa Villarreal · Latin America

An increase in taxes was approved by the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, including an special tax for Internet and cable services prompting online protests saying that the Internet is a necessity, and not a luxury.

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21 October 2009

Brazil: The challenge of hosting a worthwhile Olympic Games

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Written by Thiana Biondo · Latin America

Brazilians highlight the problems that the country will have to deal with before the 2016 Olympic Games with wry humor, hoping that organizers will learn from the mistakes made during the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio.

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Namibia: Introducing Namibia election bloggers

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Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Namibia will hold presidential and national assembly elections on 27 and 28 November 2009. A number of Namibian journalists will use blogs to report and monitor the elections. We are introducing these new election bloggers to you.

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