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Vietnam Cracks Down on AntiChina Journalists and Bloggers
Sep 5 2009, Phan

Hanoi is stepping up pressure on its critics, detaining one Vietnamese journalist and two Vietnamese bloggers this past week after they wrote provocative reports that questioned China’s territorial aims. Though there have been no official...

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Civilians on the edge in Somalia; 8 more Killed in Fresh Clashes
Abdirahim, Mogadishu
At least 8 people were killed and more than 17 others injured in Heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in south and northern Somali capital...
Somalia, Clashes, Somalia clashes
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Blogs, Facebook: Uganda gay’s last frontier
Cian, Kampala
The gay community in Uganda has turned to social media — blogs, twitter, mailing lists and Facebook — in a bid to garner support for its opposition to the...
Uganda, Gays, Facebook
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China tries to ward off imperialism claims, promises aid, loans to Africa
Tommy, Manchester
China’s premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in concessional loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government...
China, China's Africa investment, Imperialism
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Militants Behead School Principal in Philippines
Joel, Manila
Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said on...
Philippines, Militants, Muslim rebels
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For Russia’s Communists, Ousting Putin Is a Priority
Len, Moscow
Along with the perennial calls for “land for farmers” and “factories for workers,” Communists who marched in Moscow on the Saturday anniversary of the 1917...
Russia, Putin, Communists
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In Turkey, fertile ground for creationism
Burak, Ankara
Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students’ ignorance of, and...
Turkey, creationism, evolution
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Saudi Arabia claims; Yemen Rebels Routed, 250 Captured
Turki, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia said Monday it had captured 250 Yemeni rebels and regained control of a strategic mountain that straddles the border between the two countries after a...
Saudi Arabia, Yemen Rebels, Yeman crisis
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Germans Celebrate as people remember when bridge opened – and then the Wall fell
Fabian, Berlin
Twenty years to the day since the Berlin Wall was first breached, the city will today play host to a celebration of the momentous changes brought about by the fall of a...
Germany, Fall of Berlin wall, 20th Anniversary
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Murdoch could block Google searches entirely
Andrew, Tempe
Rupert Murdoch says he will remove stories from Google’s search index as a way to encourage people to pay for content online. In an interview with Sky News...
Google, Rupert Murdoch, Google searches Paying content online
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In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo
Kunal, Nairobi
Confronted by growing evidence that sex between men is a significant driver of new HIV infections, the Kenyan government has shed a long-time refusal to acknowledge the...
Kenya, AIDS, AIDS epidemic
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Crisis goes bad to worse as rebels shot down a Yemeni fighter jet
Henry, San'a
Rebels in northern Yemen have said they shot down a Yemeni fighter jet that was attacking their strongholds on Sunday. The government in Sanaa has denied the claim,...
Yemen, Yemen crisis, Rebels
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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive
Pedro, Brasilia
In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment....
San Marcos University, Indian tongue, Peru
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Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia
Koruja, Brasilia
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela’s military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country’s soldiers should be...
Venezuela, Colombia, Venezuela-Colombia relations
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Pakistan Suicide Bomb Kills 12: Mayor Targeted In Attack On Peshawar Suburb
Zafar, Islamabad
Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a livestock market in the suburbs of the violence-racked northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on...
pakistan, Peshawar Bombing, Terrorism in Pakistan
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Gorbachev to Obama: US Should Withdraw From Afghanistan
Chad, Tempe
Mikhail Gorbachev supports a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The former president of the Soviet Union spoke to CNN’s John King Sunday on State Of The Union...
Afghanistan war, US troops, Obama
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Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote
Yasser, Baghdad
Iraq’s parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis...
Iraq war, Elections, Iraq elections
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Brazil Student Expelled After Wearing Short Dress
Ismael, Caracas
A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class – publicly accusing her Sunday of...
Geisy Arruda, Brazil Student, Short Dress
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El Salvador Floods: 91 Dead After Mudslides, Flooding
Guilherme, Brasilia
Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador...
El Salvador, Floods, heavy rains
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Pharma Pushing Products for Unapproved Uses... 31 Deaths from Just 1 Drug
John, New York
Prosecutor Michael Loucks remembers clearly when lawyers for Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company, looked across the table and promised it wouldn’t break...
Michael Loucks, Pfizer Inc, drug
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Teen Reported Gang Rape; Police Say Others Watched, Laughed
Jack, Los Angeles
A 15-year-old girl who was raped, robbed and beaten by multiple attackers outside of her high school homecoming dance was found by police after 18-year-old Margarita...
Rape, Gang Rape, Richmond High School
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Should bloggers be prosecuted for publishing inflammatory and offensive views?
