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Well, I’m back in cold and wet Seattle now! I flew in from Athens to Portland, Oregon last Friday and went straight for the coast to attend the birthday party of a very dear friend. I have to admit, there is a certain cachet  in dropping into a weekend beach party direct from Athens … [...]

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It has been a busy last few days, but I have survived unscathed and not any worse for the wear. Being Athens during the protests has been a very interesting experience and I’m not sure yet what I think about it all. Anyway, I have published 4 stories on Demotix and I invite you to [...]

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Here are a few photos from last night.  There was some sporadic action with protesters overturning some dumpsters and setting them on fire.  What was interesting how mundane of an action this was as none of the “average citizens” reacted as if anything special was happening.  There is a real resentment towards the police here [...]

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Getting to Athens has been an interesting experience, but I made it safe and sound although a bit wet as the weather has turned a bit.  While Athens may be a big destination for a normal tourist I am really here for one just reason: to cover the demonstrations (riots) to commemorate the one year [...]

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I’ve published two stories over at Demotix on the two demonstrations that were held yesterday (11-Jul-09) in Budapest.  My second story made the front page which is my second time being out front.  I got pushed off pretty fast last time which was not surprising.  Regardless, even though I am only working at this level [...]

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A brief wrap up of the weekend events.

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Supposedly there is a big anti-gov(?) demonstration planned for today up at Hősök tere (wiki and gmap).  All week I have been trying to get some intel on what’s happening, but to no avil.  Heading up there now to see what’s what.  Will tweet on #budapest with updates over the course of the day when [...]

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