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December, 2010

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20 December 2010

South Africa: Bloggers' take on Wikileaks

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

Like much of the world of late, everyone has been affected by the revelations contained in WikiLeaks cables. South Africa is no exception. Here's South African bloggers' take on WikiLeaks.

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South/North Korea: A Review of 2010 in Keywords

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Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

From Cheonan incident in March to the latest North Korean attack on Yeonpyeong island, Global Voices took a look back at the year’s hottest keywords that have been widely circulated over Korean internet venues.

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19 December 2010

Belarus: Presidential Election Day Ends in Protests and Crackdown

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe
RuNet Echo

December 19, the 2010 presidential election day in Belarus, ended in mass protests, arrests and violent clashes with the riot police in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Below is a small selection of citizen media reports on what happened.

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Chile: Prison Fire Sparks Debate on Social Networking Sites

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Written by Paulina Aguilera Muñoz · Translated by Ela Stapley · Latin America

A fire in a prison in San Miguel in Santiago, Chile, which killed more than 80 prisoners after one of its towers caught fire, caused mixed reactions on social networks. The fire has opened the debate on human rights of prisoners and the media coverage of events like these.

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18 December 2010

Côte d'Ivoire: Lessons for Africa

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Africans can learn from the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, says Salisu Suleiman:"The most important message must be that there are no perfect democracies anywhere in the world. Even Western democracy, particularly the American presidential model, which is very often our reference point, has significant drawbacks..."

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Brazil: Indigenous communities reflect on using the internet

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Written by Chicoepab Suruí · Translated by Paula Góes · Latin America

For the first time ever, delegates of 16 indigenous communities from all over the country gathered together to discuss a subject of utmost importance: the Internet, and how to use it in favor of indigenous people. This is the first post authored by Chicoepab Surui, from the Paiter Surui people of the Amazon.

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