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March, 2011

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Stories from March, 2011

21 March 2011

Australia: Mixed Reactions to Libya Intervention

Read some of the early reactions in the Australian blogosphere to the Libya No-Fly Zone and intervention. The Australian government has been a strong supporter of the UN resolution which authorized the military intervention in Libya.

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Zambia: Opposition Leader Risks His Political Neck Over Gays

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Leader of Zambia’s biggest opposition party, the Patriotic Front, Michael Sata is in political hot water because of an interview he allegedly gave to a Danish newspaper in which he stated that Zambian laws in fact recognise homosexuality.

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Mexico: U.S. Drones Gather Intelligence on Drug Cartels

Written by Deborah Esch · North America, Latin America

A story first reported on March 15 by The New York Times has garnered strong responses from Mexican netizens based at home and abroad. Citing American and Mexican officials, the paper reported that "the Obama administration has begun sending drones deep into Mexican territory to gather intelligence that helps locate major traffickers and follow their networks."

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Nigeria's Golden Opportunity for a Social Revolution Through the Ballot Box

Written by Oluniyi D. Ajao · Sub-Saharan Africa

Oluniyi D. Ajao speaks with ‘Gbenga Sesan about his involvements with several non-partisan initiatives around the forth-coming 2011 Nigeria General Elections and the role of social media in the general elections. ‘Gbenga runs a social enterprise called Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, which connects Nigerian youth with ICT-enabled opportunities.

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France: Worry and Hope in the Japanese Community

Written by Lester Bolicenni · Translated by Savannah Goyette · Western Europe

In France as elsewhere, the terrifying pictures of the tsunami and earthquake have had Japanese expatriates worried by the magnitude of the disaster. Many of them spent all day on Friday, March 11, 2011, trying to contact their loved ones through the Internet, and since then have been working to bring their compatriots some emotional relief.

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China: Gaddafi Has to Go

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

China's official stance is that Libya's Colonel Gaddafi should be reasoned with through dialogue and other peaceful means; not everyone in China agrees. "Annihiliate him," writes China's most widely-read blogger.

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Updates from March, 2011

27 March 2011

Hungary

Eva S. Balogh of Hungarian Spectrum shares her memories of the summer of 1944 in Pécs, when the city's Jewish population - and most of her neighbors and kindergarten classmates - lost their lives: “I heard that just last year the Jewish community in Pécs erected a memorial specifically for the children who perished in the holocaust. This is my modest memorial for some of them.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Christya Riedel writes on Foreign Policy Association's Russia blog that on March 26, “the BBC Russian Service ceased its radio broadcasts after 65 years on the air because of drastic budget cuts implemented by the British government.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Macedonia

Karro compares [MKD] the video (but not the song) of the Macedonian entry for this year's Eurovision festival, “The Russian Girl” by Vlatko Ilievski, to the video of “The Only Exception” by Paramore (clips embedded in the blog post).

• Filip Stojanovski

Algeria

A rally instigated by anonymous Facebook users [ fr] to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the March 19, 1962 cease-fire in Algeria did not take place. The demonstration calling for “an end to the dictatorial system in place for almost 50 years” was initially planned to occur in front of the main post office of Algiers; an impressive security detail prohibited the gathering. Three unemployed young people were arrested by the police before being released two hours later.

• Mohamed Benderouiche

Brazil

Following the discussion on The Cost of Financing Culture in Brazil, blogger Paulo Rená introduces [pt] a new project - “More Poetry, Less Money” (@maispoesia) - where “any person can pick up a poem, record it for a video platform” and post it using the hashtag #MaisPoesiaMenosDinheiro.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Brazil: Communities in Rio Blame Olympics for Evictions

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Great article that addressed the matter concisely and with appropriate supplemental material.