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14 July 2010

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Stories from 14 July 2010

Macedonia: The Curse of ‘Bipartisanship'

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Veteran Macedonian bloggers express the widely held opinion among their compatriots who are not sympathizers of political parties about feeling hostage to a system without independent alternatives.

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Borneo Island: Uniting bloggers through Borneo Colours

Written by Senor Pablo · East Asia

Borneo Colours is a website that links bloggers from Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan (Malaysia) and Kalimantan (Indonesia) which are all located in the island of Borneo. It's a platform for the bloggers in this region to network and create greater understanding about their neighbours.

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Serbia: One Pair of Shoes, One Life

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Charged with genocide by the Hague Tribunal for the brutal deaths of more than 8000 Muslims in this Bosnian town on 11 July 1995, General Ratko Mladic has not been arrested yet.

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Brazil: Afro-Brazilian Claims to Affirmative Action Denied

Written by Manuela Tenreiro · Latin America

After nearly a decade discussing the Racial Equality Statute, last month the Brazilian senate finally approved it. Out of the document are the most controversial demands from Afro-Brazilian movements: a quota system of affirmative action in both education and the job market.

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Rwanda: Paul Kagame Supporters Turn to Power of Twitter, Facebook and Blogs

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Supporters of President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, have turned to the power of Facebook, Twitter and blogs to help him win presidential election that will be held in Rwanda on 9 August 2010.

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Russia: New Election Codex Project Discussed Online

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Last month, a Russian non-governmental election-monitoring organization, Golos (A Voice), published an alternative Election Codex on the internet, that is designed to provide free, fair and transparent elections in Russia. It is one of a few recent examples of publicly developed draft bills that are promoted online.

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China: Buy BP assets? Could do!

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

Britain's new foreign secretary William Hague is in Beijing today, and Chinese online media are reporting the goal of his trip is to sell China on BP assets from the company's South American holdings. Comments on the news suggest netizens are eager to help begin negotiating the terms of the deal.

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Algeria: Has Hypocrisy become Fashionable?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Algerian blogger Salim reflects on hypocrisy and asks: Has hypocrisy become fashionable? Let's see what drives him to this conclusion in this post.

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Montenegro: Hero's Welcome for YouTube Star

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Montenegrin diaspora star Ekrem Jevrić Gospoda was given a hero's welcome upon his arrival in his native land few days ago. In addition to fame gained via his YouTube hit song, he also took part in a fashion photo-shoot few days ago.

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United Kingdom: Video Tagging to protest Nokia's Actions in Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

Reverse the Wave is a blog by Ms.Deena DeNaro-Bickerstaffe, an artist who is “video tagging” public buildings with documentary footage from the Iranian election protests in 2009 to draw attention to Nokia's sale of technology used for surveillance by the Iranian government.

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Updates from 14 July 2010

Venezuela

Blogacine, a Venezuelan blog about film, reports [es] that Carolina Riveros, a young Venezuelan actress, has just won one of the awards for best actress at the Second Festival Internacional de Cinema Latin du Pays de Caux [fr], in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France. She was recognized for her work in the Venezuelan film “La Clase.”

• Silvia Viñas

Cote d'Ivoire

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) reports that three journalists were arrested on July 13th in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire for publishing classified documents regarding coffee and cocoa production [Fr]. Among them is Théophile Kouamouo, the founder of Abidjan Blog Camps, a Rising Voices project grantee. Here is a petition to show support for Kouamouo [Fr].

• Lova Rakotomalala

Equatorial Guinea

An online petition [pt] against the entry of Equatorial Guinea to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) has been launched by Portuguese and Mozambican organizations. Brazil and São Tomé & Príncipe [pt] support President Obiang intentions. In case the country is accepted, Portuguese will become its third official language together with Spanish and French.

• Sara Moreira

Russia

Streetwise Professor discusses the consequences of drinking in Russia, not least as temperatures now reach high peaks and people go swimming under the influence.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Malawi

Clement Nyirend writes about BarCamp Malawi 2010: “Malawian geeks will hold their first ever barcamp at Sunbird Capital Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi, on 17th and 18th July, 2010.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

South Africa

Ethan blogs about Annie Lennox who talks about addressing HIV in Southern Africa atTEDGlobal conference: “Her goal is the UN’s goal – the elimination of mother/child transmission by 2015.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

South Africa

“Four South African writers recorded their prose stories for the internet during the National Arts Festival. This was the final part of the CityBooks project focussing on Grahamstown and organised by the Dutch/Flemish organisation deBuren,” cueTV blog reports from Grahamstown, South Africa.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Poland

Edward Hugh of Poland Economy Watch writes about Poland's economy and its ability to meet both domestic and European demands.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Brazil

A recent survey by Isma Brazil (International Stress Management Association) reveals that 30% of the economically active population of Brazil has already reached a burn out point at work, coming in just behind Japan. The reasons presented are long journeys, fear of dismissal and absence of a balance between effort and reward. The news has been replicated in the blogosphere [pt].

• Debora Baldelli

Law

Live De Life is saddened by an incident in which “a 14 year old tourist visiting on a Carnival cruise ship was killed from crossfire between two criminals” in St. Thomas.

• Janine Mendes-Franco