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February, 2009

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The Greatest Street Party on Earth: The Brazilian Carnival

Barack Obama, Fidel Castro and the Iraqi journalist who threw one of his shoes at George Bush were just some of the characters spotted on the streets of Brazil, during this year's Carnival. See a selection of the most interesting pictures published under a Creative Commons license.
GCC: Currency Dilemma for Arab Gulf Consumers

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) hopes to achieve a monetary union, with a common currency, by 2010. Bloggers from the region, which groups Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, debate the merits of the union and more importantly what name they want for their new currency.
Uganda: Fire destroys Owino Market

A massive fire gutted Kampala's Owino Market early Wednesday morning, seriously injuring five people and destroying thousands of stalls. As many as 25,000 traders, mostly women, are estimated to have suffered losses.

28 February 2009
The Greatest Street Party on Earth: The Brazilian Carnival

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America
27 February 2009
GCC: Currency Dilemma for Arab Gulf Consumers

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa
27 February 2009
Uganda: Fire destroys Owino Market

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

Stories from February, 2009

28 February 2009

Hong Kong: Budget report: university students on sale!

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Financial Secretary of Hong Kong John Tsang made the budget speech for the fiscal year 2009-2010 at the Legislative Council on 25 of February. This is the first budget report...

Shiv Sena's Orkut Campaign: The Limits to Freedom of Expression in an Intolerant India

Written by Gaurav Mishra · South Asia

Introduction: Freedom of Expression in the Indian Blogosphere The Indian blogosphere is abuzz with discussions on freedom of expression after the Supreme Court refused to throw out Shiv Sena's defamation...

Azerbaijan: Popular website back — minus forum

Written by Simon Maghakyan · Azerbaijan

After several days of closure, the popular semi-independent Azerbaijani news and discussion website, Day.az, is back. However, raising additional questions about its brief disappearance, the site's forum — known for...

USA: Activists Incensed after Fatal Shooting by Police

Written by Bernardo Parrella · North America

Several people recorded mobile phone videos of a police officer shooting and killing a young man named Oscar Grant on a train platform in Oakland, California, on January 1. Since...

Israel: Battling Cancer

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Paraguay: Why Do Fellow Citizens Leave the Country?

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Video: Community Radios Fill the Information Gap

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

In a highly globalized and digitalized world, sometimes we may forget that in many regions of the world, not even electricity is available, and the possibility of using internet as...