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22 August 2007

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Stories from 22 August 2007

Russia: Blogger on Trial for Writing Fiction

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Blogger Dmitry Shirinkin faces trial for having written on his blog that he had purchased a gun and was going to kill a few dozen people in one of the...

Syria: Through the Bloggers’ Cameras

Written by Yazan Badran · Middle East & North Africa

Hovic and Abd are two friends from Aleppo in northern Syria. They are also among the finest photo bloggers on the blogsphere. Hovic and Abd's Blogs, named, Syria Looks and...

Bosnia & Herzegovina: “Voluntourists”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Intermarriages

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: August 1991

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Serbia: Kosovo Roma

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Jamaica: Media Emergency?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Faith and Tolerance

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Russia: Nashi, BBC, and the Upcoming Elections

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Estonia: Russia

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Ukraine: Bukovyna's New Romanians

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Jamaica: Only Kindess Matters

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Czech Rebublic: “Imaginary Migrants”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Jamaica: Visionary?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Czech Rebublic, Slovakia: Tax Systems

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Guyana: Rainmaker

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Visit to Cuba

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Tanzania: How to shoot yourself in the foot

Written by J. Nambiza Tungaraza · Sub-Saharan Africa

How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot is the lesson Tanzania’s parliament is delivering, at least for the time being, after its decision to suspend a Member of Parliament for...

Cayman Islands: Hurricane Wisdom

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Belize: Safe After Dean

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean