Tuesday, August 23, 2011

martyrs' map


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Over the past few days, Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, has been taken over by people who are fighting Colonel Gaddafi's dictatorship and oppression. The freedom fighters have renamed it Martyrs' Square (presumably because they see their dead companions as martyrs) and the good people at Google have clearly been quick to catch on.

Today, they renamed "Green Square" to "Martyrs' Square" on Google Maps and Google Earth. Should they be taking sides? I guess it's up to you to decide. TWOL says it is largely inconsequential that they appear to be on the side of freedom because everyone else (TWOL included) is too.

It would be nice, however, if they would officially recognise South Sudan as a country too..

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