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July, 2008

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Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

The popular Spanish YouTube channel Pinofas has created a novel project: it's an hero adventure quest live-action game that takes advantage of the new tagging, linking and commenting capabilities that YouTube has implemented, called Tube Adventure.
Italy: A National Registry for Roma People?

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's new right wing Cabinet recently launched plans to carry out a national registration of all Roma people in Italy, including fingerprints of all children. Italy is home to an estimated 150,000 Roma and Sinti people (often referred to as Gypsies). The ensuing, heated public debate...
Turkey is Typing….Bomb Blasts in Istanbul

While the city of Istanbul enjoyed itself with a Metallica concert, the party died down with the news of a bombing in the Istanbul neighborhood of Güngören, leaving at least 17 people dead and over 150 people injured. Reactions to the news in the Turkish blogosphere were slow, but between...

31 July 2008
Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Western Europe
30 July 2008
Italy: A National Registry for Roma People?

Written by Bernardo Parrella · Eastern & Central Europe
30 July 2008
Turkey is Typing….Bomb Blasts in Istanbul

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

Stories from July, 2008

31 July 2008

Russia: Sexual Harassment

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

Russia: Street Name Changes

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

Russia: Bashkiria

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

The Baltics: Baltic Sea Environmental Campaign

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Estonia: Russian Media Outlet Urges Boycott

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: City Name Changes

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Medvedev to Fight Corruption

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: USAID Russian Style

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Change in Migration Policies

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Israel: Olmert to Resign Following Kadima Primary

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Ehud Olmert said yesterday that he will not stand for the Kadima primary in September. According to Al Jazeera English, Olmert said: “I have decided I won't run in the...

Hungary: Bomb Scare

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

U.S., Bulgaria: Julian Tzolov

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

Czech Republic: Expensive Water

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

Serbia: Karadžić's Updates

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

Mozambique: Quality debate about politics

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Serbia: Karadzic's Case

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

Brazil: Live blogging the local elections debate

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Latin America

Angola: Goodbye to Kinaxixe Market in Luanda

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Serbia: Frontline Club's Live Discussion on Karadžić

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

Ukraine: “No Place in the EU”?

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