Around The World In 140 Characters

The French burqa ban considered a factor in official government warning from the US to avoid crowded places in the EU! http://cot.ag/99HjFv less than 10 seconds ago via CoTweet
Big election day this Sunday. Not only Latvia and Bosnia, but also in Brazil, where Silva’s 8-year rule begins its end. http://cot.ag/9JdVzY 8 minutes ago via CoTweet
Bosnians divided ahead of Sunday’s election not only by political views, ties to EU, but also historic ethnic divisions http://cot.ag/c2aX5v 14 minutes ago via CoTweet
In Latvia, president Valdis Zatlers seems likely to name Valdis Dombrovski prime minister again after Sunday’s election http://cot.ag/bfE46q about 1 hour ago via CoTweet
Nigeria and President Goodluck Jonathan celebrates 50 years of independence in an oil-rich nation of chaos and terror. http://cot.ag/9zp4vJ about 1 hour ago via CoTweet
China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and Venezuela enlist bloggers and social media hipsters in effort to control new media http://cot.ag/bfdFNG about 4 hours ago via CoTweet
Iran has sentenced the controversial blogger Hossein Derakhshan to 19½ years in prison for “insulting sanctities” http://cot.ag/d3hFYZ #iran about 5 hours ago via CoTweet
In Denmark, young immigrants, working as delivery boys, are helping the Danish elderly, running erands at no extra charge http://j.mp/9wvTy8 about 6 hours ago via CoTweet
Whoa! China basically buys Greece, address the Greek parliament, move on to EU-summit in Brussels. Next: buying Spain? http://cot.ag/daOiWO about 7 hours ago via CoTweet
There are no calls for terrorism in the recent Osama Bin Laden tape messages. There are, however, humanitarian appeals. http://cot.ag/aDXEQ1 about 17 hours ago via CoTweet