| Japan: Tweeting from Fukushima  At Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor in Fukushima Prefecture, a brave group of workers, dubbed the Fukushima 50, have been left to tame an escalating nuclear disaster. Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (SDF) official and Twitter user @kir_imperial - one of the people on the ground in Fukushima - has been tweeting about day-to-day events at the nuclear power plant. read>>
Japan: Wondering About the Meaning of Life
Japan: The Light and Darkness of Social Media
Bulgaria: Offering Shelter to Japanese Earthquake Victims
Singapore: Reactions to Japan Earthquake Disaster
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| Bahrain: Journalists Denied Entry at the Airport  Bahrain awoke to a violent crackdown by police on demonstrators camped out at the country's iconic Lulu (Pearl) roundabout on Wednesday. That afternoon, Omar Chatriwala boarded a flight from Doha, Qatar, to Bahrain, in part to see what was unfolding in the island nation he once called home. Hours later, he was deported - just like many reporters not allowed into the country to cover the unrest. read>>
Bahrain: A Video Timeline of Police Brutality |
| Pakistan: Citizens In Action After Minority Minister's Assassination  On the 2nd of March, an unknown gunmen shot and killed Pakistan's Federal Minister For Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti. He was assassinated for their stance on the blasphemy law. A letter writing campaign initiated by a blogger to protest this received responses from over 15,000 people from different walks of life. read>>
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Pakistan: Blood Money Sets Raymond Davis Free |
| Libya: Gaddafi Threatens as Coalition Starts Air Strikes  Colonel Muammar Gaddafi spoke for three minutes on the phone, in a call which was just broadcast by Libyan State Television, threatening countries around the Mediterranean Basin, and calling for help from Africans and South Americans. His speech comes as a coalition made up of the US and France, among others, have started air strikes against his forces. read>>
Libya: Mourning Mohammed Nabbous
Libya: Air Strikes on Libya Begin
Libya: More Threats from Gaddafi as He Speaks Again
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| Malaysia: 'Offensive' Novel Creates Controversy  A recent controversy that has arisen in Malaysia is the issue of a novel used as a textbook for literature in secondary schools. Critics claim the book, which discussed the caste system, has racist content. The Indian community in Malaysia is demanding the removal of the book in the school syllabus. read>> |
| Haiti: Election Morning in Pictures  Today, March 20, Haitians go to the polls to decide who will be the Caribbean nation's next president. This runoff election is being contested by Mirlande Manigat and Michel Martelly, the two candidates deemed to have received the highest number of votes in the controversial general election held last November. Reports posted this morning by Twitter users on the ground in Haiti pointed to delays in the opening of polling stations, while many outside the country fixated on an incident in which Haiti-born rap star Wyclef Jean, a Martelly supporter, was shot in the hand. Here's a selection of photos posted on Twitter of the scenes in Haiti as the polls opened-or tried to-this morning. read>>
See also: Haiti: The Entertainer, or The Professor?
Haiti: Aristide's return, the word 'house' and today's election |
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