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February, 2011

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Stories from February, 2011

22 February 2011

Yemen: Walking the Walk, One More Protester Dies (Videos)

Written by John Liebhardt · Middle East & North Africa

A teenager was shot and killed in Aden, Yemen on Monday, February 21, 2011 as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in four separate cities on the 11th day of protests calling for the end of the three-decade reign of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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Poland: Best Blogs of 2010 Announced

Written by Jakub Górnicki · Eastern & Central Europe

Jakub Górnicki reviews the winners of this year's Polish "Blog of the Year" contest.

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Video: Learning a New Language Through Online Video

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

February 21st is the International Mother Language Day and this year's theme is Linguistic Diversity and New Technologies. With that in mind, we bring you a series of examples of how people are helping others to learn their mother languages using videos and websites.

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Macedonia: Early Elections Imminent, Date Uncertain

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski reports on the decision to hold early elections in Macedonia, and on the bloggers' reactions to it.

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Poland: Ex-PM Jarosław Kaczyński Starts Blogging

Written by Jakub Górnicki · Eastern & Central Europe

On Feb. 18, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of Poland's national conservative Law and Justice party, started a blog, and his first post has generated over 1,650 comments in just two days. Below are some examples that show how many emotions surround this new blogger.

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21 February 2011

Bahrain: Coming Out in Numbers in Search for Unity

Written by Yacoub Al-Slaise · Middle East & North Africa

A week has passed since protests broke in the capital Manama on February 14, 2011, calling for real democracy in the Kingdom. Seven men have lost their lives, with the latest martyr Abdulredha Mohammed passing away on Monday in Salmaniya Hospital after being shot by military forces on Friday.

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Updates from February, 2011

24 February 2011

South Korea

Twitter @ekctu posted a dramatic photo of hundreds of taxis occupying the road. The taxi drivers parked their cars on the road today in Seoul as a sign of protest against the government's decision to raise LPG gas price.

• Lee Yoo Eun

China

Five days after he was detained, the family of Sichuan writer, scholar and blogger Ran Yunfei was notified today that Ran has officially been charged with ~~inciting~~ subversion of state power. Dark f**ing days indeed. [Note: People are now saying Ran has in fact been charged with the more serious crime of subversion]

• John Kennedy

Zimbabwe

A Zimbabwean student explains why a revolution in Zimbabwe is destined to fail: “Positing the possibility of a popular revolt in Zimbabwe is guardedly optimistic at best, wilfully naive at worst.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

South Korea

Amnesty International has condemned the convictionof eight South Koreans who are members of the Socialist Workers League. All eight men were found guilty under the National Security Law for “propagating or instigating a rebellion against the State'. Amnesty International criticized the law has been used to justify a form of censorship.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Iran

Here is a short video showing very heavy security deployment in Tehran on Thursday.

• Fred Petrossian

China

KDnet's netizen have dug out the TV interview of Gaddafi broadcast on Phoenix TV on July 18, 2010 in which the TV anchor praised Gaddafi as thinker and revolutionist. The Ministry of Tofu has translated the post and netizens' comment on the interview.

• Oiwan Lam

Serbia: The Media War Against Angelina Jolie

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...