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Three Options for Cyprus to Escape the Financial Crisis
Written by Laurent Delors · Translated by Andrew Kowalczuk from Global Voices The small island of Cyprus continues its race against bankruptcy. Following the European decision to tax all depositors,...
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Guinea-Bissau President Caught Up in Drug Conspiracy Allegations
By Sara Moreira in collaboration with Janet Gunter, from Global Voices Guinea-Bissau’s interim president is beating back allegations that he played a role in a failed plan to smuggle weapons to...
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“Wanted Dead or Alive”: Slovak PM Dodges Court Summons
By Tibor Blazko from Global Voices Robert Fico served his first term as Slovakia’s Prime Minister from 2006 to 2010, then spent two years in the opposition, and was re-appointed as the PM in April...
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Post-election Tension Escalates in Venezuela
By Laura Vidal · Translation by Victoria Robertson. From Global Voices. [Links are to Spanish-language pages except where noted.] The election results [en] following the death of Hugo Chávez, in which...
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Iran: Act Like a Man, Dress Like a Woman!
By Farid from Global Voices A man dressed in a red dress with a veil on his head was paraded by security forces through the streets of Marivan in the Kurdistan province of Iran on Monday, April 15,...
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Copyright Amendment Will Bring Web Filter System to Taiwan
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (IPO) [zh] has recently proposed [zh] to amend the Copyright Act and provide legal justification of IP and DNS blocking at the Internet Service Providers (ISPs)...
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Insurgency Videos on Thailand’s Deep South
By Aim Sinpeng from Global Voices It’s just another day in the troubled southern border region of Thailand where three people were killed and another injured in four separate attacks over the weekend...
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Turkey: “A Tree Dies, A Nation Rises”
By Rayna St. from Global Voices The situation in Istanbul turned violent when police cracked down on peaceful protesters on Friday, May 31. The peaceful sit-in started five days ago where several tens...
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Video: Thousands Rage Against Iran’s Regime at Funeral for Ayatollah
By Farid from Global Voices Ayatollah Taheri Esfahani’s funeral procession in Isfahan. Screenshot from YouTube Thousands of people in Isfahan, Iran took part in funeral procession for Ayatollah Jalal...
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India Stops 160-year-old Telegram Service
By Rezwan from Global Voices India’s state-owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced that it is discontinuing its 160-year-old telegram service. Although...
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