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10 August 2010

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Stories from 10 August 2010

Russian-Fires.ru, First Ushahidi Experience

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

Wildfires in central Russia have shown that the Russian blogosphere is capable of fast mobilization, cooperation and solidarity when it comes to natural disasters. The RuNet Echo team not only...

Mexican bloggers debate whether citizen videos and pictures showing graphic violent crimes are an answer to what some say is the mass media's resistance to cover drug trafficking related violence...

Pakistan: Sense Of Sacrifice

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bangladesh: Even No Water To Wash My Teeth

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

India: No Room for Single Women

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Rwanda: Bloggers Discuss Presidential Election 2010

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Preliminary results released by the National Electoral Commission show that Paul Kagame has won Rwandan election by a landslide. What does Kagame's victory mean to Rwanda? Was the election free...

D.R. of Congo: Collection of Taxi slogans

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Russia: Blogosphere Helps Man Fight Local Administration

Written by Vadim Isakov · Eastern & Central Europe

This story has everything for an unconventional blockbuster: a lonely hero facing dozens of armed bad guys, corrupt police forces, private security firm, contract killers, and... thousands of bloggers fighting...

South Africa: The Liberation of Afrikaans

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Russia: Internet Trolls for the Good?

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

Russia: Yevgenia Chirikova – Leader of the Khimki Forest Defenders

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

Russia: Do Authorities Conceal Rate of Death Caused by Smog?

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Georgia: Second anniversary of South Ossetia war

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

As Georgia marked the second anniversary of its August 2008 war with Russia over the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, online reaction has been mixed and largely polarized on geopolitical...

Palestine: The Politics Of Issuing Passports

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

The hostility between the Hamas government in Gaza and the Fatah government in Ramallah has manifested itself in many areas, from education to electricity. Now it is affecting the issuing...