January, 2011
Stories from January, 2011
25 January 2011
Egypt: Tweeting the Day of Revolution
From reports of small gatherings to those of thousands of demonstrators marching across different cities in Egypt, Twitter is ablaze with reactions. This nationwide "Day of Revolution" coincides with Police Day and brings together people from different walks of life and a wide political spectrum to protest against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
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Philippines: The ‘Big Bad Blogger' controversy
A story about a 'big bad blogger' in the Philippines who is allegedly in cahoots with a public relations firm in an extortion racket targeting an unnamed restaurant owner has caused a great stir among Filipino bloggers. Here are some reactions
Arab World: Palestinian “Abed Raboo goes for the Qatari Jugular”
The Palestinian Papers, a leak which contains more than 1,600 internal documents on a decade of peace talks with Israel, created a furore online, after being released by Qatar-based Al Jazeera. The controversy continues as Palestinians deny the leak's content and context and wage a full scale attack on Qatar.
She plagiarized this story from a Croat, who is suing her. His pen name is James Braddock, but his real...
Serbs are showing their true colors with their insane reaction to this film. How shocking. Congratulations, you come off just...
I don't understand how anyone in their right mind would not have known a movie like this would have opened...