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8 August 2010

Venezuela: Blog Carnival and Freedom of Online Expression

Written by Juan Arellano ·

Global Voices is sponsoring a Blog Festival and invites Venezuelan bloggers to write about the topic "freedom of expression on the internet." This post provides all of the details on...

3 August 2010

Russia: Crowdsourcing assistance for victims of wildfires

Written by Gregory Asmolov ·
RuNet Echo

Severe wildfires in Russia have continued to spread since last week, displacing thousands of citizens. A new website using Ushahidi software, Russian-fires.Ru, is mapping not the fires themselves, but citizens...

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