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Syria: Bloggers Infuriated by Israeli Massacre in Palestine

Posted by Razan Ghazzawi on 29/12/2008

"Many Syrian bloggers feel depressed and paralyzed over what's happening in Gaza now" writes Razan Ghazzawi as she brings us more reactions from the Arabic-language Syrian blogosphere in our continuing coverage about the current Israeli airstrike campaign in the Gaza Strip.

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Turkey: Apology Shakes Apologia over Armenian Genocide Initiative

Posted by Simon Maghakyan on 28/12/2008

Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial, Yerevan, Republic of ArmeniaChallenging 90 years of institutionalized denial of the massacre and deportation of the Ottoman Empire's indigenous Armenian community during WWI, tens of thousands of Turkish intellectuals, academics, writers, journalists and dissid ...

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Iran Review 2008

Posted by Hamid Tehrani on 28/12/2008

According to the Berkman Center for Internet and Society there are around 60,000 active Iranian blogs. In 2008 they have been creative, dynamic and active in their diverse fields of interest. Here are a few of them.

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The Global Twittersphere Discusses Gaza

Posted by Jillian York on 28/12/2008

Twitter is the new blogging, or so the story goes. Never has that been more apparent than in times of crisis: During the Mumbai attacks, Twitter users provided up-to-the-minute coverage, and today, as Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza, the Twittersphere is deep in discussion.Twitter users uti ...

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Cameroon: Blogging to save 4 year-old from orbital tumor

Posted by George Esunge Fominyen on 28/12/2008

In November 2008 Cameroon's national TV featured the story of a four year-old boy called Bright Asangwei Fuh suffering from a rare orbital tumor that could not be properly handled in the country. Since then a group of well wishers have created a blog to fundraise for the little boy's medical ...

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