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Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Development

Posted by Alexey Sidorenko on 20/11/2009

On November 10, activists held a rally calling for broadband Internet and protesting against Internet provider monopoly in the township of Kraskovo (Moscow region, 10 km from the Moscow beltroad). This is the first known case of a protest dedicated to the defense of the Internet rights in Russia. Th ...

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Colombia: Tensions and ‘Winds of War' with Venezuela

Posted by Julián Ortega Martínez on 20/11/2009

As a result of several incidents along the border, tensions have been escalating in the last few weeks between Colombia and Venezuela, two neighboring countries which already have strained relations.

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Malawi: Should there be a Sex Workers Bill

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 20/11/2009

Marshal discusses Sex Workers Bill in Malawi: “Recent media reports pointing that the government intends to come up with a Sex Workers Bill with an aim of protecting sex workers in the country, shocked quite a few of us.”

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Queen's Speech: Bankers' bonuses had nothing to do with the financial crisis

Posted by Alex Singleton on 18/11/2009

Will Gordon Brown use the Queen’s Speech to fix Britain’s financial problems? No, of course not. Instead, he’ll use it was a way to scapegoat bankers, blaming their bonuses for the financial crisis, which was mostly of his causing.In fact, bankers’ bonuses – whatever yo ...

Politics financial crisis Richard Jeffrey Sub-prime lending

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St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Bromance

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

“I am fed up of the debate over next weeks referendum”: So instead, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Lullabies, Fairy Tales and other Self Delusions blogs about his “bromance with murses.”

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