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September, 2009

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Stories from September, 2009

23 September 2009

Australia: Kenyan women refused refugee status

Written by Kevin Rennie · Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania

Two Kenyan women are facing deportation from Australia after their asylum applications were rejected, despite risks that they may suffer forced genital mutilation if they are sent home.

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Harvard Forum: Are we satisfied with what we've got?

Written by Ethan Zuckerman · The Future of ICT for Development

The live-blogging continues, as Michael Spence helps identify questions that are top research priorities for the ICT for development field with input from Yochai Benkler, Rohan Samarajiva, Hernan Galperin, Alison Gillwald, and Bill Melody.

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Brazil: Has a free Internet really appeared on the electoral scene?

Written by Roger Franchini · Latin America

With the new electoral reform in Brazil, the individual Internet user is now obliged to behave as a media entrepreneur, unable to analyse candidates' positions and losing the right to freedom of expression.

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Harvard Forum: the complex world of ICT and gender

Written by Ethan Zuckerman · The Future of ICT for Development

The live-blog continues with panel presentations on ICT for development by Clotilde Fonseca, Sabri Saidam, Ineke Buskens, Nancy Spence, and Ethan Zuckerman.

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The Egyptians Tweet Farouk Hosny's Defeat

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Bulgarian candidate, Irina Bokova, 57, was elected the head of the UNESCO, defeating Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny. Instead of mourning the loss, Egyptians celebrated his defeat on Twitter.

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Lebanon: Anger Rebuilding of Palestinian Camp Suspended

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

Anger and protests erupted in response to the Lebanese Government's decision to suspend the reconstruction of the Nahr el Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Bloggers voice their outrage in this post by Antoun Issa.

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Updates from September, 2009

29 September 2009

Myanmar (Burma)

The government of Myanmar had announced on state television and radio that a new currency note of 5000 Ks. will be issued starting from October 1st, 2009.

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28 September 2009

India

belayet Ki Likhbe! (What Will Belayet Write!) posts a video tutorial (in Bangla) on how to add a new article in Bangla Wikipedia.

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British Virgin Islands

Repeating Islands reports that the British Virgin Islands are exploring the benefits of heritage tourism.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

“As if the stink of the uselessness of the building weren’t enough…here comes talk that toxic fumes from the Performing Arts Academy are making people in the neighbouring buildings fall sick. Yes, this is progress at its best”: Trinidadian Attillah Springer says the whole thing “is a tragic kind of comedy.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

India

Arundhati Roy at Huffington Post comments on the state of democracy in India: “The hoary institutions of Indian democracy — the judiciary, the police, the ‘free' press, and, of course, elections — far from working as a system of checks and balances, quite often do the opposite. They provide each other cover to promote the larger interests of Union and Progress.”

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