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September, 2009

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Stories from September, 2009

23 September 2009

Iran: Animations vs. Dictatorship

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Many designs, posters, songs and videos have been created in support of Iran's "green" protest movement. Animators too, have declared war on the dictatorship in Iran.

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Harvard Forum: Markets, Mobiles and the ability to make culture

Written by Ethan Zuckerman · The Future of ICT for Development

The live-blog continues with panel presentations on ICT for development by Ronaldo Lemos, Anita Gurumurthy, Ophelia Mascarenhas, and Lawrence Liang.

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USA: Pilgrimage into the Wild

Written by Lester Bolicenni · North America

Numerous fans of the best-selling book Into the Wild make the treacherous journey to the exact location in Alaska where its main character died in an abandoned public bus. Thankfully, many live to blog about it too.

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Update from the Harvard Forum on ICT4D

Written by Ethan Zuckerman · The Future of ICT for Development

Ethan Zuckerman and Jen Brea from Global Voices are live-blogging a conversation today and tomorrow at Harvard on the future of information and communication technology and development (ICT4D) hosted by Canada's International Development Research Center and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

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Iran: Protests Greet Ahmadinejad in New York

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Protests against the Iranian government and human rights violations in Iran will welcome Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is traveling to New York this week to attend the United Nation's General Assembly.

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USA: Video Contest Promotes “Swine Flu” Prevention

Written by Juhie Bhatia · North America

In anticipation of flu season, which officially kicks off October 4, the U.S. government announced the winner of a video contest today to encourage flu prevention, including stopping H1N1 or swine flu.

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Updates from September, 2009

28 September 2009

Jamaica

Active Voice offers an insight into the Jamaican “Gully Gaza phenomenon”.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Maldives

Mohamed Nasheed reacts to the news that Maldives would renew ties with Israel posing this question: “how does renewing relations with Israel serve our national interest?”

• Rezwan

Pakistan

“As a friend of progressive forces, and as an American who is proud to be an American, I urge the United States government to re-consider this policy of secondary searches and questioning when someone tries to enter America,” comments Pakistani American Bilal Qureshi at Pak Tea House.

• Rezwan

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