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Bahrain: Undesirable Visitors - 08/08/2008 01:46 AM

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif claims the country's Ministry of Information, responsible for censorship, has been visiting his blog, where he maintains a list of banned blogs and sites.

Bahrain: 225 Jailed Demonstrators Released - 08/08/2008 01:43 AM

Bahrain's King has pardoned 225 people arrested for taking part in demonstrations, reports blogger Mahmood Al Yousif. “His majesty might also consider the fact that without such social justice, many of those released and others might continue to demonstrate to express their chagrin at the iniquitous circumstances they find themselves in,” he adds.

Lebanon: The Beirut Spring Family - 08/08/2008 01:23 AM

To cater to different readers, Lebanese blogger Mustapha has tweaked his blog - Beirut Spring. The Beirut Spring ‘family' is now made up of Beirut Spring Tabloid and Beirut Spring Business.

Lebanon: Fires and Global Warming - 08/08/2008 01:17 AM

Summer forest fires have been erupting in what is left of the Lebanese wilderness for years now. And every year, the blame game is played; starting with parties and politicians blaming each other for not being prepared, to blaming each other for intentionally starting the flames. So, what do the bloggers have to say about this?

Kuwait: New Gym Segregation Law Soon - 08/08/2008 12:06 AM

Writing at ZDistrict, Kuwaiti blogger Marzooq says a new law will soon be introduced to ensure complete segregation in gyms.

Iran: Syria plays with Iran card - 08/07/2008 11:26 PM

Mohmmad Ali Abtahi, former vice president and blogger, says[Fa] that Syria plays with Iran card for its own interests. Contrary to Syria's policy, Iran supported this country when it was in trouble.

China: Pollution levels around Olympic venues - 08/07/2008 11:11 PM

Off the Map blogger Sean Gorman and friends have taken Chinese government pollution data and made a mashup map of pollution levels in the areas surrounding Olympic venues in Beijing. Code to embed the map here.

Iran:Iran suspended the punishment of death by stoning - 08/07/2008 11:11 PM

A judiciary spokesman said that the punishment of death by stoning has been suspended in Iran.Amatour, an Iranian blogger, calls[Fa] this decision a very good news and remind us that several high ranked clerics have been against stoning.

Russia: Who is Fit for Civil Service? - 08/07/2008 10:55 PM

Eternal Remont posts an ironic comment, based on a Financial Times article, about the new drive in Russia to find suitable civil servants.

China: Second Olympic terrorism threat video released - 08/07/2008 10:43 PM

Following last month's Olympics terrorism threat/confession video claiming to be from a group called the Turkestan Islamic Party, another video has been released. Judging from the look of it, this clip will be even less convincing than the one before it. See the Xinjiang-based The New Dominion and The Opposite End of China bloggers for [...]

China: More Opening Ceremony sneaked footage - 08/07/2008 10:19 PM

An indignant French-writing journalist has, along with a lengthy rant, posted video taken this week during an opening ceremony rehearsal inside the Bird's Nest. Hong Kong entertainer Jackie Chan and Tibetan singer Han Hong can be seen on stage. Note that in the comments one reader shares the most popular rumor as to who (or [...]

Iraq's Jews - 08/07/2008 09:59 PM

Iraqi blogger Wameeth draws our attention to Iraqi Jews. “Iraqi Jews are one of the most sensitive topics in Iraq, one of largest markets in Iraq in the center of Baghdad trade market is called the Jew market ,it was the center of all the trade in Iraq till the beginning of the sixties of [...]

Dominica, Antigua: One Caribbean? - 08/07/2008 08:53 PM

Following news of the murder of a honeymooning British couple in Antigua, Danielle Jones at Dominica Weekly says: “While some of us may be inclined to brush this incident off as an Antiguan problem, in reality it has implications for the wider Caribbean. It comes just weeks after our CARICOM leaders decided to market [...]

Jamaica: Independence Day - 08/07/2008 08:43 PM

Jamaica just celebrated its 46th year of Independence from Britain and several bloggers marked the occasion with posts that ranged from thoughtful critiques to excited celebration...

Poland: Endless Celebration of History - 08/07/2008 08:34 PM

Pawel of Polandian writes about the 1st of August anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, including several photos of the remembrance celebrations in a post titled “Poles must stop living in the past”. He writes: “The fact that we decide to focus all our popular celebrations around history means that we feel we have [...]