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March, 2011

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Stories from March, 2011

22 March 2011

Haiti: Was Wyclef Shot or Cut by Glass?

Early on Sunday 20 March, 2011, while Haitians headed to the polls for the second round of a historic and controversial presidential election, a story about Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip hpp star, being allegedly shot in the hand monopolized the mainstream media news cycle about Haiti for a good portion of the day.

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Macedonia: A Requiem for Democracy

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski translates Macedonian bloggers' comments on how the public democratic dialog within state institutions has been replaced with private meetings between leaders of the biggest political parties.

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21 March 2011

Video: Time Lapse Mapping the Global Protests and Uprisings

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa

John Caelan from the website The Swamp Post has created a couple of time-lapse videos that map protests from December 18 to March 7, 2011, where the protests and uprisings can be seen spreading out into different countries.

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Russia: Human Bots Fight Opposition

Written by Dmitry Davidov · Eastern & Central Europe

As Internet control becomes more and more sophisticated, new techniques join the arsenal of online deception and discreditation. Vadim Isakov analyzed the phenomena of 'human bots,' paid commenters willing to turn any constructive conversation into the mess.

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Yemen: Game Over for Ali Abdullah Saleh?

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

Yemen is witnessing mass defections from the Army's top brass, officials, members of Parliament and Ambassadors - who are declaring their support to their country's people's and youth revolution. Is this the beginning of the end of Saleh's regime?

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Bahrain: Expats' Part to Play

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

Like all GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) member states, Bahrain depends greatly on foreign workforce especially from South Asian countries in both high and low level jobs. According to the Bahrain 2010 census, the expat community makes a slight majority with 51 per cent of Bahrain's 1.2 million strong population. An Indian expatriate shares her thoughts in this post.

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Updates from March, 2011

28 March 2011

Macedonia

Biserka Velkovska of the Lektor blog writes [MKD] about five most common mistakes when writing in the standard Macedonian language, and how to correct them.

• Filip Stojanovski

Macedonia

Gordana Angelichin writes on Mladi!nfo about how she and two friends organized the V-Day Macedonia campaign from October 2010 to March 2011, as part of the global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls.

• Filip Stojanovski

China

Many bloggers and netizens criticized a recent New York Times article on cell phone monitor in China as false as it could not be reproduced by others. C. Custer from ChinaGeeks points out that we could not assume the reporters making thing up because of failed tests.

• Oiwan Lam

China

Peking University professor, Hu Yong, comments on the recent debate on Baidu Wenku's copyright infringement in China Media Project.

• Oiwan Lam

27 March 2011

Japan

Ksenya Semenova writes on OpenDemocracy.net about the reactions of Sakhalin residents to the situation in Japan: “I have some friends in Japan […]. From their relations and from the internet they have discovered what's going on in the Russian Far East at the moment. They sigh deeply and smile ruefully, ‘People there are panicking more than they are here…'” On GlobalPost, Miriam Elder examines Chernobyl survivors' views on how the 1986 tragedy is different from the ongoing catastrophe in Fukushima.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

At OpenDemocracy.net, Andreas Umland pays tribute to Galina Kozhevnikova, the deputy director of the “SOVA” NGO and a prominent researcher of Russia's extreme right-wing movements, who died earlier this month: “She will be irreplaceable in future academic and public debates on the increase of ultra-nationalism in Russia.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.