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11 August 2008

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Stories from 11 August 2008

Jordanian Bloggers Mourn Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

Written by Naseem Tarawnah · Middle East & North Africa

The Jordanian blogosphere has been mourning the great Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, who passed away from complications due to open-heart surgery at the age of 67 this week. For Jordanians,...

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South Ossetia, Georgia: Journalists Killed, Foreigners Evacuated

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

Reportedly, two journalists have been killed amidst the fighting in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, and several others have been wounded. At the same time, foreigners are being evacuated from Georgia and the situation remains tense, while everyone's holding their breath for a ceasefire.

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AIDS Conference youth: A force to be reckoned with

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

One of the most active zones at the Global Village in the AIDS conference was certainly the Youth Action Zone, where youth from many different parts of the world got together to talk about their experiences, their hopes, their dreams and how change should come about taking their participation seriously. Their YouTube Channel has a series of videos from the AIDS conference, interviews and commentary about their role in taking control of the AIDS epidemic.

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Will Bangladesh drown?

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Bangladesh is a nation which is on the front line of the consequence of the climate changes. Being a populous river delta nation it faces the threat of sea level...

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African MSM & Sex Workers Voice Concerns and Hopes at AIDS 2008

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America

The AIDS 2008 conference (IAC) in Mexico City drew to a close on August, 8th, 2008. The theme of the conference was “universal action now” and judging by the heavy...

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Arabeyes: Female, single, and away from home?

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

For many single Arab women, to live and work or study away from their family is not a choice made easily, because of fear of 'what people will say'. A number of bloggers from around the Arab world have voiced their frustration recently at the obstacles single women face.

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Updates from 11 August 2008

Russia

Robert Amsterdam comments on and posts a link to a paper prepared by Georgian students, analyzing the international law ramifications of the current Russian-Georgian crisis.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Estonia

Osteuropablog [German] comments on reports about the presidents of Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania seek to make a common trip to Georgia to try to mediate in the Russian-Georgian conflict.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

Der Spiegelfechter discusses (GER) the media and information war in the Russian-Georgian conflict with a critical eye on primarily alleged anti-Russian reporting in Western media, and gives a number of examples of erroneous reporting.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Russia

A Step At A Time reposts an appeal from Georgian Civil Society Organizations calling for a stop of violence and for a Russian withdrawal.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Brazil

Lúcia Freitas [pt] discovers Brazil's freecycle groups, a recycling community already present in over 70 countries, and now in 8 Brazilian cities. She explains the main idea behind project: “When giving those things they don't need any more without requesting anything back, not only the participants exercise their generosity, they strengthen their community ties and promote sustainability and reuse”.

• Paula Góes

Slovenia

Una española/gallega en Eslovenia [Spanish] and Piran Café both reported (with photos) on the massive hail storm that hit Slovenia last Friday, damaging cars, windows and even roofs.

• Elia Varela Serra

Brazil

Rodrigo Savazoni is organizing a series [pt] of posts in answer to a comment by judge Ricardo Hermann regarding his article on Brazil's online regulations for the elections. “I must thank him for explaining his views publicly. The Brazilian judiciary is not very accountable for its acts. So, I greatly welcome the judge's willingness to debate.” The blogger invites [pt] readers to collaborate to the discussion [pt].

• Paula Góes