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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

15 November 2011

Macedonia: Veles Says “No” to Lead Poisoning, Government Remains Ambiguous

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

After the massive protest against restarting of the lead smelting factory in the city of Veles, the citizens feel cheated by the declarative support shown by the politicians from the ruling parties, and demand clear answers from PM Nikola Gruevski on whether the poisoning will continue. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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Mexico: Netizens React to “Good Weekend” Initiative

Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

Mexico's President Calderón has announced the "Good Weekend" initiative to boost the economy, by applying discounts in stores whilst advancing the year-end bonus for government employees. The concept has generated diverse reactions among Mexican netizens.

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14 November 2011

Australia: Historic New Carbon Price Law Divides Nation

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

The Australian Federal Parliament finally passed the contentious Clean Energy Bill on 8 November 2011. The legislation introduces a carbon price of $A 23 per tonne from July 2012, leading to an emissions trading scheme (cap and trade) after 3 years. Online reactions are mixed

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Iran: Uncertainty After Deadly Blast at Arms Depot

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

A huge explosion at a military base near Iran's capital Tehran, killed at least 17 soldiers including one high-ranking Revolutionary Guard official on November 12. Officials say it was an accident, while bloggers speculate on other possibilities.

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Mexico: Twitter User Questioned Over Controversial Tweet

Written by Miguel Angel Guevara · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Latin America

A Mexican Twitter user know by his nickmane @mareoflores was summoned to clarify, apparently without an arrest warrant, a tweet published before the Interior Secretary's helicopter accident that had "foreseen" his death. Miguel Angel Guevara reports on the first Twitter reactions.

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Liberia: Who Did Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Win Against?

Written by Counselor Track · Sub-Saharan Africa

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won re-election on Thursday in a presidential run-off boycotted by the opposition in Liberia. The main opposition figure, Winston Tubman, is seeking legal options to have President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's re-election annulled.

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Updates from November, 2011

23 November 2011

Ethiopia

Markos wonders whether the Ethiopian blogosphere is the smallest in the world: “A few months ago Joern and I made a little research and we found out that Ethiopia had less than 20 bloggers in the country. This is rather shocking stats compared to 160,000 (July 2008) Bloggers in Egypt. On contrary, Ethiopian love to socialize using social media like Facebook. 90.07% of internet users use Facebook in daily basis.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Cuba

This Thanksgiving, My Big Fat Cuban Family “opted to take a traditional Thanksgiving side dish (corn) and added a Cuban spin to it” - check out the mouth-watering recipe, here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

U.S.A.

The Theory's short film Address Is Approximate features a desk toy who escapes the confines of the urban office in the only way he can, using a toy car and Google's Street View application to go on a road trip to the Pacific Coast.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Trinidad & Tobago

Rumour has it, according to Trinidad Carnival Diary, that Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung-Chee will be designing a section for the band TRIBE's 2012 presentation: “The most important question may be exactly WHO will be in the section and how does one get in! Make it work.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Litblogger Geoffrey Philp meets some old literary friends at The Miami Book Fair International.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

U.S.A.

More than 200 fans of the long-running British science fiction show Doctor Who from 25 different countries sent in video clips and Tumblr user Kyle from the US put together a tribute to the show. It was inspired by this video of the Doctor Who cast dancing to 500 Miles by The Pretenders.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

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