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March, 2011

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China: The Interrogation (A Tale of AI and Revolution)

Stainless Steel Mouse, aka Liu Di, has seen many of her peers arrested or disappeared over the past several weeks. Looking at the unusual way in which China's failed Jasmine Revolution began, she has imagined a scenario which mixes fact with fiction.
Kenyan Bloggers Form an Association; BAKE

On Friday 25th March, several Kenyan bloggers held a meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, under the newly formed BAKE ( Bloggers Association Kenya). The meeting was the 4th in an initiative by some of Kenyas veteran bloggers .
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: Opening doors to African women's bedrooms

For the past two years, Nana Darkoa’s blog Adventures from the bedrooms of African women has provided a forum for frank and intimate discussions of sex and sexuality amongst African women and men.

31 March 2011
China: The Interrogation (A Tale of AI and Revolution)

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia
31 March 2011
Kenyan Bloggers Form an Association; BAKE

Written by Njeri Wangari · Sub-Saharan Africa
31 March 2011
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah: Opening doors to African women's bedrooms

Written by Fiona Leonard · Sub-Saharan Africa

Stories from March, 2011

31 March 2011

On march 22, 2011 voting for "The Best Of Blogs" Awards, event annually organized by German media corporation Deutsche Welle, started. The award is getting more popular every year. This...

Tensions Between Korea and Japan Intensified Over Territorial Conflict

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · Quick Reads · East Asia

Taiwan: Nuclear Waste on Orchid Island

Written by I-fan Lin · East Asia

In 1974, the Taiwan Atomic Energy Council decided to store nuclear waste on Taiwan's Orchid Island, where the indigenous Tao people have lived for generations. More than twenty years have...

Venezuela: H1N1 Cases on the Rise

Written by Patricia Acosta · Latin America

The H1N1 virus has hit Venezuela. While writing this post, on March 28, the number of people infected with the virus is 415. Using Twitter, Venezuelans are sharing their frustration...

Japan: The Tsunami, God and Man

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

A few days after the disaster that killed more than ten thousand people, Italian vice-president of the National Research Council (CNR) Roberto De Mattei and Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara left...