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Featured stories about 2008-07

Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:27, July 31st, 2008 · Western Europe

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The popular Spanish YouTube channel Pinofas has created a novel project: it's an hero adventure quest live-action game that takes advantage of the new tagging, linking and commenting capabilities that YouTube has implemented, called Tube Adventure. 4 comments · read »

Italy: A National Registry for Roma People?

Bernardo Parrella · 23:53, July 30th, 2008 · Eastern & Central Europe , Western Europe

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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's new right wing Cabinet recently launched plans to carry out a national registration of all Roma people in Italy, including fingerprints of all children. Italy is home to an estimated 150,000 Roma and Sinti people (often referred to as Gypsies). The ensuing, heated public debate over whether this measure amounts to racial discrimination is overflowing in the online space of Italy and beyond. 8 comments · read »

Stories

July 31st, 2008

Israel: Olmert to Resign Following Kadima Primary

Jillian York · 21:57 · Middle East & North Africa

Ehud Olmert said yesterday that he will not stand for the Kadima primary in September. According to Al Jazeera English, Olmert said: “I have decided I won't run in the Kadima movement primaries, nor do I intend to intervene in the elections.” Bloggers had a strong reaction to Olmert's resignation. 1 comment · read »

Saudi Arabia: Is Divorce an Easy Word?

Amira Al Hussaini · 15:47 · Middle East & North Africa

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With divorce rates soaring to an all new high in Saudi Arabia, Saudi blogger 3abira Sabeel [Ar] asks: “Has divorce become such an easy word?” Amira Al Hussaini translates 3abira's post from Arabic, which discusses how different today's women are from their grandmothers and why young women and men find it easy to dissolve their unions. 0 comments · read »

Palestine: Anger at Young Boy's Needless Death

Jillian York · 01:26 · Middle East & North Africa

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Israeli troops shot and killed 12-year-old Ahmed Ussam Yousef Mousa during a peaceful protest against the barrier being erected in Nilin. Up to 18 others were injured by rubber bullets during the protest. Ahmed was the only person hit by a live bullet. Jillian York sums up blog reactions in this post. 22 comments · read »

July 30th, 2008

No to Kuwait's New Internet Law

Abdullatif AlOmar · 21:45 · Kuwait

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Kuwaiti bloggers are angry at a proposed new Internet Law, which they claim would make their days as free bloggers numbered, after Attorney General Hamad Al Othman announced that a new law dealing with Internet crimes will be issued soon. Abdullatif Al Omar takes a closer look at the Kuwaiti blogosphere and their reactions to the impending law. 0 comments · read »

Links for 2008-07

July 31st, 2008

Eastern & Central Europe

FP's Passport reports on one Russian judge's view of sexual harassment.

Eastern & Central Europe

Eternal Remont writes about street name changes in Moscow.

Eastern & Central Europe

Copydude writes about Moving Baltic Sea - a campaign to promote creative strategies for cultural and environmental co-operation among Baltic Sea states.

Eastern & Central Europe

Babel Tallinn reports that Russian news portal, Regnum, urges its readers to boycott Estonia, and also publishes a list of Estonian products and services to be avoided.

Eastern & Central Europe

The Turkish Invasion posts a list of Russian cities, which through history have undergone name changes, and comments on the phenomenon.

Eastern & Central Europe

LJ user yangel reports (RUS) that president Medvedev has confirmed his plan to fight corruption, which signifies the start of a campaign to rid Russia of this malaise.

Eastern & Central Europe

LJ user epopov ru comments on (RUS) an article in today's Kommersant, claiming that Russia is to set up its own foreign aid agency, modelled on American USAID.

Eastern & Central Europe

LJ user Kontury comments on (RUS) a government initiative to liberalise labour immigration by increasing quotas from CIS countries.