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9 June 2010

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Stories from 9 June 2010

Following a stampede outside a Korean boy band concert at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, an ongoing culture war between China's devoted K-pop fans and their equally crazed World of...

Bolivia: The Cost of Internet Domains

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

In Bolivia, the cost to obtain a country-specific internet domain has been seen as too expensive. Some bloggers and twitterers have expressed their concern on the Facebook page of the...

Rwanda: Following The Peter Erlinder Case

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Quick Reads · North America

Jamaica: Caribbean-American

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Slow Going

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

Chad: Regional Conference on the Issue of Child Soldiers

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Bahamas: Budget Perspectives

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Dual Role

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Media & Food

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Russia: Prosecutor's Office Forces Provider to Close Website

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Brazil: “Why does not Brazil want to punish torturers?”

Written by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Quick Reads · Latin America

Armenia: Music video homophobia concerns

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Ethnicity & Race

Japan: Threatened theaters decline to screen “The Cove”

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

Following threatening calls and protest by right-wing activists, some theaters decided to pull "The Cove". Bloggers discuss the pros and cons of screening the documentary in the country, where it...