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August, 2010

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Stories from August, 2010

5 August 2010

Slovakia: Charging for Online News, Cable TV Style?

Written by Tibor Blazko · Eastern & Central Europe

Tibor Blazko writes about plans to introduce shared internet payment system for Slovak websites and translates some of the reactions by netizens.

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Morocco: Race and Racism

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

In Morocco, the discussion of race and racism is sometimes taboo. In this post, Jillian C. York sums up the thoughts of several bloggers, in reaction to a post on racism against Black people in the country.

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South Korea: Twitter, Too Much Noise or Courageous Disclosure?

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

In South Korea, not a few celebrities and businessmen have gone under fire by their Twitters. Not only special people, but the ordinary citizen have gotten a bit of blast from unpredictable aftermath Twitter brings along.

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Puerto Rico: Independence Activist Lolita Lebrón Dies

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

The Puerto Rican independence activist Lolita Lebrón died on Sunday August 1, 2010. She was 90 years old. Lebrón commanded a group of Puerto Rican independence advocates who attacked the Congress of the United States on March 1, 1954 to denounce the Island's colonial situation under the US.

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4 August 2010

Pakistan: Gang Rape Of Nurse Causes Outrage

Written by Sana Saleem · South Asia

The gang rape of a trainee nurse by a medical officer at a government hospital has caused outrage in Pakistan. Bloggers discuss the need for better implementation of the work place harassment bill and demand actions to curb the increasing incidences of rape.

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Tweeting Kenya's Referendum 2010

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenyans voted today in a referendum for a new constitution. Kenyan twitter users have been busy posting tweets related to the referendum using hashtags: #uchaguzi, #kenyadecides, #referendum and #kuweniserious.

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Updates from August, 2010

24 August 2010

Mexico

Eduardo Zeind reports [es] that Secretary of Education, Mario Delgado Carrillo, announced that Mexico City is the first capital city in Latin America to connect all of its elementary school children to the Internet. Eduardo writes: “More than 6000 computers will be installed to cover 100% of elementary public schools (…) The technological barrier has become a bridge toward success.”

• Silvia Viñas

Nigeria

Farin Ruwa in Nasarawa State is one of the highest waterfalls on the continent but according to Jeremy, “…Farin Ruwa is not even listed on the World Waterfall Database.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Trinidad & Tobago

Afra Raymond says that comparing the CL Financial bailout to the US situation is “nothing less than public mischief”: “The only resemblance to the US bailout is in name only. Real Trini-ting. Duprey and his cohorts negotiated a Blank-Cheque Bailout at zero interest, without losing any of their assets. That deal is absolutely unique.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Malawi

Victor writes about the newest edition of Chichewa dictionary: “Foundation Heart for Malawi offers free access to the online Dictionary to everyone, though limited to 10 searches per day and to the first lines of an entry. “

• Ndesanjo Macha

Bolivia

Mario R. Duran considers [es] waste management options for El Alto, Bolivia, and analyzes the possibility and consequences of installing a plant that would turn waste into diesel fuel.

• Silvia Viñas

Jamaica

Jamaica Salt says the kill-or-be-killed approach to controlling crime is ineffective: “When things are tough it’s hard not to look at possible solutions like this. But this has been a style of policing in Jamaica for decades now and it is not working. The murder rates speak for themselves.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Russia

Bloggers discuss alleged hack-attack [RUS] on the government surveillance system (SORM [EN]) that traces government e-mails. The Russian Federal Security Service acknowledged the attack but denied any rumors that sensitive data had been stolen although some Internet users published [RUS] screenshots of the hacked system. LJ user leicacit suggested [RUS] that the attack might be connected to the conflict of the government groups.

• Alexey Sidorenko

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