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Politics
Shuttered Singapore media website may hit back from overseas
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: An independent socio-political website, at the heart of a recent defamation suit by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has gone offline, but it could be back in action by operating from outside Singapore. The Online Citizen (TOC) shut down on…
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West Asia
“Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” banned in Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia
Egypt became the third Arab country to ban Qatari website”Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” website operated from London, after Saudi Arabia and UAE. Saudi Arabia and UAE had previously announced they’d be banning and blocking the website accusing it of “spreading lies and distorting facts in news dealing with affairs in the two…
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Major news in Russia on June 26: Top 10 Russian Web Startups Top news in <Moscow Times>: Top 10 Russian Web Startups As the largest online population in Europe with more than 60 million online users and a rapidly growing online advertising market, Russia is a new frontier for venture capitalists in search of the next Yandex. Online advertising spending in Russia,…
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East Asia
Japan Launches Chinese Version of PM’s Website
This screenshot taken on Feb. 29, 2012 shows the Chinese version of Japanese prime minister’s official website. Japan’s prime minister office on Wednesday launched a Chinese version of its official website to strengthen the mutual understanding between the two peoples. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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