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In the early days of the Internet, web sites all looked pretty much the same. Choose a site at random and you would find a hierarchical structure consisting of a "home" age and one or more secondary pages.  In 2004, the term "Web 2.0" was coined to include new, more interactive sites that fostered a sense of community.

Weblogs constitute the most popular and widespread manifestations of Web 2.0. Unlike a traditional, structured web site, a weblog (or "blog") allows for and encourages communication between the web publisher, his/her readers, and between readers.  Most weblogs encourage comments, whereby readers add thoughts to the blog editor's articles, or ask questions.  There are a number of free or almost free weblog platforms - WordPress and Moveable Type are two of the most popular.

Weblogs also contain built in data streams called RSS Feeds.  An RSS feed allows the content of a weblog to appear anywhere a reader desires - in an RSS Reader, on a personalized iGoogle or My Yahoo page, or within the pages of another blog. An interested reader can subscribe to a weblog, consume the content however he wishes and never actually visit the weblog site again.

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• Shanghai Residents Protest Battery Plant Over Potential Pollution

  
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  Hundreds of residents marched along a street on the outskirts of Shanghai on May 11, 2013 to oppose plans for a lithium battery plant, marking the country’s second protest in a week over potential environmental pollution. Earlier this week, Global Voices reported on a similar protest in the western city of ...
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• After Two Years in Hiding, Bahraini Blogger Ali Abdulemam Flees to London

  
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  Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam surfaced in London, after escaping from Bahrain, where he has been in hiding for two years. In absentia, Abdulemam, 35 years old, was slapped  with a 15-year prison sentence for belonging to a terror organisation and for seeking to topple the government. The Atlantic details his ...
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• Blog Update #269 – This Week Senior Editor “Danny” Writes. This Months “The Computer Savvy Perspective” Feature.

  
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  Dear Readers, This week Senior Editor Danny will be writing this months ” The Computer Savvy Perspective ” feature. Along with him will be a special guest editorial co-author on said feature ( Still yet to be named ). ————————– - Between May 6th, 2013 – May 12th, 2013 - ...
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• ‘What else do the Chinese want?’ Headline Enrages Malaysians

  
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  Following the announcement of the results of the 13 th general election in Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak coined the term ‘Chinese tsunami’ to refer to the voting trend of the ethnic Chinese community, saying that ‘the polarisation in this voting trend worries the government. We are afraid that if ...
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• Sensible Blogging Advice That You Can Use

  
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  Running a blog is a fantastic way of getting what you need to say out to the world, and make a very little cash the process. There are numerous methods of going about this, and this information is full of tips to get you began. Take a moment to learn these tips, to see ways to enhance your website. You would like ...
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• Interfaith Groups: Stop Religious Violence in Myanmar

  
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  Interfaith groups in Myanmar are actively working for peace, understanding and harmony amid rising cases of violence against the minority Muslims in the country. A recent case of anti-Muslim violence instigated by Buddhist mobs broke out in Oakkan, a northern district of Myanmars former capital city Yangon, on ...
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• Australia’s Sandwich Gate: PM Julia Gillard Better Take Cover

  
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  The mainstream media have been accused of trivialising political coverage in Australia over an incident involving Prime Minister Julia Gillard and a sandwich on 8 May 2013. Apparently, it even went viral overseas both in the press and online. Gawker got into the act with a tasteless [sic] image as lead and an ...
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• Chinese Directors Reported Seven Children Shocks Public

  
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  Chinas one-child policy is once again under scrutiny after mainland media revealed that famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou  might have fathered seven children. Hailed as an accomplished fifth-generation director in the country, 63-year-old Zhang, who wowed the world in 2008 with his astonishing Olympic ceremonies, ...
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• Vinny takes a shower

  
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  Hello everyone, just a quick note with some Youtube action here. Well, actually its just audio, but at least you get a pretty picture of Vinny, sitting on his custom-made shower perch.  Vinny has been pretty vocal from the start, but hes getting better and better. Any hissing sound, he still has trouble with (f, ...
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• Can United Avoid the Texas Two-Step?

