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Twitter, Africa is more than AIDS epidemic: “It's wonderful that you wanted to raise awareness about World Aids Day yesterday. Really, it is. But um, are you sure turning the text of all posts mentioning the word “Africa” red was the best way to do it? It's just that it made some of us think you might be suggesting that Africa = AIDS.”
Esther blogs about health crisis in Uganda and the politics around Global Fund: “To date the money has never been disbursed and Uganda has failed to qualify for Round 9 of the Global Fund causing a $20 million funding gap in HIV causing early deaths due to treatment interruptions”
David writes about his travel in Namibia: “Twyfelfontain is a UNESCO World Heritage site West of Khorixas where there are world famous rock paintings and engravings.”
C. Custer from ChinaGeek translated Woeser’s blogpost on the discussion about abolition of the policy on autonomous ethnic regions.
Martin J Frid introduced a Japanese NGO, Kiko Network, which focuses on climate change issue. The group has sent three people in Copenhagen to report on the COP15.
The Berlin based Trasparency International published a summary [en, pdf] of the 10 Worst Corruption Cases of 2009 (in Japan).
The Armenian Observer comments on a human rights conference to be held this week in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and questions the participation of one of the invited speakers. Before falling from grace with the current authorities, former Military Prosecutor Gagik Jahangirian was accused of violating the human rights of conscripts and torturing detainees during interrogations.
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