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11 October 2011

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Stories from 11 October 2011

Myanmar: Did Thai Prime Minister Snub Aung San Suu Kyi?

Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited Myanmar last week but intrigued some netizens because she failed to meet global democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Here are some online reactions translated from Burmese.

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Ukraine: New Documentary Highlights the Klitschko Brothers' Lives and Careers

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Popularly dubbed "The Klitschko Brothers", Ukrainians Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have dominated the heavyweight boxing division since Lennox Lewis retired in 2004. However, their production of an autobiographical documentary film, demonstrates that these men are more than athletes.

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Blog Action Day 2011: Let's All Talk About Food

Written by Diego Casaes · Ideas, Arts & Culture

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. This year the topic is food, as the Blog Action Day coincides with the World Food Day, an event organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Yemen: Saleh Stepping Down? Unlikely!

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

After months of protests against his 33-year rule, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a speech on Saturday aired on state TV said that he will step down "in the next few days." Netizens have however, heard it all before...

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Guinea: Another Bloody and Violent September 28

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Patricia Worth · Sub-Saharan Africa

September 28 is a date feared by all Guineans whether they live in their country or abroad. This year opposition activists demonstrated peacefully to denounce the government's unilateral acts, but suppression was fierce.

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Global Voices Podcast: 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting - Part 2

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Middle East & North Africa, North America

In an addition to our usual monthly podcast, we have some special audio for you from the newly concluded 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia. In this edition, interviews with: Zeynep Tufekci, Alexandra Sandels, Hayder Hamzoz, and Roger Dingeldine.

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Global Voices Podcast: 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting - Part 1

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Middle East & North Africa

In an addition to our usual monthly podcast, we have some special audio for you from the newly concluded 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia. In this edition, interviews with: Lilian Wagdy, Yazan Badran, Nasser Weddady, Marek Tuszynski, Jillian York, Saed Karzoun, and Malek Khadraoui.

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Updates from 11 October 2011

U.S.A.

People can submit their reports on the impacts of the Alabama anti-immigration law HB 56 to this crowdsourced and open digital map.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The website C787studios [es] has posted a wonderful collection of videos and photos of the event Santurce es Ley [es], organized by a collective artistic movement dedicated to revitalizing and connecting the Santurce community, a sector in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

Azerbaijan

Aaron in Azerbaijan introduces his readers to other bloggers writing from the former Soviet republic, including one half of his two fellow PCVs who went viral with their Caspian Dreaming music video and a young female blogger already making a name for herself with personal observations of life in her home country.

• Onnik Krikorian

Sri Lanka

Considering the recent political violence in Sr Lanka, Dhammikad opines that the right to bear arms should be restricted in Sri Lanka.

• Rezwan

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

The feminist coalition Movimiento Amplio de Mujeres [es] and an array of feminist organizations has launched the website “40 días por ti: una jornada por el derecho a decidir” [es] (40 days for you, an event in favor of your right to decide) where they are publishing every day during 40 days a post regarding reproductive rights.

• Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

“Honduras is now second only to Guatemala in femicides (for Central America) and, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the country with the highest homicide rate in the world (only since the coup). Despite the high level of femicides, the police have closed the Special Unit for Investigation the Death of Women.” Adrienne Pine reports.

• Silvia Viñas

Chile

Katie Manning from Mi Voz [es] gathers Twitter reactions to Steve Jobs' death. She quotes Twitter users from cities like Arica and Antofagasta in the North, and Osorno and Temuco in the South.