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Blogging in the Middle East
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Sep 17 07
Witnessed: 8904 times
Regions: Middle East and Caucasus
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression
Tags: blogging, censorship, middle east
A short report on blogging in the middle east. This video comes out of the site entitled “Broadcasters of Tomorrow”.
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