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» 2008Oct 8, 2008
Bimal Gautam, a photojournalist from Nepal posts some photos of the crash of an Yeti Airlines plane in his photoblog. 18 persons died in the air crash in Lukla today including 14 Germans, 2 Australians and 2 Nepalis.
Tagged: south asia, english, photography, breaking news, roundups, disaster, nepal
Oct 7, 2008
Bangkok protesters clashed with police in front of the Parliament building. Twitter user jeremyfanclub gives an update: “Bangkok is going political unrest PAD and police is fighting now at front of parliament from …
Tagged: politics, english, breaking news, roundups, thailand, protest, east asia
Oct 1, 2008
Pará - Brazil, 2007. Photo by Deborah Icamiaba. The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has disclosed the news of a huge increase in deforestation in the past few months, particularly in the States …
Tagged: politics, americas, general, development, weblog, environment, breaking news, brazil, portuguese, indigenous
Sep 27, 2008
With very little information coming out on today's massive explosion in Damascus, Syria, one blogger was on the site and rushed back to his computer to describe to the world the scene of devastation and chaos he has …
Tagged: politics, arabic, english, weblog, breaking news, syria, egypt, disaster, war and 038 conflict, middle east and 038 north africa
Sep 25, 2008
New Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro's speech at the UN yesterday is all the talk on 2channel [ja], Japan's largest bulletin board. According to news reports [ja], 5 minutes into his speech Aso was told that there was …
Tagged: politics, japan, breaking news, élections, roundups, japanese, east asia
Sep 21, 2008
The winners of the Philippine blog awards 2008. The blog of journalist and GV author Tonyo is Best News and Media blog of the year.
Tagged: english, media, breaking news, roundups, philippines, east asia, internet and 038 telecoms
Sep 20, 2008
The Blogoma, or Moroccan blogosphere, was buzzing today over news of Moroccan blogger Mohammed Erraji's acquittal. Erraji was arrested for writing, in the Arabic publication Hespress, that the king's charity toward his …
Tagged: technology, weblog, media, french, freedom of speech, feature, breaking news, morocco, cyber activism, internet and 038 telecoms, middle east and 038 north africa, blogger news
Sep 4, 2008
The political tension in Lebanon is escalating to critical levels with each passing day. The latest helicopter downing by Hezbollah managed to add more conflicts between the politicians and the citizens as well …
Tagged: politics, english, weblog, breaking news, lebanon, middle east and 038 north africa
Aug 27, 2008
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will become Member of Parliament again after winning in a recent election. No Kacau, Don't Kacau sees a better political landscape for Malaysia.
Tagged: politics, english, breaking news, élections, roundups, malaysia, governance, east asia
Aug 27, 2008
See Global Voices special coverage page on the South Ossetia crisis. Russia has formally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia today. Below are some of the initial reactions from LiveJournal's …
Tagged: politics, human rights, law, weblog, breaking news, ukraine, russia, georgia, russian, governance, kosovo, ukrainian, serbia, international relations, eastern and 038 central europe, war and 038 conflict, central asia and 038 caucasus