Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2011

September, 2011

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Stories from September, 2011

8 September 2011

9/11 Retrospective: The Birth of a Generation

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

Ten years have passed since the coordinated 9/11 attacks on the USA by al-Qaeda, an event that changed the world in many ways. All this is discussed through short videos by young people from around the world who came of age in the post 9/11 era.

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7 September 2011

Russia: Plane Crashes with Lokomotive Ice Hockey Team

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

On the afternoon of September 7, 2011 an airplane carrying nearly all the players of the Lokomotive professional ice hockey team crashed only 500 meters after take-off near Yaroslavl in Russia.

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Mexico: What are Mexicans Saying About Their President's Annual State of the Union?

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Latin America

Mexicans have reacted to the message given by Felipe Calderon as part of his "Fifth State of the Union", delivered while the "war" against drug cartels and the election process of 2012 continue. The majority strongly criticized him, but the president also received some congratulations.

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Guinea: Nadine Bari's Fight to Reduce Poverty in Guinea

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

Nadine Bari is a French citizen who has created one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in Guinea, Guinée-Solidarité. With donations from Europe they have helped supply schools, hospitals, and helped homeless, orphaned and disabled children to receive an education.

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China: Sex, Censorship and the Rise of ‘People's Porn'

Written by Ronald Yick · East Asia

Katrien Jacobs, author of new book 'People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet', discusses the emergence of an online erotic culture in China that openly describes individuals' personal sexual activities - in other words, amateur Internet pornography.

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India: Bomb Blast Outside Delhi High Court Kills Nine

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

At least 9 people have been reported killed and over 45 injured in a blast outside the Delhi High Court earlier this morning. Indian netizens have reacted with shock and anger on Twitter. Aparna Ray reports.

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Updates from September, 2011

21 September 2011

Hungary

Hungarian Spectrum writes about “higher education and the question of ‘tuition'” in Hungary.

• Veronica Khokhlova

India

Bombay Lives informs that the 7th edition of the Barcamp in Mumbai will take place on October 2, 2011.

• Rezwan

India

Bong Mom passionately writes about the Coffee House at College Street in Kolkata, a legendary meeting place for the Bengali literati.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Hans Billmoria reports how a local newspaper published their alleged exposé on “condoms and lubricating gels being distributed to men who have sex with men”, and published the addresses of the community based organizations involved in the process. This has put the gay community in the country in fear and insecurity.

• Rezwan

Sri Lanka

Window to Nature informs that Sri Lanka's newly established Solar Plant will provide power to 3,000 rural families. The country aims to switch to non-conventional renewable energy generation to meet 10% of total energy consumption by 2015.

• Rezwan

Mexico

Fred Rosen –from the blog Mexico, Bewildered and Contested at NACLA– reports that The ‘Peace Caravan to the South', organized by the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, “arrived in Mexico City’s central plaza, the Zócalo, ending its eleven-day, round-trip journey to and through southern Mexico, where it documented 221 cases of violence, chiefly among them disappearances.” You can read eleven daily reports from this peace caravan on Cencos [es].

• Silvia Viñas