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February, 2010

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Stories from February, 2010

6 February 2010

Macedonia: Online Rebellion Against “Skopje 2014″ Plan

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

After years of veiled announcements, media manipulation and bureaucratic dodging of requests for transparency, accountability and citizen participation, the government finally came out with a plan to litter the center of the Macedonian capital with a number of new monuments and buildings. Filip Stojanovski reviews the netizens' reactions.

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Westerners need self-reflection before criticizing China

Written by Andy Yee · East Asia

In an afterword to the 2006 edition of The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama depicted a possible scenario of world politics: the victory of an authoritarian...

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5 February 2010

Jamaica, Caribbean: Tributes to Rex Nettleford, 1933-2010

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

The late Rex Nettleford — scholar, dancer, choreographer — who died on 2 February, was a cultural icon in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Bloggers pay tribute to "a quintessential Caribbean man" and consider his intellectual legacy.

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Argentina: The Controversy Over Ex-President Kirchner's Purchase of Currency

Written by Jorge Gobbi · Latin America

The recent news about the purchase of two million dollars by the former President Néstor Kirchner back in October 2008, at a time when the international financial crisis was beginning, has generated a lot of impact in the media, blogs, and social networks

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Haiti: Russian Interpol Officer Blogs About Disaster

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe, Caribbean

A Russian Interpol officer in Haiti shares his accounts of the disaster and its aftermath on his blog.

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4 February 2010

Ukraine: “If Google Were a State-Owned Company…”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

A Lviv-based blogger mocks Ukrainian state bureaucracy and red tape, describing what it would take to do a Google search if Google were a Ukrainian state-owned company. Most readers find the parody hilarious, albeit a bit scary and a bit sad - because is is so close to truth.

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Updates from February, 2010

18 February 2010

Japan

Matt Alt translated a diagram that shows the exaggerated schedules of a “normal” person versus that of a “NEET” (Not Employed, in Education, or Training).

• Tomomi Sasaki

Uganda

“A pastor seeking to bolster Uganda’s anti-gay laws which already make homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment screened gay porn in a packed Kampala church Wednesday in a bid to drum up support,” writes Frethought Kampala.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ghana

Listen to Ghanaian guitarist Koo Nimo: “Ghana’s guitar treasure Koo Nimo has the air, it’s been well said, of an “Ashanti Segovia, proud of his heritage and of the instrument he has adopted.” He also reminds you immediately of the cellist Yo-Yo Ma.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ghana

Part III of Chris Lydon podcast series, Ghana Speaking: “We are making the full village rounds here in Aburanza, near Cape Coast, with a strong-minded, strong-willed modern chief. From furniture works to dress-making class to palm-nut oil pots, Dr. Kofi Sam is barking out variations on his evangelical theme…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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