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6 August 2010

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Stories from 6 August 2010

Peru: Markarián Hired to Lead National Football Team

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Written by Gabriela García Calderón · Latin America

The Peruvian Football Federation recently hired Uruguayan coach Sergio Markarián to lead the national team towards the goal of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Markarían's nickname is the "Magician" and many think that it will take magic to turn the team's fortunes around.

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Hungary: A Controversial Interview With Former Communist Leader

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Marietta Le follows the public discussion of Hungary's pre-1989 past, inspired by a documentary about Béla Biszku, who served as the country's Interior Minister from 1957 to 1961 and was in charge of the retributions against those who participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

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Serbia: Digital School Project

Written by Danica Radovanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Danica Radovanovic writes about Digital School, a state-funded project that would allow to set up digital classrooms in Serbia's primary schools, and discusses some of the challenges that need to be addressed for the project to succeed.

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Russia: Fires, Rynda and Putin Create Internet Meme

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Written by Vadim Isakov · Eastern & Central Europe
RuNet Echo

The coverage of Russian fires on the blogosphere took a different turn when notorious Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin replied to one of the posts on LiveJournal, popular blogging platform in the country, and, inadvertently, created a new Internet meme called "rynda."

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