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14 August 2010

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Stories from 14 August 2010

Serbia: Banking Group Turns Well-Intentioned Suggestion Into PR Disaster

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

The lack of understanding that major corporations still have for what's being said online may not come as a shock. Intesa SanPaolo, Italy's largest banking group, however, has recently demonstrated plain poor business sense and a complete disregard for basic PR in a breaking story on the Serbian market.

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Ecuador: Twitter Users Love Their Country

Written by Milton Ramirez · Latin America

Ecuadorian Twitter users decided to commemorate their country's independence day by promoting the use of the #teamoecuador (I Love You Ecuador) hashtag on August 10.

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Guinea: At Long last, a Date for the Second Round of the Presidential Elections

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Sub-Saharan Africa

On August 9, Guineans breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the President of the transition, General Sekouba Konate had signed a decree for the second round of presidential elections to be held on September 19. Charges of fraud launched by 23 of the 24 first round presidential candidates pushed the initial dates back until the charges were sorted out.

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Peru: Protests in La Convención Over Export of Gas

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The export sale of natural gas from the Camisea project continues to cause social conflicts in Cusco, Peru. Local residents are demanding that a part of the production remains in the region at a reasonable price. Bloggers react to the news of the conflicts.

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Brazil: The Indigenous, The Internet and Interculturality

Written by Elisa Thiago · Translated by Melissa Mann · Latin America

Ever more present in villages, technology has been gaining ground as an efficient means to ensure the indigenous lifestyle and culture. Tools like Google Earth and GPS aid reforestation efforts and help combat deforestation.

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Updates from 14 August 2010

Angola

Isabel Bordalo, a portuguese journalist working in Angola, in her blog, says that the press in that country is going through hard days [pt]. She refers to an episode that happened last week with the newspaper A Capital which was impeded to go out allegedly due to an article about the prices of social housing.

• Sara Moreira

Republic of Congo

Benjamin Bilombot Bitadys at Congopage writes that it's puzzling that Congo-Brazzaville is spending 27 billions of CFA francs on the celebration of the anniversary of the independence (August 15) when 53% of the population (mostly young people) is still unemployed [fr].

• Lova Rakotomalala

Jordan

What would a confidential meeting between King Abdullah of Jordan and his extended family be like? Mab3oos gives us a fly-on-the-wall view in this humourous post, the first of a series of tongue-in-cheek glimpses into what goes on behind closed doors.

• Katharine Ganly

Lebanon

Think visiting Beirut is expensive? Shalabieh at Shalabieh's World gives us suggestions for 10 things to do in Beirut for under $10. See the ideas, and maybe add your own suggestions here.

• Katharine Ganly

South Korea

A left-inclining South Korean pastor who made an unauthorized trip to North Korea will be arrested for violating the National Security Law as soon as he returns to South, South Korea’s Joongang reported. Pastor Han is scheduled to return tomorrow from his 10 day visit to North.

• Lee Yoo Eun

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