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Sovereign debt crises happen suddenly. One day, a country is paying normal interest rates and has full control over its fiscal and monetary policy. Then, investors lose confidence. Within days, the country has collapsed, and within weeks the savings of

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court ordered the release of the editor of an anti-government news Web site on Friday (7 Nov), ruling that his arrest under a law allowing indefinite incarceration was unlawful. Shah Alam High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed

IceTV has just added RSS Feeds to its Interactive page which allows a users to view all the shows in My Upcoming Shows (like favourites, single recordings and series recordings) set via IceTV Interactive. Click to enlarge The company has also included a

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court is to free a blogger who was detained under the country's draconian security laws and whose arrest in September sparked condemnation from rights groups, state news agency Bernama reported on Friday. Opposition

Speaking of successful social web apps in the blogosphere, ReadWriteWeb runs a story about StumbleUpon starting to ban users. Apparently they've heard from "a handful of users" that they've been banned, without any word from StumbleUpon it seems. The comments adds to the mixed picture that's being drawn up in the story. Fact is, there's just not enough to go on to really know what's happening here. Do you know? Have you been banned from StumbleUpon, or do you know anyone who has? Possibly Related PostsWill Twitter Suffer from Post-Election Hangover?Exploring Social Media SeriesTraditional journalists burning out on blogging

One of the blogosphere's most widely used web apps is probably Delicious. That's Delicious and not del.icio.us these days, remember! Anyway, the service is now 5 years old and is obviously successful: We're now up to 5.3 million users. And with over 180 million unique URLs saved, together we have built a community resource that just keeps getting more interesting and more useful. Congratulations! Possibly Related PostsDarren Rowse's ProBlogger Turns 4

Due to Electoral Act requirements, we wont be publishing comments of a political nature submitted between 12am and 7pm on Saturday, November 8. The blogs will be back to normal after polls close at 7pm.

A leading Malaysian blogger has been released from detention after a court ruled the government had no right to hold him. Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been held under the controversial Internal Security Act since September. The founder of the popular

Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was arrested Sept. 12 and detained without trial, was expected to be released later Friday. Lawyers have long complained that Malaysia's mildly authoritarian government uses the Internal Security Act as a tool against the

A Malaysian court ordered the editor of an anti-government news Web site released from detention Friday, ruling that his arrest under a law allowing indefinite incarceration was unlawful, a lawyer said. Shah Alam High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed