NewsLab

News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Julie, reine de l’Internet à 73 ans !

January 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Julie a 73 ans et elle est à la pointe de la modernité : chaque jour, environ 200 personnes consultent son blog. Sur un site de photographies personnelles, Julie a déjà déposé plus de 20 000 clichés ! Un modèle pour nous, “apprenties blogueuses”. Ceci est un article paru dans L’Echo Le Régional, édition du […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · History · Personal · Photo · Profile · Society · Technology

Reporters Without Borders worried about the death of internet journalist in Irak

December 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 Reporters Without Borders called yesterday on the Iraqi authorities to investigate the disturbing circumstances in which Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a correspondent of the news website Alive in Baghdad, was killed on 14 December. Aged 23, Moussawi was found dead in his home in the northeast Baghdad district of Habibiya after an Iraqi military raid on his […]

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Tags: Politics · Society · War & Conflict · Youth

Après 6 mois de crise politique, la Belgique forme son gouvernement

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Malgré sa capitale, Bruxelles, capitale européenne,malgré sa position privilégiée au sein de l’Europe, la Belgique a souffert 6 mois durant d’une crise politique sans précédent. Toutefois, dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi, un accord a finalement été scellé entre les différentes parties, et l’ancien - nouveau Premier ministre, GuyVerhofstadt, a pris les rênes du […]

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Tags: Politics · Society

Bloggers making a difference…Part II

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

I read with great interest Marianne’s post. I think that by creating this blog and talking about all these different topics we’ve been discussing is a way of making the world a better place.We are 20 women from different countries constatly communicating and exchanging ideas. Who knows maybe one day we will be able to […]

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Tags: Community Development · Society

Bloggers making a difference…

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Bloggers Unite is an initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference; from raising awareness for […]

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