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Stories from 10 March 2010

Bulgaria: CME Buys Bulgaria's Most Watched TV Channel

Written by Ruslan Trad · Eastern & Central Europe

Ruslan Trad reports on the recent sale of bTV, one of the most popular TV channels in Bulgaria, to Central European Media Enterprises.

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Middle East: Mourning the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, has died at age 81. Reactions to his death have varied from mourning to critical recollections of his many controversial fatwas.

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Chile: Earthquake Reveals Social Inequalities

Written by Felipe Cordero · Latin America

The quick burst of lawlessness that ensued after the February 27 earthquake in Chile sparked a national debate about the existing social and economic inequalities in the country.

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Ecuador: Guayaquil Demands Greater Budget Allocation

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

The municipal government of Guayaquil, Ecuador, recently held a "March for Dignity" demanding greater budget allocation from the central government. However, it was also an opportunity for its Mayor, Jaime Nebot, to take on a more visible political opposition to the President.

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Azerbaijan: Confusion over Internet problems with Azadliq site

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

In the past few days in Azerbaijan, some users have complained that many sites, including Yahoo Mail, Gmail and Facebook, were inaccessible. When one news site was affected, however, some Internet users feared the worst.

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China: Do Chinese people live with dignity?

Written by Robert Woo · East Asia

China’s top leader has made a historic statement regarding human rights and human dignity which has posed both doubts and meaningful questions. During this year's Spring Festival, China's Premier Wen Jiabao made the unusually phrased statement that his government vowed to "make Chinese people more dignified".

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Updates from 10 March 2010

Russia

Israpil Shovhalov and Abdulla Duduev, two journalists of the “Dosh” online magazine were kidnapped on March 9, 2010 in the Republic of Ingushetia, one of the most unstable regions in Russia, Kavkazky Uzel reported [RUS].

• Alexey Sidorenko

Azerbaijan

Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines comments on today's appeal court ruling upholding the sentencing of video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli. Adopted as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, the blog posts two video tributes and says that both men are “ordinary people with extraordinary talent” and that “their creativeness has no limits, their thinking has no boundaries.”

• Onnik Krikorian

Bahamas

Bahamian Nicolette Bethel questions the staying power of a Ministry of Tourism marketing campaign which commissioned 14 films from British filmmakers. Here's what peeves her: “It’s the idea that lies at the heart of the way in which the Bahamian government spends its money: ‘their output is likely to be perceived as more credible than material produced by Bahamians about their own country.'”

• Janine Mendes-Franco