December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

5 December 2009

2nd Arab Bloggers Meeting

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Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Global

The Heinrich Boell Foundation and Global Voices are organizing the Second Arab Bloggers Meeting in Beirut from the 8th till the 12th of December 2009. This meeting is a follow-up...

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4 December 2009

Russia: Blogger Arrested For Pneumonic Plague Rumors

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Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Russia

Ivan Peregorodiev, a 22-year-old medical student and blogger, has been arrested on December 3 for spreading rumors about pneumonic plague in the city of Saratov. Authorities accused him of disseminating...

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2 December 2009

United States: Justice Department's illegal “fishing expedition”

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · USA

Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us was sent a subpoena by the Justice Department, demanding details of visitors on a certain day. Declan McCullagh at CBS News says that the Department also asked that...

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