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China: Time to pray
· 21:42, May 16th, 2008
· East Asia 
'Pray for the disaster victims, god bless China' has been the main motif on many main Chinese blogging websites as the country moves past the hundredth hour of mourning, fund-raising and blood donations.
The call for prayer has been the theme of coverage at new media and blog service provider Netease, ... 1 comment · »»
Egypt: Torture for Bloggers and Activists
· 20:59, May 16th, 2008
· Middle East & North Africa 
Egyptian bloggers, cyberactivists and activists on the ground continue to pay the price for speaking up against the rising cost of living and calling for higher wages and a better life. What started as a call for a strike on April 6, quickly spiralled out of control, with a face off between rioters, protesters and the police. Here's an account of what has happened and is still happening to some of the activists who have used the worldwide web to spread news of what is happening at home. 1 comment · »»
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May 17th, 2008
Serbia: International Day Against Homophobia
· 13:16
· Eastern & Central Europe Japan: Bloggers criticize Greenpeace over whale-meat theft
· 06:03
· East Asia 
The reputation of Greenpeace Japan appears to have dropped a few notches this week, with news that the organization, in order to expose the theft of whale meat by crew members of a whaling research ship, itself stole meat to use as evidence of the crime. Members of Greenpeace Japan admitted to having entered a delivery company's distribution center in Tokyo on April 15th without permission in order to seize packages of whale meat. 0 comments · »»
May 16th, 2008
Kuwait: Zero Hour for Elections
· 15:07
· Middle East & North Africa Blog for Palestine Day
· 14:02
· Americas , Middle East & North Africa Myanmar: Citizen videos in Cyclone Nargis' aftermath 
· 08:12
· 
Despite restrictions on journalists imposed by the Burmese junta who govern the country, people have been going out and recording what is really happening to the victims of this natural disaster. On May 2nd, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar (Burma), generating massive damage and tens of thousands dead or missing. 2 comments · »»
Iran: “The Internet is a gift to us”
· 06:08
· Middle East & North Africa 
Arsham Parsi is the founder and director of the Iranian Queer Organization based in Toronto, Canada. He talked to us about the presence of Iranian homosexuals in cyberspace, their challenges and projects. Homosexuality is banned in Iran, and punishable by prison or death. 0 comments · »»
Korean internet site attacked by Chinese hackers
· 01:35
· East Asia 
The biggest auction site in Korea, “Auction,” was involved in a hacker attack in February and lost the personal information of at least 11 million customers. Recently, the hackers were found to be Chinese. In addition, Koreans are related to this crime. The fact that the personal information is used ... 4 comments · »»
Brazil: The prohibited march that keeps marching
· 00:49
· Americas 
This year's edition of the Marijuana March was prohibited by courts in 9 capital cities across the country due to allegations of illegal promotion of drug use. The theme provoked responses by many local bloggers, and the reactions to the prohibition keep echoing around the Brazilian web. 1 comment · »»
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Americas
Tiago Dória [pt] tips bloggers about Der Mundo, a multilingual publishing tool for blogs whose “idea is to follow a hybrid model in which machine and the readers themselves translate”. The Brazilian blogger remarks that besides culture differences, the language barrier is still a conversation stopper in the web.
Central Asia & Caucasus , Eastern & Central Europe
Krik! Music Corner posts an interview it held with Armenia's entry into the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, Sirusho, while she was on promotional tour last week. The blog was impressed by the young singer who it says was beautiful, kind and friendly.
Central Asia & Caucasus
The Armenian Observer rounds up and comments on the news headlines of the week. Not unpredictably, the main topic discussed in the local media was the post-election situation in Armenia although interestingly, the focus is more on the personal conflict between the first two presidents rather than the new elected head of state and his main rival.
East Asia
Many comments said that the whole nation should focus on rescue and put aside criticisms. Garbledtext from Bullog pointed out that it is a right time to question in order to avoid further mistake during the earthquake rescue [zh].
Central Asia & Caucasus , Eastern & Central Europe
The Armenian Observer posts video of the first rehearsal by Armenia's entry into next week's Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, but also reports that opposition plans to urge a boycott of the young local pop star, Sirusho, continue. Regardless, with interest in Eurovision and Sirusho eclipsing local political frictions, my The Caucasus Knot reports that the 21-year-old is currently one of the favorites to win.
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