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3 October 2006

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Stories from 3 October 2006

Lebanon: Men, Women and Post-War Issues

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

The Lebanese blogosphere keeps growing day after day. Rampurple, who is a member of the Lebanese Blogger Forum and who maintains the Lebanese Aggregator in addition to her own blog...

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Iraq: Rare testimony of abuse by the Iraqi Security Forces

Written by Sameer Padania · Middle East & North Africa

Torture in Iraq, says the UN, is “out of control”, and “worse than it has been in the times of Saddam Hussein”. So it was especially timely for Brian Conley...

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Interview with Paris Marashi, Iranian-American Vlogger

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Thanks to Ethan Zuckerman, I discovered Paris Marashi's blog or vlog and her project in Iran. On Paris' vlog we can read and watch very interesting things about Iranian daily...

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Philippines: Dengue outbreak in some provinces

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Next to malaria, dengue is an important tropical infectious disease which has claimed many lives in the Philippines. The Department of Health identified the dengue hotspots in the country: Metro...

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The Kannada Context: “Gandhigiri”, nADahabba and Everything Else

Written by Sanket Patil · South Asia

Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi's Birth Anniversary) was observed yesterday in India and elsewhere. It was celebrated the most by the electronic media, of course. What was different this time, however, was...

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