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“All whaling vessels please proceed to waters of East Timor”
The title above is a quote from Twitter user @BILL_ROMANOS celebrating a discovery made by Australian and East Timorese researchers: the biggest "meeting" ever reported of whales and dolphins, among other cetaceans, and in East Timorese waters.
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Taiwan: Organic farming in Taiwan
In Taiwan, more and more farmers adopt organic farming methods, from rice to vegetables, from fruits to roses, and from tea to coffee. These farmers use blogs to support each other and sell their products.
Kenya: Introducing poet and artist bloggers
Njeri Wangari introduces a few young poets and artists in Kenya who have started blogs to expand the reach of their works.
Egyptian bloggers visit injured Palestinians
Palestine: “In Gaza, we are subject to news but cannot see TVs”
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Andrea from T-salon translated a tweet that tells various turning points in China history in relation to socialism and capitalism.
Liam of Políticamente Incorrecto [es] reflects on the direction that Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo is taking the country, and provides a bit of advice that he should become a closer ally to Chilean president Michele Bachelet.
Edo shows how the next generation of space toilet looks like.
Rebecca MacKinnon from RConversation blogs about the Chinese government's announcement of a new celebratory day - the China's Netizen Day in September 14.
The Metropolitician tries to account for the Internet and cultural barriers to content production with the presence of conglomerates in the industry.
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Palestine: "In Gaza it's 9/11 every hour, every mi...
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