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24 August 2005

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Stories from 24 August 2005

Iran: Weblogestan Birthday

Farid says that on September 7th, the Iranian Blogsphere will celebrate their forth birthday. On September 7th, 2001 Salman launched the first weblog in Farsi.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
24 August 2005

Egypt: Al Hurra Exposure

The exposure to US based Al Hurra channel and Radio Sawa increased in Egypt from 70% last year to 92% this year. Al Hurra received tremendous negative media coverage and...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
24 August 2005

Indonesia: Flash memory

“Don't ever trust things you buy IN China…” that seems ot be the conclusion of three Indonesian bloggers (Waryaman Wardana blogs in both English and Indonesian) and two online resource...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005

Brunei: Royal wedding bells

The Brunei-born Australian who blogs Macam-Macam (meaning all kinds) from Indonesia was watching Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, former World's Richest Man, divorcing his second wife and taking a new bride. “Unsurprisingly,...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005

Japan: Labour pains

Japan is not a place where fathers are readily allowed to attend the birth of their children. In fact, recounts Cottontimer, it is against many hospitals’ policies to allow husbands...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005

Thailand:

Thailand's ‘Sangha’ (loosely translated it means Buddhism Body) declared for the umpteenth time that monks producing Buddhist amulets for financial gain are be stopped. Some of the most sought after...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005

Malaysia: The New Blogocracy

Jeff Ooi points to a story in Oxford Business Group titled: The New Blogocracy which features the Malaysian blogosphere. It is also the topic of academic study with the recent...

Written by Jeff Ooi
24 August 2005
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