View Point, Shimla
19-year-old boy from India faces criminal charges after starting a community on Orkut against Shiv Sena (a political party that predominantly supports Hindu Nationalist...
bloggers, Orkut, Shiv Sena
made popular Feb 26 2009
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Bloggers Beware!
Shiv, india
From The Times of India: A 19-year-old blogger’s case could forever change the ground rules of blogging. Bloggers may no longer express their uninhibited views...
supreme court, blog, info tech act
made popular Feb 26 2009
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Mumbai 26/11: The very best from Indian bloggers
Fatima, Islamabad
Gurcharandas: A Passion for Death or Life? I have always believed that India would relentlessly march towards a modern, capitalist and democratic future; and terrorist...
terror attacks, Mumbai terror blasts, Mumbai 26/11
made popular Dec 3 2008
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Mumbai 26/11: The very best from Pakistan bloggers
Fatima, Islamabad
Teeth Maestro: Mumbai Under Attack & Pakistan to blame What has also sadly transpired within the following day is that the ‘official’ blame game circus is in...
Mumbai 26/11, analysis, india, pakistan
made popular Dec 2 2008
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The Registry That Never Was
Nicholas, Liverpool
EU Observers reports that the famous, or rather infamous and certainly badly understood, proposal by the Committee on Culture and Education concerning blogs and...
Blogs, Bloggers, EU, Freedom of Expression
made popular Sep 30 2008
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Malaysian Government in conflict with 'Malaysia Today'
Swati S, Shimla
Blogging is the new medium through which thousands of people are expressing their views over one issue or the other. In a way, bloggers are the new age journalists and...
Malaysia Today, Bloggers, Web, Technology
made popular Sep 9 2008
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Bloggers vent anger, pain at serial bomb blasts
Sharmila Chakravorty, Northampton
The serial blasts in Ahmedabad and Bangalore have evoked anger and strong condemnation of bloggers, who have given vent to their feelings online as the terrorist...
Bloggers, vent, anger, pain
made popular Jul 27 2008
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Is Associated Press justified in protecting free use of its content by New Media?
View Point, Shimla
The Associated Press has revived the Old Media-New Media fight by trying to draw a line between reference and reproduction. The 162-year-old news service created...
New Media, Associated Press, AP
made popular Jun 17 2008
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South Africa: Dealing With The Xenophobia Crisis
Muhammad Karim, Durban
Cartoon depicting the effect of the Xenophobia attacks on South Africa’s image by famed South African cartoonist, Zapiro The current situation in South Africa...
xenophobia, South Africa, bloggers
made popular May 27 2008
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China earthquake brings out citizen journalists
Trevor, Burlington
Minutes after the earthquake struck in Sichuan on Monday the internet was alive with videos and eyewitness accounts of the disaster.
China, earthquake, citizen journalists, bloggers
made popular May 12 2008
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Useful sites for bloggers
Shamil Rasheed, Chennai
There are a lot of useful resources for bloggers. Some provide nice templates, whle others provide means to monetize their blog. This article gives a list of both which...
useful sites, bloggers, Technology
made popular May 5 2008
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Has the present upsurge of articles in Indian Blogosphere led to a downfall in the quality of writing?
Reshmi, Bangalore
As blogging takes the Indian cyber world by storm, thanks to innovative and poignant blogging sites like BlogSpot, Instablogs and others, it is still way behind its...
Blogosphere, Indian, quality, articles
made popular Mar 5 2008
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Government feels bloggers' heat now
Pratyush, New Delhi
A government official says, it appears that, all the websites blocked are said to express ‘extreme religious views.’ Government sources confirmed late in...
Government of India, Gulshan Rai, D. S. Mathur, Dayanidhi Maran
made popular Jul 19 2006
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'TOI Lying' - Tarun Pall livid over its report on him
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
India Daily’s blog on the crap article that Delhi Times section of The Times of India carried out has been noticed by Tarun Pall himself and commented no less...
tarun pall, times of india, TOI, delhi times
made popular Nov 10 2005
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Few bloggers in India!!?? You're going pathetic to comical, The Times of India!
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
The Delhi Times section of The Times of India carried out an article on Indian bloggers. It says that we are a “shockingly tiny group comprising mostly...
bloggers, Delhi Times, Tarun Pall, IIPM
made popular Nov 9 2005
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Bloggers nail IIPM to silence, scam takes comical angle in blogosphere
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Just after reading the full page ad in blue,I took every written word to be true,Shelled out the hard earned bucks, & everything in my career now sucks.Attended...
IIPM, Scam, bloggers, blog wars
made popular Nov 4 2005
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