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October, 2011

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Stories from October, 2011

20 October 2011

Iran: Be Scared, Dictator - Gaddafi is Dead

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Several Iranian bloggers joined Libyans in celebration on Thursday, after longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi was killed. Some bloggers longed for the end of dictatorship in Iran, as they shared in Libyan joy for a liberated country.

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Bolivia: TIPNIS Indigenous Marchers Arrive in La Paz

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The indigenous marchers of the TIPNIS reached their final destination of La Paz, Bolivia, where they were greeted as heroes by the city's residents. They still have hopes of meeting with the President and to get his commitment to halt the highway construction through their territory.

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Chile: Transsexuals Demand a Place in Postponed Anti-Discrimination Law

Written by Katie Manning · Latin America

An anti-discrimination law is up for vote in Chile. It would ban any prejudice based on race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and more. Although it offers new protection to often-marginalized groups, transsexuals didn’t make the cut. Now, they're demanding inclusion.

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Libya: The Truth About Gaddafi's Death

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Libya has broken out in celebration after Gaddafi's stronghold Sirte fell and the man himself was either captured and killed or killed and captured. On Twitter, journalists and pundits have tried to reconstruct his death circumstances.

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Libya: Celebrations as Gaddafi Confirmed Dead

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Libyan dictator Muammar Al Gaddafi is finally dead. After hundreds of thousands of tweets and guess work between news of him being captured, wounded, killed, or all three together, we finally have a confirmation from the Libyan ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) that he really is dead.

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France: Blue Fingers and Tears of Joy as Tunisian Diaspora Vote

Written by Claire Ulrich · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisians living in France went to the polls today, ahead of the October 23 election in their country. Voters are voting freely and democratically for the first time in 50 years - just nine months after the first of the Arab revolutions - and are showing off their inked-stained blue fingers with pride.

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Updates from October, 2011

26 October 2011

Ukraine

Jonathan Hibberd of Chicken in Kiev addresses how Ukrainian politicians are increasingly becoming a pariah in the European Union, following the verdict of opposition leader Yulia Timoshenko.

• Vilhelm Konnander

Sri Lanka

National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) blog informs that members of nine Sri Lankan fishing families from Kalpity have started a hunger strike demanding release of their loved ones from Andaman Jail. These fishermen were captured more than 20 months ago by Indian Navy for alleged trespassing in Indian territories.

• Rezwan

Cilicia.com recounts a recent experience of dining out at a Pizza restaurant in Central Yerevan. Sitting on the roof terrace of Diamond Pizza the group of ethnic Armenians from the Diaspora were told they could not eat pizza because if they did so “that’s all people would order.”

• Onnik Krikorian