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5 September 2005

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Stories from 5 September 2005

Chad: Dictator cronies out

Black Star Journal reports the removal, finally, from the Chadian government of officials suspected of torture and other human rights abuses during the regime of Hissène Habré in the 1980s.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
5 September 2005

Iran: Nuke for Peace

Mohammed of Iraq The Model wonders, why is Iran choosing to defy the world withal the present dangers of a military reaction if Iran kept pushing things to the edge?...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
5 September 2005

Nigerian Blogging Scene

As the world is getting along well with blogging,the face of blogging in Nigeria is changing surely but slowly. As at the time of writing this piece there are not much (home based) Nigerians blogging especially when looked at in relationship to the number of people using the Internet in the country.

Written by Edward Popoola
5 September 2005

Indonesia: Haze law suit

Indonesia Environment Forum (Walhi), a leading Indonesian NGO, is set to file a class action lawsuit against 10 companies in connection with the August forest fires and choking haze in...

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Taiwan: Romanization

Bogger ashaw cites a 1962 study as noting that Taiwan’s first periodical, a Presbyterian newsletter, was in romanized Taiwanese. Meanwhile, squabbling is underway over the romanization systems – the Tongyong...

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Indonesia: Katrina Hurricane

Indonesian blogger A. Fatih Syuhud appeals for alms for Americans affected by Katrina Hurricane. Singapore blogger Yuhui wonders if life will return toNew Orleans to the same level of its...

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Cambodia: Land crisis

There is a major land crisis in Cambodia, a leading United Nations human rights official said. Rich and powerful interests were grabbing land, leaving thousands of people dispossessed.

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Cambodia: Khlog & Clog

Drupal, an open source content management system, will power the KhmerOS project and blogging tool that enables Cambodians to blog in own Khmer language based-weblog. It's going to be Khlog...

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Vietnam: Amnesty

Pastor Quang was released on August 30 as part of the National Day amnesty, but evangelist Thach remains in prison

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

Noted by TheDayStartsHere, Google has launched the beta version of Google Bendi (Bendi means “local” in Chinese) at bendi.google.com .

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005

China: Naked web-chat

A Chinese researcher has warned of naked Internet chatting. Up to 20,000 Chinese Internet users log on to chatrooms each night in which users in various states of undress talk...

Written by Jeff Ooi
5 September 2005
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