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9 May 2010

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Stories from 9 May 2010

Cambodia: Freedom of Assembly in Freedom Park

Cambodia has designated a Freedom Park where citizens can use to air their grievances against the government. The Freedom Park is located far from government buildings. Protesting in other areas is outlawed.

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Puerto Rico: Bloggers Meet

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

Bloggers, journalists, entrepreneurs, and activists participated yesterday in the Second Blogger Meeting in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Speakers talked about blogs as a business tool, the role of women in the blogosphere, blogging for social activism, moblogging, the Caribbean blogosphere, and open source software.

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Bahrain: Blame Ahmed Zainal!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Got anything to complain about in Bahrain? Disgruntled about something in your life? Look no further. Just Blame Ahmed Zainal! Who is Ahmed Zainal and why is there a #BlameAhmedZainal hashtag on Twitter, a blog and a Facebook group? Read this post to find out.

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Mozambique: Aid spat

Written by Janet Gunter · Sub-Saharan Africa

Donor countries briefly suspended budget support to the Mozambican government over corruption concerns, sparking analysis and debate about aid, corruption and governance.

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Palestine: Gaza Hosts Its Own Soccer World Cup

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Football (soccer) fans are preparing for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa next month, but right now another football World Cup is going on – in Gaza.

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Bahrain/Saudi Arabia: Rain Rain Go Away!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Yesterday afternoon brought with it some rain, gusts and dust to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Bahrain, spurring a buzz on Twitter and other social networking platforms.

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Colombia: A Look at Twitter Use Around the Country

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Over the course of two months, the community site Twitter Colombia analyzed 3 million Tweets from 20,000 users in the country, as way to take a snapshot of the use of this microblogging tool.

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Updates from 9 May 2010

Haiti

The Haitian blogosphere has been buzzing about the modification of the Haitian electoral law, which would enable President Preval to remain in power longer (should the elections not be held this November). Here are RadioKiskeya's and Haiti RectoVerso's posts [Fr] on the issue.

• Fabienne Flessel

Guadeloupe

In Guadeloupe, both Bondamanjak and Anba pyé mango-la post the announcement of an event designed to say “Yes to peace, No to violence” on May 8th, 2010.

• Fabienne Flessel

Martinique

Blogger Anba pyé mango-la [Fr/Fr Cr] is sharing skeptical opinions about the new moves of multinational food company Nestlé towards the adaptation of local products and recipes from the French Caribbean.

• Fabienne Flessel

Japan

The Tokyo Reporter gives an overview [en] on the latest movie by Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu Caterpillar [ja], a film that “attacks the hypocrisy inherent in nationalism and the suffering of innocent civilians.”

• Scilla Alecci

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jeans celebrates its sixth anniversary today, writes Ahmed Al Omran.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Macedonia

Participants in the conference “Can our country go bankrupt?”, organized by the Open Society Institute-Macedonia on May 5, consider that ‘the Greek scenario' seems unlikely at this time, but urged for caution, especially in regard to increasing public debt/pressure on the private sector.

• Filip Stojanovski

Bosnia Herzegovina

Tuzlarije reports [BOS] that 1,510 couples of dancers broke the Guinness Record in simultaneous mass waltzing in Tuzla during the evening of May 7. Previous record holder was Vienna with 317 dancing pairs. Participants included people living elsewhere, including the Austrian ambassador in Bosnia and his spouse.

• Filip Stojanovski