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30 May 2009

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Stories from 30 May 2009

Iran: YouTube, Broadway music and the Election

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Campaigners in the Iranian elections have used YouTube in different ways to promote their favorite candidate or discredit their opponents. Four candidates will be on the ballot for the presidency on June 12, including the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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East Timor: Thoughts on Abortion A Few Days Before Law Approval

Written by Sara Moreira · East Asia

A heated debate about the provisions of a new draft penal code pertaining to abortion is taking place right now in East Timor. If the law is passed, abortion will become a crime and those who perform it will be punished with 2 to 8 years imprisonment, even in cases of incest or rape. The blogosphere reacts, Timorese women raising their voices and questioning why the more pressing issue of underage prostitution is not being debated instead.

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Egypt: Cairo Refugee Film Festival

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Integrating refugees in society is the aim of a film festival with a difference. Marwa Rakha learns about the Cairo Refugee Film Festival, being held from June 16 to 20 from the event's blog through a fellow blogger, and shares her findings in this post.

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