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Disturbing Images Blogged on alleged Timor Assassin

Posted by Keta Haluha on 19/11/2009

On the 15th November Portuguese language blogger, Timor Lorosae Nacao, posted disturbing images of the corpse of Major Alfredo Reinado undergoing an autopsy in Dili in February 2008.  Major Reinado led a group of armed men to the house of Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on the morning of 11 Feb ...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Social Media Crimefighting

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 19/11/2009

Taran Rampersad is glad “to see that social media is being seen as a tool for fighting crime in Trinidad and Tobago”, but says there are more effective ways in which to do it.

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Africa: Google sponsors Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 18/11/2009

Google is pushing for more content on Kiswahili Wikipedia through Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge: We invite you to take part in this challenge to create Wikipedia articles in Kiswahili. We hope to make the online experience richer and more relevant for 100 million African users who speak Kiswahili.

English Kenya Language Roundups Sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania Technology

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China: Release Zhao Lianhai, the Father of the Kidney Stone Babies

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 18/11/2009

C.A Yeung translated a petition signed by more than a hundred Chinese netizen demanding the Beijing police to release Zhao Lianhai, a famous rights activist and the founder of an organisation called the Home for the Kidney Stone Babies. Zhao was arrested and detained by the police since November 13. ...

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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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