  
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  Fans Fear Getting Hosed in Frisco After the abysmal performance midweek that has everyone questioning the professionalism of the side, things don’t get any easier on Saturday. Far from it, as we battle the surprise leaders in the league on their home turf. Will the prospect of the return of Chris Pontius to the ...
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• 連休後半。

  
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  さてことしの連休は基本的に二分割。後半はyuipooたちも来るので軽井沢。　最近、中軽井沢の駅が新しくなって、図書館や文化施設と一体になりました。かつては夏の間など特急も止まる駅でしたが、平成８年に新幹線開業に伴い、ロー
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• Crowdsourcing a Fair Election in Bulgaria

  
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  The government of Boyko Borisov fell on Feb. 20, after a month of incessant protests, and in less than five days, on May 12, Bulgarian citizens will elect a new parliament (an in-depth GV text is here ). There are doubts, however, about the fairness of the upcoming vote. To help monitor the violations of the ...
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• Gas Tanker Explosion in Mexico Leaves at Least 19 Dead

  
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  The explosion of a gas tanker has left at least 19 people dead and 36 injured, according to the latest reports . The blast occurred in Ecatepec de Morelos County ( State of Mexico ) early in the morning of May 7, 2013. Ecatepec is part of Greater Mexico City. Mexican newspaper  El Universal  [es], on its online ...
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• US Invitation to Sudanese Official Draws Wide Condemnation

  
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  The United States government faced a wave of criticism when news surfaced about an official invitation it has extended to a senior delegation of the Sudanese government, particularly including Nafie Ali Nafie, Sudans ruling party controversial strongman and Presidential adviser to President Omar Hasan al-Bashir. In ...
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• Spanish Aristocrat is the Link between North Korea and the World

  
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  Alejandro Cao de Benós, born in Tarragona, Spain, in 1974, a descendant of the barons of Les [a municipality in the Val dAran in Catalonia], the earls of Argelejo and the marquises of Rosalmonte. Besides his rather unusual lineage, it is unlikely that his name would be widely known if this 39-year-old Catalonian was ...
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• Italy: Congolese Female Minister joins Italian Cabinet

  
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  [All quotations are translated from the original French articles, except the Twitter quotes, which were originally Italian] Two months after the February 2013 Italian general election, Prime Minister Enrico Letta , selected by the President Giorgio Napolitano to create a consensus government, revealed the members ...
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• Wiretapping Scandal, Voter Disillusionment Ahead of Bulgarias Elections

  
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  Bulgarian citizens will have to make some difficult choices as they go to the polls on May 12, 2013 to vote in the parliamentary election . The election had originally been scheduled for July, but the date was changed after the Feb. 20 resignation of the Bulgarian Prime Minister  Boyko Borisov ’s government, ...
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• Spanish Blogger Goes After Anti-Catalan Prejudice in Viral Video

  
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  A YouTube video featuring an Andalusian  Spanish blogger criticizing xenophobic attitudes in Spain toward the region of Catalonia has gone viral. Blogger Mel Domínguez ( @focusings ) uploaded the  video  [es] to her Youtube channel  [es] on April 8th, 2013 as a response to anti-Catalanism  she has ...
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• Turf War Brewing in Brazil Over Corruption Investigations

  
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  [All links lead to Portuguese language pages, except when otherwise noted.] On the heels of a landmark corruption case [en] in Brazil that saw former members of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvas government convicted of participating in a vote-buying scheme, a proposed constitutional amendment in Brazil ...
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• New Captain for West Indies Cricket

  
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  The West Indies Cricket Board has announced its team for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy, but what has the region talking is the decision to replace St. Lucian Darren Sammy with Trinidad-born all rounder Dwayne Bravo as captain of the One Day International (ODI) team. On ...
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