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14 March 2010

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Stories from 14 March 2010

Georgia: Mock news report causes panic

Written by Ana Keshelashvili · Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

A mock news program broadcast on television reporting that Russia had once again invaded and that the president was dead caused panic in Georgia this weekend. Bloggers react.

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U.K.: Fight to Keep Children Out of Immigration Detention Centres

Written by Judith Townend · United Kingdom

Late last year a group of U.K. citizens launched a campaign to end the detention of children and babies by immigration authorities. Now they're sharing the stories of two of the detained youth.

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Bahrain: Ferrari Fans Rejoice as Alonso Wins Bahrain Grand Prix

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

The first race of the 2010 Formula One season is over and the dust may have settled on the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir desert but the buzz continues online.

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Russia: Mapping Broadband Internet Prices

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia has experienced an enormous growth of Internet penetration during the last 10 years. But the quality, price and accessibility of the broadband Internet differ a lot throughout the country with some territories still being beyond the digital divide.

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Year After Coup, Madagascar's Leaders Face Sanctions

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

On the anniversary of last year's coup d'etat, the international community is set to impose sanctions on the current leaders of Madagascar for failing to respect the resolutions of Maputo. These sanctions would result in a freeze of financial assets and possible arrest if they travel outside Madagascar.

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South Africa: Julius Malema's Reverse Racism

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

While the antics of President Zuma have always generated intense and lively debate in the South African blogosphere, this time it is the controversial politician and the president of the African National Congress Youth League, Julius Malema, who's making headlines. Recently, Malema led students in singing an old Anti-Apartheid struggle song called Kill the Boer.

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Serbia: Belgrade's Trees Fall Victim to “Chain Saw Massacre”

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Belgrade city authorities are in the process of cutting down some 400 plane trees that were planted on Belgrade's longest street in the 19th century. Sinisa Boljanovic reports on the ongoing protest against what is now known as the "Belgrade Chain Saw Massacre."

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Updates from 14 March 2010

Egypt

On The Arabist, Issandr El Amrani marks the death of Fouad Zakariyya, a leading Egyptian philosopher and sophisticated critic of Islamist thought, in this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

Mother's Day is celebrated on March 21 across all Arab countries. Nermeena, from Egypt, celebrates early with this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

A new mobile phone operator is in the market. Bahraini emoodz explains why he is dissatisfied with his current operator and why he won't jump ship.. just not yet.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif took this “really interesting and clashing shot” during the Formula One weekend. Click on the link to check it out.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Algeria

Algerian American blogger The Moor Next Door takes a closer look at the composition of the Algerian government here.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Israel

Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein claims that the Shin Bet has secretly detained a reporter for leaking top-secret memos on targetted assassinations.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Russia

Political analyst Alexander Kynev posted a video where students of a local college vote preliminarily in the city of Ivanovo. The video shows one of the most popular fraud techniques in modern Russia: directed preliminary vote that gives 10-15% for the ruling party. The students are either forced or paid to vote.

• Alexey Sidorenko