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February, 2011

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Stories from February, 2011

26 February 2011

Oman: The People Want an End to Corruption

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

"The people want an end to corruption" chanted thousands of Omanis, who have been protesting since Friday in Salalah and Sohar, as well as other parts of Oman. Ministerial changes announced earlier today did little to make protesters return to their homes and demands range from an end to corruption to more social, economic and political reforms.

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Bangladesh: Clinical Trial Of A Cholera Vaccine Raises Questions

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

The world's largest trial of a cheap oral cholera vaccine made by an Indian pharmaceutical company is being conducted in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Bloggers notice the information blackout in local media and raise several questions regarding the clinical trial.

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Latin America: On teleSUR's Coverage of Libya Uprising

Written by Julián Ortega Martínez · Middle East & North Africa, Latin America

Latin American news channel teleSUR managed earlier this week to send several journalists into Tripoli to cover the ongoing uprising in Libya. Nonetheless, its coverage, which seems quite different to the one provided by other international news media, has caught the attention of many Latin American netizens.

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China: Jasmine Revolution, Week Two

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Following dozens of arrests since an anonymous blog post called for revolutionary gatherings in cities across China last Sunday, a second round of gatherings is scheduled for today. Has the heavy-handed government response turned what many insist was a stunt into something more powerful?

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Armenia: Social Networks for Social Revolution?

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

With uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world, the extra-parliamentary opposition in Armenia is now seeking to replicate events in the former Soviet republic, and not least because 1 March 2011 will mark the 3rd anniversary of post-presidential election clashes which left 10 people dead.

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Yemen: “I beg you to help us NOW”

Written by John Liebhardt · Middle East & North Africa

While much of Yemen protested peacefully, the country's military used tear gas and fired live weapons on protesters in the sea port of Aden. President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the demonstrations had been hijacked by separatists. But those on the ground claim non-violent protesters were shot and killed.

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Updates from February, 2011

28 February 2011

Singapore

Sgpolitics.net comments about the ‘flawed' immigration policy of the Singapore government which favors the hiring of more foreign workers at the expense of its local workforce.

• Mong Palatino

Singapore

Spotlight on Singapore compares the human rights record of Singapore with Hong Kong and comments that Singapore is trailing in the area of political freedom.

• Mong Palatino

Malaysia

A rally was held by Malaysian Indians in Kuala Lumpur to protest the continuing use of Interlok novel in schools. The controversial book, according to protesters, discriminates against the Indian community.

• Mong Palatino

South Korea

KEB(Korea Exchange Bank)'s employees and civil rights groups held a protest in Seoul today against Hana Financial Group's final decision to takeover KEB. The protesters, explaining the U.S. buyout fund Lone Star's involvement with Hana, accused it of foreign finances' encroachment on Korean turf. South Korea's influential Tweeter @Barunsori6 posted a photo of the protest.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Japan

At World Cup Blog, Aidan reflects on whether the exodus of soccer talents from Japan to European teams is a good thing for Japanese football. Considering the big number of players who left Japan recently, the blogger examines the positive and negative aspects of such trend.

• Scilla Alecci

Central African Republic

Louisa writes a report about elections in the Central African Republic: Though it would be an overstatement to say that Central Africans would be better off without elections, it is hard to see how elections contribute to making people's concerns heard and responded to by capital-based leaders who like to “eat”.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Botswana

lgazissax discusses African governments: “The uprisings in northern Africa and the Middle East had gotten me wondering about certain things I’d read about problems of African government in general, and I wanted to see how they played out in different countries.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Serbia: The Media War Against Angelina Jolie

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