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Bahamas: “F” on Crime

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 21/11/2009

“Clearly the Government has no plan to address crime, there has been no improvement in the Judicial System, and…it appears that the Government will not move forward with Capital Punishment”: Weblog Bahamas‘ Jerome Pinder gives the government a failing grade on crime.

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Barbados, Guyana: Doctor Complicit?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 21/11/2009

Barbados Underground suggests that the doctor who examined the minor brutalised by Guyana police “was complicit in the torture…the concealment of a crime against humanity and…he possibly committed obstruction of justice.”

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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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Poland: Online Campaigning for the Rights of Employees

Posted by Sylwia Presley on 20/11/2009

Sylwia Presley writes about the plight of and online campaigning by a group Polish citizens who work for IKEA via another, smaller, company called Solid Security: they claim to be earning amounts below the national minimal wage, being assigned to work up to 16 hours daily and lacking the basic benef ...

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