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18 September 2009

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Stories from 18 September 2009

Iran: Videos from Quds Day Protests

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

On September 18, Iranian protesters wearing green in support of the opposition, once more defied the Iranian government in the streets of Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and several other cities as they protested against dictatorship.

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Big Brother Africa IV: The Revolution is on

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Big Brother Africa 4:The Revolution is the fourth series of the Big Brother Africa reality television series, which began on September 6, 2009. The show has already generated discussions and comments online from bloggers and their readers.

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Colombia: Love and Friendship day in Online times

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

September is Love and Friendship month in Colombia, and to celebrate, many participate in gift exchanges, to the chagrin of some who dislike this tradition which has already migrated to online platforms as well.

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Indonesia: Most wanted man confirmed dead

Written by Carolina Rumuat · East Asia

Noordin M. Top, Indonesia's most wanted man, was confirmed dead after being involved in a shoot-out with police forces. Indonesian twitterrers were quick to react to this story.

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Updates from 18 September 2009

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Lullabies, Fairy Tales and Other Self-Delusions thinks about the referendum on a new constitution for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and what it reveals about the state of the country's politics: “a finely delineated system of prejudices based on which political party you support.”

• Nicholas Laughlin

Belarus

Raf Uzar writes about Raphael Lemkin's life and work and the current discussion of the Katyń massacre in Poland.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Poland

Polandian writes about a trip to Chopin’s birthplace at Żelazowa Wola.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Georgia

LJ user cyxymu writes about (RUS) and posts photos of Tbilisi's Iveria Hotel, which was built in the mid-1960s, housed refugees in the 1990s (and was “the symbol of Georgia's shame” then) and has recently re-opened as Radisson SAS Iveria Hotel.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

On Aug. 11, LJ user victorprofessor posted a photo report (RUS) from a trip to the town of Lebedyan in Lipetsk region, where one man - Leonid Mulyarchik - has been trying to build a mini-subway since 1984, “the most unusual metro in the world.” Four TV stations have done reports on this unique endeavor since then, and two companies have volunteered to provide equipment to Mr. Mulyarchuk for free.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Trinidad & Tobago

The Liming House responds to a news report in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper suggesting that Trinidad and Tobago has a dangerously high rate of alcohol abuse. “There is no evidence in this story of either fact checking or even the most cursory editing.”

• Nicholas Laughlin

Dominican Republic

Repeating Islands features a new bilingual edition of poems by three women writers from the Dominican Republic: Aída Cartagena Portalatín, Angela Hernández Núñez, and Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo. “Each of them addresses shared political and cultural issues, illuminating what it means to be a woman living in the modern day Dominican Republic.”

• Nicholas Laughlin

Trinidad & Tobago

Simply Trini shares a recipe for a Trinidadian speciality: pommecythere chow, i.e. a kind of spicy pickle made a with a fruit popular in the Caribbean (also know as golden apple or June plum).

• Nicholas Laughlin

Cuba

Octavo Cerco reports on a confrontation with a minor bureaucrat at a bus station in Cuba. “With these people things can get very serious, they earn a pittance for a salary but have absolute power over five square meters and they apply it with … irreverence, force and abuse of power.”

• Nicholas Laughlin