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4 March 2010

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Stories from 4 March 2010

Armenia-Turkey: US Congressional panel adopts Genocide resolution

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

In what turned out to be a nail-biting vote, the US congressional House Foreign Affairs Committee today voted on a non-binding resolution recognizing the massacre and deportation of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide. Outside observers live-tweeted the vote.

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Sudan: Is ICT all it's cracked up to be?

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Financial Times recently reported that a multimillion dollar World Bank plan to supply Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, with computers and Internet access has fallen through. The news forces the question: is the hype surrounding information and communication technology (ICT) justified?

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USA: March 4 Day of Action to Defend Education

Written by Gina Cardenas · North America

The March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Education is underway at several United States universities. Students are protesting against tuition fee hikes and racism, and for free publicly-funded education.

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India: The Battle Of Rin vs. Tide

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

In India a recent advertisement on TV openly comparing between rival detergent brands caused an uproar in the blogosphere with bloggers discussing about rivalry, fair competition and ethics.

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Peru: New Floods in Cusco Region

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

When it was believed that the disaster situation caused by rains and flooding in Cusco, Peru and surrounding areas had gotten better, on March 1st strong rains once again caused the overflow another river.

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Kazakhstan: Bloggers Discuss Olympian Results

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Kazakhstan's performance at the Vancouver Winter Games was pretty humble with the only silver medal won by Elena Krustaleva in the women’s 15km biathlon. Elena is from Russia and until...

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Poland: Students Suing Former Minister of Education

Written by Magda Pilat · Eastern & Central Europe

Last year, two Wroclaw students signed a petition asking the headmaster to remove religious symbols from their school building - but he refused. The minister of education called these students "spoiled brats" - and they are suing him now. Magda Pilat reports on Polish bloggers' reactions.

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Updates from 4 March 2010

Russia

The Russian Internet grew 37 percent in 2009 and now consists of more than two and a half million domain names, said Andrey Kolesnikov, director of the National Domain Coordination Center.

• Vadim Isakov

Russia

Every third Russian family has an access to the Internet, a new Russian telecommunication market research by Gfk showed. According to Lenta.ru, Moscow has the biggest Internet penetration rate of 52 percent, while the Russian Far East region has the lowest penetration rate of 21 percent.

• Gregory Asmolov

Pakistan

Spring Of Autumn lists a series of problems associated with the current public transport of Karachi and urges the authorities to hear their plights.

• Rezwan

Pakistan

“It is hard to be on Facebook and avoid Farmville. It’s Global addiction,” comments Hina Safdar at Chowrangi Blog while discussing the popularity of the online Facebook game app.

• Rezwan

India

Blogadda compiles the reactions of some Twitter users on the recent scandal of Swami Nithyananda, a Karnataka based spiritual leader.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

A whale entangled with a latch of fishing net on its tail fins was seen by a tourist group in the Swatch-of-No-Ground (SONG) of Bay or Bengal, the largest submarine canyon on the Bangladesh shelf. Kewkradong urges for a cumulative action to save the life of the wounded whale.

• Rezwan