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March 26, 2009

Italy and Swiss redrawing borders

Per CNN, due to melting glaciers, the Italian and Swiss governments are sitting down to redraw their borders between the two countries in the Alps. According to to the Italian Military Geographic Institute, climate change is to blame. This bill is going through the Italian Parliament and is expected to become law in April.

Twitterers voiced their opinions on the new impact climate change is having:

eluriravi (California) Swiss & Italy are redrawing their border lines due to melting glaciers along their borders -- thx to global warming!!!!! 25 Mar 2009 from web

madisonmag (Australia) Melting glaciers force Italy & Switzerland to redraw border. This is not good guys. http://tinyurl.com/cujqyu 26 Mar 2009 from web

consciousstream (Washington, D.C.) The Alps are melting, may force Italy/Switzerland to redraw borders. Are we ready to address climate change yet? 26 Mar 2009 from web

BarbRad (Rogers, Ark.) Finally happened: CNN rpts Italy, Switzerland renegotiating borders bcs Alps glaciers melting. 26 Mar 2009 from txt

Some Italian news outlets tweeted the news:

repubblicait (Rome, Italy) Clima, i ghiacciai cambiano i confini con la Svizzera http://tinyurl.com/dzsvwc Climate, the glaciers are changing the borders with Switzerland 24 Mar 2009 from twitterfeed

varesenews (Varese, Italy) News - Si sciolgono i ghiacciai: cambiano i confini tra Italia e Svizzera http://tinyurl.com/dccj3r News - You glaciers melt: change the borders between Italy and Switzerland 24 Mar 2009 from twitterfeed

cronaca24 (Rome, Italy) Clima, i ghiacciai cambiano i confini con la Svizzera http://tinyurl.com/cbyjvc Climate, the glaciers are changing the borders with Switzerland 25 Mar 2009 from PingVine

A Day in Berlin, Germany

It's 9 a.m. in Berlin but Germans couldn't wait to start tweeting.

peterpixel starting the day with the colbert report 26 Mar 2009 from twhirl

Chopurian On my way to Frankfurt. Will talk about "Prosuming" and Cultur of Auctions" at a conference of Goethe University 26 Mar 2009 from TwitterBerry

NBreuer Heute Vormittag Sitzung mit Bioenergieverbänden zur Planung der Internationalen Grünen Woche 2010. Präsentation steht. (Meeting with bioenergy associations this morning to plan the International Green Week, the 2010th Presentation) 26 Mar 2009 from web

TheInfatuated Good morning world! I've risen, but I'm not yet shining. Breakfast is a clear morning priority. 26 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck

Sony launches Indian video game for PS2

Per the Times of India, Sony PS2 launched its first Indian video game based on Hindu content from the country's indigenous culture. 'Hanuman-Boy Warrior' will be available in the Indian market for Rs 499.

Twitterers posted initially from Sony's press conference in Mumbai.

bigfatphoenix at the launch of the very odd and very significant hanuman game for playstation. 45 min late already 25 Mar 2009 from mobile web

raokrishna At the Hanuman PS2 press con... Ppl dont know the diff between history and mythology 25 Mar 2009 from mobile web

raokrishna Press con turns into religious fest... Hanuman chalisa being recited 25 Mar 2009 from mobile web

Others were simply anticipating the launch.

bhavnabharvani (Mangalore, India) getting ready for the launch of hanuman boy warrior...should be interesting 25 Mar 2009 from web

SathyaBhat (India) Hanuman, Boy Warrior anyone ? http://tinyurl.com/dkadbj 25 Mar 2009 from web

March 25, 2009

Featured TwitPic: Rain in Brasilia

"Chuva em brasolias." "Rain in Brasilia." (Posted by @gideljr, Brasilia, Brazil, March 25, 2009)

Protests expected at next week's G20 Summit

Per BBC, next week’s G20 economic summit in London might face some riotous interruptions. UK officials are calling the protests planned during meetings “unprecedented” as citizens react to the UK recession en masse.

Poverty, Muslim and Palestinian sympathizers, and climate and environmental groups plan to unite with civic action groups, peaceful demonstrators, and anarchists to disrupt the global summit and voice the people’s will in the coming days, according to the article.

London Tweeters are catching up with the momentum of the rallying cries:

kelly_iscool getting excited about the chaos predicted at the G20 this weekend. Bankers are being told to go to work disguised as poor people!! 24 Mar 2009 from mobile web

davidjstringer RT @delineator catch-22 for the bankers next week, wear a suit get harassed by #g20 protesters, wear a hoodie get harassed by the police 24 Mar 2009 from web

Other Tweeters in London are just dealing with logistics of a global summit in town:

armelnene had to change the date of London Startup 2.0 TechWorld event due to the G20 summit on same date and same area http://tinyurl.com/c7he4x 24 Mar 2009 from web

labellelindsey The gos in class was that the G20, mere minutes from where I live, will close the campus down and cancel classes. Please, let this happen! 24 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck

Lilyflower worrying about what these protests for G20 will do to her commute 24 Mar 2009 from web

Other Londoners are using social media to bend the G20’s ear:

pressreleases Bloggers to Make History at G20 Summit: A coalition of NGOs - the G20Voice – and the UK government are breaking .. http://tinyurl.com/cs64s8 24 Mar 2009 from twitterfeed

evarley Have a message for the G20? Tweet @TheMegaMouth. RT @paulcarr: Who am I to say no to a good cause? http://www.actionaid.org.uk/megamouth 24 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck

blacklooks G20 event: convergence on the European Climate Exchange, Hasilwood House, 62 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AW (street view) at 12:30 exactly. htt ... 24 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck