Social networking site Twitter is becoming more and more popular in Venezuela – as an unregulated way of criticising President Hugo Chavez.
Chavez: Castro health ‘magnificent’
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had a private five-hour meeting in Cuba with Fidel Castro.
UFC president Dana White invited to address Oxford Union
Dana White White is now president of the UFC and a multi-millionaire with over one million Twitter followers.
Jean criticises president in song
Haitian hip-hop star Wyclef Jean records a song criticising election officials who have banned him from running for president.
South Korea attempts to ban North Korea Twitter feed
North Korea’s foray into Twitter has prompted its neighbours in the South to attempt to ban their citizens from following links to Pyongyang’s propaganda website.
Ill president cedes power to deputy
Suriname’s newly elected president, former dictator Desi Bouterse, is ailing from an undisclosed illness and temporarily ceded power to his vice president in the South American country.
Pietersen Twitter shock
A post on Kevin Pietersen’s Twitter account said the England batsman has been dropped from the limited-overs squads for the series against Pakistan.
Obama – time to turn the page in Iraq
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and told war-weary Americans his central responsibility now is to restore the sagging U.S. economy.