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March, 2011

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Stories from March, 2011

16 March 2011

Bahrain: Curfew Announced and An Officer's Funeral

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

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bahrain Defense Force announced in their 4th statement that a curfew will be imposed until further notice. The funeral of a police officer killed in duty was attended by many.

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USA: Science Bloggers Explain Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Written by David Wescott · North America

As Japan and the rest of the world struggle to make sense of the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear scare, science bloggers are sharing facts to help explain what happened.

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Philippines: Bloggers Dispel Japan Nuclear Scare Hoax

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

Hoax messages that sow unfounded fear and panic in the public about Japan's nuclear problems like avoiding acid rain and radiation exposure are circulating in the Philippines. Bloggers are quick in coming out to prove that the messages are false

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China: Salt Radiation Rumors Fuel Widespread Panic Buying

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

An official message went out today aiming to reassure people that salt supplies would not be affected by radiation from Japan having leaked into the ocean. This sparked rumors which led to panic buying which gripped major cities which are now out of salt.

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Japan: Earthquakes Moving South? Anxiety Builds in Kansai

Written by Matt Holland · East Asia

Just days after the massive earthquake which struck northeastern Japan, further geological tremors are taking place elsewhere on the island of Honshu. A series of quakes naturally has people living west of said areas feeling a bit nervous about what is to come.

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Senegal: March 19, National Day of Action

Written by Anna Gueye · Translated by Rhita Boufelliga · Sub-Saharan Africa

The winds of revolt are blowing across the Maghreb and the Middle East. Political opponents in Senegal are also getting in on the action by expressing their discontent at their government's misguided ways. March 19, 2011, has been chosen as the date to organize demonstrations in the country.

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Updates from March, 2011

24 March 2011

Indonesia

Blogger Multibrand hopes that Indonesia would maximize its geothermal power potential since it has 40 percent of the world's geothermal reserves.

• Mong Palatino

China

Johan Lagerkvist from Chinaroader foresees the coming collapse of China's soft power.

• Oiwan Lam

23 March 2011

Japan

It.com.mk noted [MKD] that Kalina Zografska, Kristijan Ivanovski and Iva Dujak started an independent campaign using QR codes containing Japanese proverbs, quotes and links, to promote the humanitarian concert “Heart for Japan” [MKD] (#srcejp) and remind Skopje's citizens of the legacy of Kenzo Tange, a Japanese architect who helped rebuild the city after the 1963 earthquake. Others, like banekoma, joined in.

• Filip Stojanovski

Iran

According to Cnet a malicious attacker that appears to be the Iranian government managed to obtain supposedly secure digital certificates that can be used to impersonate Google, Yahoo, Skype, and other major Web sites.

• Fred Petrossian

Russia

Habrahabr-user RomanL published [ru] a detailed analysis of Russian LiveJournal blogs. According to the analysis, Russian-speaking LiveJournal blogosphere (active audience of around 170,000 users) can be divided into 4 distinctive clusters (apolitical, political, creative, and general). Only 55 bloggers have the audience of more than 10,000 friends, while the vast majority (60 percent) of LJ accounts have no friends at all.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Kenya

Moses attends Kenya Film Commission’s Animation Expo in Nairobi: “I was surprised on entering the Expo that there we’re far more companies than I had imagined who offer Animation services locally in Kenya. One definitely got a sense of a burgeoning industry that is much larger than what it looked like when I attended another event a few years ago.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Libya

Rosebell Kagumire's reaction to Uganda's president's criticism of military intervention in Libya: “Africans want an African solution but current leaders like President Museveni who stifle freedoms in their own borders will not deliver us the much needed African solution. And that’s what North Africa has realized and therefore moved to rid their countries of these leaders.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

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Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.