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August, 2009

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Stories from August, 2009

21 August 2009

Hong Kong: School drug testing scheme

The Hong Kong government insisted to go ahead in implementing the school drug testing scheme despite a growing concern over its violation of children's rights.

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20 August 2009

Palestine: Gaza's Culture Of Resistance

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

The first feature film produced by Hamas had its premiere in Gaza on August 1, part of an attempt by the movement to win support through cultural initiatives, building a "culture of resistance". In the same week, a play about filmmaking opened in Gaza. Bloggers have attended both, and give us their opinions.

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Uruguay: Day of the Domestic Worker

Written by Eduardo Avila · Citizen Media

Mariolo of Asi ta’l mundo, Botija [es] writes that August 19 was “Day of the Domestic Worker” all across Uruguay and presents some facts about this occupation and adds in...

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Mauritania: A New Era?

Written by Jillian C. York · Sub-Saharan Africa

Following a coup d'état a year ago, the election of the coup's leader, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to the presidency, and the country's first-ever suicide bombing in early August, Mauritania continues to experience massive changes.

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19 August 2009

Dominican Republic: Solving the Issue of Power Outages

Written by Rocio Diaz · Latin America

Power outages are a daily reality for the Dominican Republic. The government has not been able to solve the issue of the blackouts, but hope the new head of the energy department can.

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Bloggers Reflect On HIV/AIDS Awareness In Arab World

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

While some bloggers in the Arab world report encountering ignorance about HIV/AIDS, others are impressed at the progress being made in destigmatising the disease.

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Updates from August, 2009

28 August 2009

Japan

Pink Tentacle featured a new machine - robot nurse bear which is designed to assist nurses by lifting patients in and out of their beds and wheelchairs.

• Oiwan Lam

27 August 2009

Russia

Poemless writes about Nikita Mikhalkov's 12, a Russian re-make of Twelve Angry Men.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Japan

A Tsukuba Express train driver fell asleep at the wheel and was reported by a customer who used his cell phone to film the driver's slumber. While many bloggers expressed relief that this didn't cause an accident, ruhiginoue wonders why the line needs drivers [ja] when it's equipped with an automatic train operation system (ATO) and blogger a205750un asks if there's something in the electromagnetic rays that induces sleepiness [ja].

• Tomomi Sasaki

Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed, a Member of Parliament, writes in his blog how and why he initiated a motion in the Maldives parliament pointing out the need to make sure that the recently proposed Defense arrangement with India conforms to the Maldivian constitution and has the prior approval of the parliament.

• Rezwan

Bahamas

Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas takes issue with an article in a Jamaican newspaper which laments the fact that the country “now has to pay the piper (IMF)”, saying: “Of course I am no fan of the IMF, but to suggest that a country ignore its debt is simply irresponsible…it is Jamaica's voracious appetite for government spending that caused the equally prodigious borrowing that has placed them in their current dilemma.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco