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17 September 2011

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Stories from 17 September 2011

CIVICUS: Reflections on the Power of Civil Society

Written by Laura Vidal · Translated by Andrea Arzaba · North America

For three days several civil society representatives met in Montreal for the CIVICUS World Assembly. The subjects were diverse: from civil movements, social equality, and the effects of new technologies, to climate justice. Here are some blog posts that covered the assembly.

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Zambia: Wikileaks Cables Not As Toxic

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sub-Saharan Africa

Almost a year after the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables' release, Zambia’s tranche of the documents have recently surfaced. As it turns out, nothing drastic has been disclosed by the leaks, which have proved so toxic in other countries.

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Lebanon: Sabra and Chatila Massacre Remembered 29 Years On

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

September 16, 2011, marked the 29th anniversary of the most grueling moment in the six-decade long Arab-Israeli conflict - the massacre at Sabra and Chatila. The blogosphere was swarming with tributes to the victims of the massacre.

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Philippines: Filipinos Abuzz With Miss Universe Results

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

And third runner up goes to…Miss Philippines! Shamcey Supsup's success has been the cause for much celebration and cheering in the Philippines at the conclusion of the 2011 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant held at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Filipinos both online and offline are talking about the result.

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Malaysia: Mahathir Says Bush Lied About 9/11

Written by Jerrenn Lam · East Asia

As the world commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack in the United States, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad came out again to declare that it was not the work of Muslim extremists. Jerrenn Lam reports.

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Updates from 17 September 2011

India

Sparsh lists 10 lessons learnt during a post graduate study on rural management in the context of rural India.

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Bhutan

D Stehle writes from the land of the highest gross national happiness that “busy people suck”.

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Pakistan

Mohammad Yusha reports that the mosquito-borne Dengue fever crisis has worsened in the Punjab region of Pakistan.

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Sri Lanka

Shaahima Fahim at Groundviews discusses about the notion of the search for national identity in the post-war Sri Lanka.

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Nepal

The new Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is “definitely on the way to revolutionize the way government works” - thinks Nepali Blogger. He already has a blog and a Facebook account and now he is publicizing his email to get in touch with the general citizens.

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Bhutan

Penstar posts an essay written by Thinley Samdrup, a Bhutanese student of class IX, who discusses how one can be a good citizen.

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India

South Asia Blog analyzes the Global Livability Report and its assumption of the worst cities in South Asia.

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Brazil

Brazilian blogger Beto Mafra shared [pt] videos and pictures of a demonstration of public school teachers in the state of Minas Gerais who after 101 days of strike, have chained themselves in front of the Palace of Liberty during a visit of the President Rousseff. The police later charged on the them.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Brazil

The Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Dirceu de Melo, ordered closing down the main campus on September 16, to prevent the First Festival of Cannabis Culture [pt] - a party seeking to discuss the legalization of marijuana among students, informs us [pt] Ivan de Sampaio, on his blog.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia