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March, 2010

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29 March 2010

Russia: Initial Coverage of the Moscow Subway Bombings

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Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe
RuNet Echo

Moscow's Monday morning routine was broken today by two subway suicide bombings, which killed at least 38 and wounded at least 70 people. Alexey Sidorenko translates some of the initial reports from the Russian blogosphere.

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Kazakhstan: Bloggers claim lack of state aid to flood victims

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Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

After a mudflow killed dozens of people in the villages south-east of Kazakhstan on March 11, many fear that other dams across the country may cause much harsher disasters in case of bursting.

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Chile: New Government Makes Strong Presence on Twitter

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Written by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and his Cabinet are all on Twitter, which captured the attention of Chilean users of social media, but some are skeptical and cautious about how effective the communication will be.

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Russia: Bloggers' Mockery of Film Poster Upsets Famous Director

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Written by Vadim Isakov · Eastern & Central Europe
RuNet Echo

The poster for an upcoming movie on World War II by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov is monumental, tense and grim. But it also became funny, descriptive and nearly offensive after numerous manipulations by several bloggers.

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28 March 2010

Japan Government: On the Fall of the Employment System

Written by apeescape · East Asia

A think tank for Japan's Cabinet, the Economic and Social Research Institute (内閣府 経済社会総合研究所) (ESRI) published a study that quantified the present status of lifetime employment and seniority-based wage (i.e....

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Dominican Republic: Opposition to Barrick Gold Mining Operations

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Written by Rocio Diaz · Latin America

There is increased opposition to the Barrick Gold mining operations in the Dominican Republic because of the terms of the contract and benefits for the State, as well as concerns about environmental impacts.

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27 March 2010

Japan: Long life to bluefin tuna. The experts' word.

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Written by apeescape · East Asia

With 68 countries voting against, CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that regulates the international trade of wild animals and plants, rejected a ban on Atlantic bluefin...

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Paraguay: Rescuing Citizen Experiences Through the Use of Blogs

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Written by Belen Bogado · Latin America

Paraguayan blogger Carlos Rodríguez has been "rescuing" citizen experiences through the use of his blog RESCATAR and he hopes that highlighting these experiences can help solve the many of the country's problems.

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South Africa: The woman who spent 7 months in a male cell

Written by Haute Haiku · Sub-Saharan Africa

Before she was acquitted of attempted robbery and hijacking in South Africa, Denise Abbah was imprisoned in a male cell for seven months as she waited for her trial. The prison officials mistook...

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Japan: A whale of a controversy

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Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

Only a few days after The Cove was awarded the Oscar as best documentary, drawing public and media attention around the world to the hunting of cetaceans issue, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd’s leader Peter Bethune was arrested in Tokyo, re-igniting the controversy between Japan and Australia-New Zealand.

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