| Puerto Rico: Pervasive Corruption in the Police Department  The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) arrested 133 people in Puerto Rico, including 89 police officers, in what the US Department of Justice called "the biggest police corruption investigation in the history of the FBI". The blogosphere reacts. >>Read more |
| Egypt: Bad Bad Facebook A TV show discussing Facebook on the Egyptian state-run television channel soon became the source for rumours, mockery, and loads of fun on blogs and Twitter. Tarek Amr has more in this round up of reactions from Egyptian netizens. >>Read more |
| Zimbabwe: Update on Zimbabwe's New Draft Constitution Zimbabweans are discussing the proposed draft of a new constitution. This will be Zimbabwe's second constitution. A proposed new constitution to replace the Lancaster House Agreement of 1979 was approved by the Parliament in 1999, but was defeated in the 2000 referendum. Zimbabwe will hold a referendum on the new constitution next year on June 30. >>Read more |
| Syria: Who Gets Paid $42,000 a Month? Syria, formerly a socialist state, began its economic reform process in late 2003. The process has lead to a rapid growth of Syria's private sector, but also led to a continuous increase in poverty levels and an exponential income inequality within the private sector. >>Read more
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| Venezuela: Nuclear Energy Deal with Russia  Russia and Venezuela have maintained a close commercial relationship since 2005: the South American country has invested over $US 4 billion in Russian armament in the last few years. President Hugo Chavez, who is on a tour throughout Europe and Asia, arrived in Russia (the ninth visit he makes to this country) last October 14 and met with his counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. >>Read more
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