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July, 2011

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Stories from July, 2011

3 July 2011

Bangladesh: Bloggers Arrested While Protesting Against Energy Deal

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Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Netizens in Bangladesh are raging with anger as for the first time in the country bloggers and online activists among other protesters were arrested while striking in protest of a recent Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between the Bangladesh government and United States energy giant ConocoPhillips for deep sea gas exploration.

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Social Media Day PTY in Panama

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Written by Ariel Moreno · Translated by Miriam O'Brien · Latin America

Social Media Day PTY gathered hundreds of Panamanian social network users. Ariel Moreno participated in the event and shares how the day was celebrated in Panama.

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Thailand: Netizens React to Opposition Victory

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Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Opposition candidate Yingluck Shinawatra is set to become Thailand’s first female Prime Minister as her Pheu Thai party won more than 260 seats in today’s general elections.

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Serbia: Serbs Seek Refuge from Politics and Tabloid News in Citizen Journalism

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Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

More often than ever, blog posts on the state of the media and journalism seem to be popping up in the Serbian blogosphere. Danica Radisic highlights a few of them.

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2 July 2011

Zambia: Pastors Using Facebook to Evangelize

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Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zambian preachers are using every opportunity and, indeed, forum to spread the word. With the coming of social networking sites such as Facebook, some innovative pastors and motivation speakers are using the website to reach out to the “lost souls”.

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1 July 2011

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#Opandeslibre or When Anonymous Attacked Peru

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Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Jessica Fawcett · Latin America

Last week the people of Anonymous, through their Anonymous Iberoamerica arm, announced their intention to attack Chilean and Peruvian government websites on June 23, allegedly because of the violation of the Chilean and Peruvian people's rights and the monitoring of their communications.

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