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Chile: Changes in Government Websites with Arrival of New Administration

Nike Jung · 19:07, March 22nd, 2010 · Americas

Many Chileans noticed that some government websites no longer contain photos or information from the previous administration, and they are wondering whether it was a deliberate message sent from the administration of new President Sebastián Piñera 0 comments · read »

Iran: Iranians marked holiday under surveillance

Hamid Tehrani · 10:38, March 22nd, 2010 · Middle East & North Africa

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Iranians marked, Charshanbeh Soori, a holiday that leads up to the Persian new year under the watchful eyes of riot police Tuesday night, after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the Islamic Republic's leader discouraged celebrations. 0 comments · read »

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March 22nd, 2010

Iran: New wave of blogger arrests

Hamid Tehrani · 10:51 · Middle East & North Africa

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Another wave of blogger arrests has been reported in Iran but the details are murky. The leader of an anti-censorship group named Iran Proxy, and the founder of blog hosting service Persian Blog have both been arrested. 0 comments · read »

March 21st, 2010

Translator of the week: Audrey Lambert and her students in France

Claire Ulrich · 22:27, March 21st, 2010 · Western Europe

A faithful volunteer translator for Global Voices in French since 2008, Audrey Lambert is also a pioneer of using Global Voices in the classroom at the Lycée Ozenne in Toulouse, France. 5 comments · read »

South Africa: Remembering Sharpeville Massacre

Ndesanjo Macha · 18:24, March 21st, 2010 · Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africans remember the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960 as a turning point in the history of political resistance against racial discrimination. Sixty-nine people were killed in the township of Sharpeville when South African police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters. 0 comments · read »

Dubai: Iranian Blogger Omid Reza Mirsayafi Remembered

Hamid Tehrani · 17:01, March 21st, 2010 · Middle East & North Africa

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About 40 young people from all four corners of the world came together in a cafe in Dubai and remembered the first anniversary of the death of Iranian Omid Reza Mirsayafi, the first blogger to die in prison. The meeting also reflected on the March 18 Movement, OR318, via art. 0 comments · read »

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Middle East & North Africa

The View From Fez announces a readers' photography competition, in anticipation of the blog's fifth anniversary next October. Photographs should be taken in Morocco and can be submitted by email.

Americas

“One of the latest national topics is the Ministry of Education's pilot project to convert twenty co-educational (or co-ed) secondary schools into same-sex (or single-sex) schools”: KnowTnT.com and Ken Sambury comment.

East Asia

A photo-reportage by Buddhika on five Chinese female trainees who reportedly escaped from the fabric factory of Tode Bussan (in Toyama prefecture) where they were underpaid and exploited.

South Asia

Ashish at Desicritics discusses the merits and demerits of the recently passed Foreign Education Bill in India.

Western Europe

Is the euro dead or dying? economist and blogger Dominique Thiébaut asks [Fr] on his blog, Changes et Matières Premières. He weighs the odds a “sarkofranc” or “markel” might succeed the European currency, currently at the mercy of some members countries' financial straits as well as international speculators.

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