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Japan: Artist and morality

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 18/11/2009

Neojaponisme has a blog post about the protocol for Japanese record labels to pull their artists' CDs from stores when they are arrested on drug charges or for any other anti-social acts.

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Egyptians! Algerians! Wake UP!

Posted by Marwa Rakha on 14/11/2009

From ferocious marketing campaigns to Facebook wars, hacking, and owl burning, the November 14th match between Egypt and Algeria has turned into an ugly war. Marwa Rakha reports from the battlefront.

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Egypt: Celebrities sans Diplomacy

Posted by Marwa Rakha on 13/11/2009

Bikya Masr reported two stories a couple of days apart about celebrity blunders and lack of tact. Beyonce was targeted in the first and Salma Hayek spoke out in the second. Marwa Rahka has the story.

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UK, Poland: “Basia is Back”

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 03/11/2009

the POLSKI blog reports that “Basia, whose voice is familiar to anyone who in the early 1980s danced to Whose Side Are You On?, is back with a new album.”

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Haiti: National Anthem Singing Contest

Posted by Fabienne Flessel on 30/10/2009

Sammuel from Thanks for loving Haiti has launched [En/Fr/Fr Cr] a video contest for the best Haitian National Anthem singer. The best video will be chosen by the readers and the winner will probably be announced on January 1st 2010, National Independance day in Haiti.

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