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  • From: Onnik Krikorian <onnik AT oneworld.am>
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  • Subject: [Cc-south-caucasus] OT -- Caucasus: 2008 Blog Review
  • Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:47:23 +0400

Slightly off-topic, but perhaps not as Global Voices Online as well as my photos and posts are all licensed under Creative Commons:


Global Voices Online ยป Caucasus: 2008 Blog Review

Last year ended with a state of emergency declared in the Republic of Georgia, but few could imagine that the events of 2008 would eclipse those of 2007.
Three presidential elections, a war, and yet another state of emergency defined the South Caucasus this year, and bloggers were there to document events from the ground even when the local and international media wasn't.

True, the presidential election held at the beginning of the year in Georgia passed largely without incident, but trouble was already brewing in neighboring Armenia ahead of its vote to determine succession to the incumbent president the following month. Blogging on politics naturally intensified and mirrored the deep divisions in the country.

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But if events in Armenia set shock waves through the international community regarding the state of democracy and stability in the South Caucasus, what happened towards the end of the summer put the region, and Georgia in particular, on the front pages of every newspaper in the world. [...]

The full post is at:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/12/25/caucasus-2008-blog-review/

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Onnik Krikorian
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Oneworld Multimedia
http://www.oneworld.am
http://blog.oneworld.am

Caucasus Regional Editor, Global Voices Online
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org

Armenia Author, The Frontline Club
http://www.frontlineclub.com






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