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Disaster · April, 2009
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Azerbaijan: Last day of April

Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus30 April 2009

Caribbean: When Pigs Fly?

Caribbean28 April 2009

The idiom "when pigs fly" is not a popular one in the Caribbean these days as regional bloggers, like the rest of the world, keep a close eye on the...

China: A citizen campaign to reveal the forgotten dead

East Asia28 April 2009

从车上下来的高举冲锋枪的警察高喊“把手举起来，原地不要动”这个只有大片中才有的场景让我有些不知所措。 The police rushing down from the car with a sub machine gun at hand shouted at me, ‘put your hands up, freeze!’ It was so astonishing a scene that...

Ukraine: Chernobyl – Michael Forster Rothbart's Photos; Mohamed Makhzangi's Book

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe24 April 2009

Sri Lanka: The Pros And Cons Of International Attention

North America24 April 2009

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are holding on to to just a sliver of land in the north of Sri Lanka, but the United Nations is estimating that...

Ukraine: Chernobyl Photo Exhibit

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe24 April 2009

Ukraine: Ceramics Museum; Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe21 April 2009

Jamaica: Hostages Released

Caribbean20 April 2009

Breaking news in Jamaica this morning is that a hostage situation has developed with the crew of a Canadian jet at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. Canadian mainstream media...

Kazakhstan: Blackout in Almaty

Central Asia & Caucasus20 April 2009

Last Wednesday, April 15, due to damage of the high-voltage power line Toktogul-Frunze (the largest line in the Kyrgyz Republic), most enterprises and even strategic buildings in towns of the...