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Wednesday, 28 January 2014

Nepal's #SmashChairChallenge Pressures the Constituent Assembly to Draft the Constitution

The Nepali Twitter-sphere is filled with images of people throwing chairs, an online satire to press the Constituent Assembly members to draft the constitution on time.

Yemen's Uncertainty

Yemen, often described as a “failed state”, has become a country without a president and a government. Even Yemenis living inside the country are perplexed by the latest dramatic developments.

Citizens Refuse to See India's Garden City Reduced to Waste

Rather than trash the authorities' handling of Bangalore's garbage problem, residents are finding innovative ways in which to deal with the massive amounts of waste generated by the city.

Website Fine Rekindles a Controversy About the Use of Personal Data in Peru

A Peruvian website that publishes open data was closed down after being fined, rekindling a debate about the use of personal data in the country.
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