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January, 2012

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Stories from January, 2012

Spanish-Speaking Twittersphere Fumes Over Announcement

31 January 2012

Twitter's announcement that it will restrict certain user content according to the laws of individual countries immediately caused a negative reaction in the Spanish-speaking Twittersphere. Twitter users widely employed the...

Puerto Rico: The Art of Sound

· 31 January 2012

Cuba: Human Rights Double Standard

· 31 January 2012

Russia, Syria: Anti- and Pro-Assad Facebook Comment Attack

RuNet Echo · 31 January 2012

Puerto Rico: Waste of Money

· 31 January 2012

Cuba: Upwardly Mobile?

· 31 January 2012

Bermuda: “Constant Circus”

· 31 January 2012

Iran:American Accent for Persian Speakers

· 31 January 2012

Jamaica: Bleached

· 31 January 2012

Iran: Official launch of Cyber Police

· 31 January 2012

Panama: President Receives Draft for New Constitution

· 31 January 2012

Costa Rica: Young Entrepreneurs Present Mobile Game

· 31 January 2012

Mexico: Discussing Nonviolence with Javier Sicilia

· 31 January 2012

Bolivia: Pro-Road March Reaches La Paz

· 31 January 2012

Azerbaijan: #LightYourFire Eurovision Meme

· 31 January 2012

China: A review of the new high-speed rail between Shenzhen and Guangzhou

· 31 January 2012

China: The legacy of Wukan

· 31 January 2012

Brazil: Sex Scandal on Big Brother Provokes Debate on Machismo

30 January 2012

The live broadcast of an alleged rape on the TV show with the highest ratings in Brazil on 14th January, with no immediate intervention by TV Globo, led thousands of...

Philippines: Protest Against Removal of Trees by Shopping Mall

30 January 2012

The plan of SM City Baguio shopping mall in north Philippines to remove more than 100 trees to make way for a new parking lot and entertainment site has been...

India: A Disastrous Tour Of Australia

· 30 January 2012

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