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13 May 2011

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Stories from 13 May 2011

Uganda: Women's Groups, Lawyers Join Walk to Work Protests

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

As Uganda's Walk to Work protests enter their second month, the original group of opposition politicians has now been joined by women's organizations and lawyers who are angered not only by high fuel and food prices, but also by the brutality of the government's response to the protests.

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South Korea: Blogger's Phone Review Deleted by Samsung

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

In South Korea, an influential blogger's review on a Samsung smartphone was removed due to pressure from the manufacturer. Internet users have harshly criticised the nation's biggest conglomerate, Samsung Electronics and Naver, the nation's biggest web portal, for censoring the blogger.

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India: 34 Years of Communist Rule Ends in West Bengal

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

West Bengal today witnessed history in the making when the Indian state's 34 year long Communist rule was ousted from power by Mamata Banerje - leader of the All India Trinamool Congress. Netizens react to this landslide victory.

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Uganda: Police Paint Protesters Pink

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

Ugandan police have responded to the past month's ongoing Walk to Work protests by spraying protesters with tear gas and live bullets. During a demonstration on Tuesday, they took a different tack, firing water cannons filled with pink liquid at demonstrators who were attempting to walk to Constitution Square in the center of Kampala.

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Greece: Wave of Racist Attacks on Immigrants in Athens

Written by Asteris Masouras · Western Europe

In the past days, right-wing extremists in Athens, Greece have launched pogrom-like attacks on immigrants in the downtown Athens area. Dozens have been injured. It began on May 10, one day after a 44-year old escorting his pregnant wife to the hospital was mugged and stabbed to death.

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Uganda: Museveni’s Swearing in Overshadowed by Rival's Return

Written by Rosebell Kagumire · Sub-Saharan Africa

Ugandan netizens discuss the swearing in ceremony of Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni which was overshadowed by the arrival of his rival and three time challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye who had been flown to Nairobi for medical treatment from injuries sustained during a violent arrest last month.

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Ukraine: The Untold Story of the Victory Day Clashes in Lvov

Written by Will Partlett · Eastern & Central Europe

Russian television footage this week showed hooded young Ukrainians attacking World War II veterans, giving Nazi salutes, and chanting nationalist slogans. As they ripped St. George ribbons from people's shirts, it seemed that Ukrainian youth had forgotten the terrible sacrifices made by the Soviet Union to defeat Germany. Will Partlett reports on what the Russian press is not saying about the May 9 clashes in Lvov, Ukraine.

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Mexico: Day 4: 80,000 Citizens Demand Peace, Justice and Dignity Against the War on Drugs

Written by Geraldine Juarez · Latin America

The National Protest for Peace, Justice and Dignity started its final stage early on Sunday, May 8. Geraldine Juárez shares reports, images and videos of the day's events.

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Updates from 13 May 2011

Cuba

The Cuban Triangle defends his position on the controversy surrounding the death of Juan Wilfredo Soto, saying: “What I was doing, in a case where police brutality is alleged and third-hand information abounds, was to present the various accounts for readers to chew over for themselves.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Bloggers are still reacting to the firing of the Minister of Planning, with aka_lol saying, tongue-in-cheek: “I think it is wise for any Government to promptly get rid of any Minister who can’t even manage to carry out an everyday piece of corruption effectively.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

Stanley Lucas thinks that “this [UN] mission needs to be held accountable for its actions, including the cholera, and should be more responsibly managed – or it needs to be closed.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

“The allegation by English officials that four FIFA members acted inappropriately is beginning to gain some traction in the United Kingdom”: Barbados Underground wonders whether Jack Warner has “bitten off more than he can munch on this one”.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

East Timor

The website Sapo.TL features a photo album from an exhibition [pt] in Lisbon with a selection of illustrations from the portuguese architect and cartoonist João Baptista. Baptista created the blog Timor Cartoon, five years ago, and has published since then dozens of cartoons about the development and everyday life of East Timor.

• Sara Moreira

Jamaica

“François Mitterrand and Bob Marley, united for eternity on May 11th 1981″, [fr] is a post on the blog Calédosphère commemorating the 30th anniversary of the passing of the “God of Reggae”, Bob Marley, and the election of former French President François Mitterrand. Bob Marley fans can visit the blog [fr] to follow in the footsteps of the Jamaican star, as well as see photos and videos of the making of the documentary “Sur les traces de Bob Marley” (In the footsteps of Bob Marley), which aired on May 11, 2011, on Radio Nostalgie and Skynet.

• Thalia Rahme

Eritrea

Release Eritrea, a charity based in the UK, is concerned about the plight of Eritrean refugees in Egypt: “In recent days, five Eritreans have been shot by the Egyptian border guards on the border with Israel. They managed to cross the border despite their wounds, but later died in Israel of their injuries, reports coming from Israel confirm.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Russia

Popular photoblogger Ilya Varlamov (zyalt) continues to report on the violations of his constitutional rights to freely photograph in any public place. Varlamov's latest attempts to take pictures in the Moscow-City, a business district of Moscow, led, as always, to confrontation with private security services.

• Vadim Isakov