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31 August 2010

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Stories from 31 August 2010

Venezuela: Franklin Brito Dies After Several Hunger Strikes

Franklin Brito, a farmer who had been on a hunger strike since July 2009, died from a respiratory arrest in a military hospital on Monday night. Brito had lived through several hunger strikes protesting the confiscation of his land. Venezuelans reacted to the announcement of his death through Twitter and blogs.

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Egypt: Utilizing Technology to Demand Accountability on Torture, Police Brutality

Written by Anas Qtiesh · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers and activists in Egypt are using freely available online tools to expose torture and police brutality and to hold the government accountable for these human rights abuses.

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U.S. Virgin Islands: The Effects of Hurricane Earl

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · US Virgin Islands, Caribbean

Hurricane Earl made its way across the U.S. Virgin Islands yesterday as bloggers continued to share their thoughts and experiences. Jamaican diaspora blogger Labrish, who “[has] been fortunate to travel...

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China: Hidden village of Dafen produces 60% of world's oil paintings

Written by Gabriel Nada · East Asia

A small artist colony of 8000 artists outside of Shenzhen, China is producing 60% of the world's oil paintings.

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Malaysia: Racist Attack on Eve of Independence Day

Written by Jerrenn Lam · East Asia

On the eve of Malaysia's Independence Day, a story was reported on Facebook about an alleged racist attack by several teenagers. Here are some online reactions and reflections on racism in modern Malaysia

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Updates from 31 August 2010

Russia

Far East bloggers share video depicting [RUS] details of Vladimir Putin's recent trip to Russia's Far East [EN] on Lada Kalina, a new model of the Russian car factory. The video shows that prime-minister took with him 3 cars of the same color, and one of them is broken already, while there are 28 cars (including 2 ambulances) to accompany him.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Pakistan

Usama Khilji at Pak Tea House writes a letter to the youth of Pakistan asking them to prove their worth and their love for the country by being involved, standing up and questioning any wrong deeds around them.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Corporate Blog has this splendid idea of recognizing the farmers who grows the vegetables by including some personal stories in the vegetable packaging to give them some credit and make the product more authentic.

• Rezwan

India

Supriyo Chaudhuri opines that the training business in India needs fresh outlook and a change of gears.

• Rezwan

Cameroon

Emeka writes about Cameroonian prisoner of conscience Lapiro de Mbanga: “Amid nationwide strikes and mass demonstrations, popular singer Lapiro de Mbanga, who had demanded that the president resign, was arrested and charged with inciting youth unrest. In September he was jailed for three years…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Gambia

Travel journalist Tony Knight blogs about his visit to Gambia: “The Gambians you meet are friendly and engaging. There is a level of bumster activity intent of selling you refreshments, gifts and tours. Having got their measure though, look beyond at the genuine welcome you get everywhere.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Jibola introduces you to Plumbtifex, the Nigerian spoken word crusader:”As a person, he embodies an activist in all that he is. His dissatisfaction with all that is wrong with the Nigerian situation and general societal ills already mark him different.”

• Ndesanjo Macha