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It Started With a Kiss: Footballer Causes Homophobia Debate in Brazil 27 Aug 2013 | 02:58 pm
[All links lead to Portuguese-language webpages unless otherwise noted.] One week after Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed in celebration at the World Athletics Championships ...
Kazakhstan: Script Reform Is ‘Hardly Possible at All’ 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
As Kazakhstan prepares for a highly controversial shift from Cyrillic script to Latin alphabet, its netizens are keen to note that a similar reform implemented years ago by Uzbekistan has not been ver...
China Detains Prominent Online Critic on Prostitution Solicitation Charge 27 Aug 2013 | 07:57 am
Well-known Chinese-American angel investor and prominent online celebrity Charles Xue has been detained by Beijing police for suspected solicitation of prostitution. Speculation is rampant in China's...
Online Reporting of Bribery in Thailand 27 Aug 2013 | 07:10 am
Bribespot Thailand encourages Thais to report cases of bribery and corruption in the country. Through an interactive map, the website also identifies bribery hotspots in Thailand. Written by Mong Pal...
A Brick in the Wall of Tertiary Education in Barbados? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
During the recent budget presentation in Barbados, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler announced that the government would be cutting its subsidies for students at the University of the West Indies, Ca...
Wikipedia in Guarani 27 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
This year, Wikipedia in Spanish reached one million articles and released a basic user guide in Guaraní. The idea is to revive the Guaraní-speaking community in this great platform. So far there are o...
Kazakhstan Eyes 2022 Winter Olympics 27 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and the former capital, will be bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics. However, blogger Politolog warns [ru] that the event might prove too costly for the oil-rich nat...
Young Kyrgyz and Tajiks Learn to Blog 26 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
More than 20 young activists from the Central Asian nations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are learning the basics of blogging at a summer school in northern Tajikistan. Rustam Gulov reports [ru] on Blo...
Mexican Officials Vote to Change Transparency Laws: A Backward Step in the Name of Security? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
[All links lead to Spanish language webpages] Officials in Mexico have passed constitutional reforms that will greatly affect the public’s ability to access information held by the government. The re...
Crowdfunding Project in Brazil Seeks to Finance Independent Reporters 26 Aug 2013 | 03:22 pm
[All links lead to Portuguese-language pages unless otherwise noted.] Publica, a non-profit investigative reporting and journalism agency in Brazil, has launched its first crowdfunding project. Publi...
