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China: Obama, censored or not?

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 18/11/2009

Fool's Mountain pointed out how the Chinese propaganda machine has successfully played tricks on foreign media in reporting the censoring of Obama's Q & A session with Shanghai youth.

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Azerbaijan: News of IRI departure met with concern

Posted by Onnik Krikorian on 18/11/2009

Following the cessation of radio broadcasts from foreign stations, as well as the sentencing last week of two video blogging youth activists, comes news of what some see as yet another threat to a fledgling process of democratization.

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Western Sahara: Aminatou Haidar Deported

Posted by Jillian C. York on 18/11/2009

Aminatou Haidar is a leading activist for independence of the Western Sahara (from Morocco). On Friday, November 13 when, upon returning to Laayoune (a city in the Western Sahara region), she was arrested and subsequently deported. Jillian C. York rounds up the reactions of bloggers.

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Pakistan: Mumbai Attacks

Posted by Rezwan on 18/11/2009

Bilal Qureshi at Pakistan Foreign Policy blog comments on the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks: “So far, we know that stateless actors were involved in carrying out these attacks. These people want nothing, but chaos and mayhem in Asia, and it is important to stop them without pointing finger at oth ...

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India: Much Ado about Copenhagen Meet On Climate Change

Posted by Rezwan on 18/11/2009

Roger Alexander opines that “in the course of his current trip to Asia, US President Barack Obama has ensured that the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference, due to take place in Copenhagen December 7-18, will be nothing more than a talk shop.”

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