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August, 2011

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Stories from August, 2011

27 August 2011

Puerto Rico: Tropical Storm Irene Leaves Heavy Rain and Damages

Written by César Santiago · Latin America

Tropical storm Irene hit Puerto Rico on August 21st leaving wind damage, floods, constant rain, and the evacuation of entire communities. This is the same storm, now a hurricane, that is hitting the United States east coast. The online community has posted videos of the aftermath of tropical storm Irene in Puerto Rico.

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Zimbabwe: On Libya, Gaddafi and Mugabe

Written by Madalitso Mwando · Sub-Saharan Africa

As news of the fall of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi lit up the web, the Zimbabwean blogosphere was not left behind. Meanwhile, rumours have been circulating that the man deposed after four decades in power is in Zimbabwe.

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Egypt: Victories of Civilians Against Military Trials

Written by Nermeen Edrees · Middle East & North Africa

Activists are pulling all the stops online - and on the ground - to draw attention to civilians put on trial in military courts, following the Egyptian revolution. Nermeen Edrees brings us the story.

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Libya: The Liberation of Tripoli

Written by Fozia Mohamed · Middle East & North Africa

The Internet is back on in the Libyan capital Tripoli, after a blackout that lasted about six months. One by one bloggers and tweeps from Tripoli are coming online, sharing their feelings, emotions and hopes after months of absence and turmoil. Fozia Mohamed brings us their feedback.

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26 August 2011

Russia: Cigarettes Branded for Young Women Spark Controversy

Written by Ashley Cleek · Eastern & Central Europe

A recent advertising campaign and carton redesign by one of Russia’s largest tobacco manufacturers has riled Russan bloggers and sparked a debate on responsible marketing and advertising. Ashley Cleek looks into the issue.

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Turkey: An Armenian Adventure on Two Wheels

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

Despite historical differences and a closed border, an Armenian motorcyclist travels across Turkey, blogging his experiences and observations en route.

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Updates from August, 2011

30 August 2011

Malaysia

The State of Selangor in Malaysia has launched an emergency app called ‘MyDistress’ which alerts police with a push of a button on mobile phones

• Mong Palatino

Russia

LJ-user schegloff analyses [ru] party manifestos of the Russian parties using Wordle word clouds. “Opposition can be identified by the word “must,” patriots by the word “Russia,” ruling party by the word “Unity,” concludes the blogger, speaking of the word frequency in each document.

• Alexey Sidorenko

South Korea

A video of an African American man mocking, cursing and assaulting a defenseless elderly Korean couple was spread online, prompting public anger. Police is investigating the case and it is believed that he took violent action after misunderstanding a Korean sentence which simply meant “You should sit over here” as the N-word.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Japan

Blogger Erico Guizzo at IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog reported that “an anonymous worker at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has written dozens of blog posts describing the ups and downs of his experience as one of the lead robot operators at the crippled facility.” The blog was called “Say Whatever I Want, Do Whatever I Want” (Iitai Hohdai, Yaritai Hohdai 言いたい放題、やりたい放題) and after it became popular among the netizens it was eventually deleted.
Guizzo managed to make a copy of it and translated some of the posts.

• Scilla Alecci

South Korea

South Korean photo journalists are infamous for their disregard for individual's portrait rights. One citizen journalist from the Wiki Tree site posted photos [ko] of three foreign women in their bathing suits which a journalist took without their consent.

• Lee Yoo Eun

North Korea

GI Korea from ROK Drop blog commented on latest allegations that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il's recent visit to Russia was to buy new fighter jets.

• Lee Yoo Eun

29 August 2011

Pakistan

Hira Khan at Pak Tea House portrays what a model Eid celebration should be like, from a humanitarian perspective.

• Rezwan

Brazil: Communities in Rio Blame Olympics for Evictions

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Interesting indeed. I don't hear much news from Peru so this information was indeed news and something the world community...
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!
Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.