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January, 2011

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Stories from January, 2011

26 January 2011

Egypt: After Twitter, Facebook Now Blocked

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Egypt today blocked access to Facebook, as part of its clampdown on the transfer of information, following yesterday's protests. Also, yesterday, it blocked access to Twitter, jammed mobile communications in areas protesters were gathering in, and banned access to live video streaming site Bambuser.

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Egypt: Night Falls, After Day of Rage

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

As the night sky extended over Egypt, protests in Cairo and around the country continued. So did reports of police violence, but also acts of kindness by local residents and businesses. Whether protests will actually continue tomorrow still remains to be seen.

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Wanted: More Babies Needed in Singapore

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Singapore’s total fertility rate has decreased to an all-time low at 1.16 percent. To increase population, the government proposes to increase the number of foreign workers and residents in the prosperous city state. Here are some reactions from the blogosphere

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Gabon: Opposition Leader Takes Oath as New President

Written by Julie Owono · Sub-Saharan Africa

The double presidential power struggle in Côte d'Ivoire seems to have inspired Gabon's political opposition as well. This afternoon on January 26, 2011, former Gabonese presidential election candidate André Mba Obame - regarded by many as the probable winner of the 2009 election - has taken oath as President and formed his own 'unofficial' government.

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Egypt: January 25 Protests in Videos

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

Demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo and many other Egyptian cities on Tuesday, January 25 which coincides with a national holiday, “Police Day”, to protest against the 30-year autocratic rule of President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak. Many observers noted lack of coverage by mainstream news media, but citizen videos have amassed on YouTube.

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25 January 2011

Egypt: The January 25 Demonstrations in Photographs

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

A picture is worth a thousand tweets, especially when Twitter is blocked in Egypt in order to halt the transfer of information about the ongoing demonstrations in Egypt today.

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Updates from January, 2011

27 January 2011

Iran

Here is a video film about a celebration in a high school in Iran before the revolution. You can see girls without veil with their male classmates.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

Alireza Pahalvi's death shocked many people. Neo-Resistance writes about Alireza's life and death. Some called him “little prince” of Pahlavi's dynasty.

• Fred Petrossian

China

Dan Edwards from Screening China introduces director Jiang Wen's recent movie, Let the Bullets Fly. The movie has recently broken the record of domestic box office.

• Oiwan Lam

26 January 2011

Russia

Students of Saratov University of Technology launched gdecasino.ru, a crowd-sourcing website dedicated to map illegal gambling sites. A representative of Russian police said [RUS] to “Komsomolskaya pravda” newspaper that the website has already helped to close few illegal casinos.

• Gregory Asmolov

Bangladesh

Judiciary or parliament, which is superior in Bangladesh? An Ordinary Citizen sheds a light on the recent controversy involving judiciary and the parliament.

• Rezwan

Egypt

A continuous coverage page is available for the January 25 protests on this April 6 Youth Movement Facebook page (Ar). Reports surfaced today that Facebook was blocked in Egypt.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Iran

Hrana, human rights activists news agency, reports [fa] that Hossein Maleki Ronaghi 's life is in danger and he needs urgent medical care. Hossein Maleki Ronaghi has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Hussein Rongah Melki (also known as “Babak Khoramdin”) was one of the key cyberactivists behind Iran Proxy against web filtering. He used to blog about human rights and civil society.

• Fred Petrossian