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Recently, concerns have arisen both inside and outside of Iraq about the intentions of current prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. Over the past months, he has exerted great control over the government and the state in order to promote a strong central government and prevent the dissolution of Iraq. The intensely nationalist leader has made some [...]
On Friday, October 24 2008, many were surprised because they could not access the popular Google-powered, blogging portal, Blogger. They came across the same phrase that they found when You Tube was banned about six months ago: “Access to this site has been banned by court order.” As a Turkish citizen and blogger, I have many problems [...]
After serving a five-months of his prison term for writing critical statements about the government and president of Yemen, journalist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani was granted a presidential pardon. The country has a long history of not respecting freedom of press or expression. While in prison, Al-Khaiwani was to be given an award by the President of [...]
