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China and Japan: Feng Zhenghu at Narita airport

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 22/11/2009

Shanghai human rights activist Feng Zhenhu has been living and waiting in the hall of Japan's Narita airport since November 4 when he was barred from entering his own country by the Shanghai immigration the eighth times. Feng is an economist and a human rights activist. After the Tiananmen Massa ...

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Bahrain: Israelis for Palestine

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 21/11/2009

“Its a great pleasure to introduce to you our latest project: Israelis for Palestine. This has been in the works since the beginning of October and were happy to finally be launching it, despite the fact that its still very much in its early stages,” writes Bahraini Esra'a on Mideast ...

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Algeria: Coverage ‘Written from Cairo'

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 21/11/2009

Algerian The Moor Next Door takes a closer look at media coverage following the Algeria- Egypt matches which saw Algeria qualify to the World Cup in South Africa next year. “Foot-ball is something akin to a religion in many countries… It can also lead to blind and irrational fanaticism,& ...

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Egypt and Algeria: Much More Than a Football Match

Posted by Tarek Amr on 21/11/2009

Who would have believed that a football match could cause such tension between two nations? The trouble between Egypt and Algeria has now reached an unexpected level and many bloggers believe that the World Cup qualifying match has nothing to do with the troubles on the street. Tarek Amr has the sto ...

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Taiwan: Science park expansion dispute

Posted by vergilyeh on 21/11/2009

Recently, the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has passed a bill in favor of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) fourth stage expansion. The construction plan has drawn the attention of ecologists and caused heated discussion in the Taiwan blogosphere.Jeremy explains the problem of the construction plan in a ...

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