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2 November 2009

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French Caribbean: “La Toussaint”

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Written by Fabienne Flessel · Caribbean

In the French-speaking Caribbean, celebrating "La Toussaint", All Saints' and All Souls' Days, are as much an opportunity for family reunions as the Christmas season is. Here is a review of what the blogosphere says about it this year...

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Iran: Free Hossein Derakhshan

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Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

On the one-year anniversary of the arrest of controversial Iranian blogger Hossein Derakshan, his compatriots launch a campaign to keep the issue of his detention alive.

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Egypt: El Koshary launched

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Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

A new sarcastic news website has been launched in Egypt. El Koshary, dubbed as Egypt's most reliable news service, has been welcomed by bloggers.

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Guyana: Outrage at Police Torture Allegations

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

Following a Kaieteur News report on the alleged torture of a 14-year-old boy by members of the Guyana police force, bloggers in Guyana and elsewhere in the Caribbean express shock and outrage.

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Malawi: Another School Drop-Out Engineering Genius

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Written by Steve Sharra · Sub-Saharan Africa

On October 14th the Malawi Police Service arrested a school drop-out and engineering genius, a 21 year-old Gabriel Kondesi for owning and operating a radio station in Soza Village in the southern district of Mulanje, without a licence from the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA).

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Nigeria: Bloggers debate Nigeria's negative image

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Written by Eremipagamo Amabebe · Sub-Saharan Africa

It's well known that Nigeria has an image problem – 419 Internet scams, corruption, oil piracy in the Delta region – for many people, these are the associations that come to mind when Africa's most populous country is mentioned.

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