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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

5 November 2011

Japan's IT Exodus: A Personal Perspective (Part 2)

Japanese blogger and programmer Ryo Asai describes the cultural differences between his previous workplace, a Japanese system integration company, and his new job at Amazon Japan.

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4 November 2011

Russia: Reactions to Arms Smuggler Viktor Bout's Conviction

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

Many citizen media outlets from around the world have captured the controversy surrounding the November 2 conviction of the Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout by an American jury. Donna Welles reports.

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Cuba: Diaspora Discusses New Real Estate Law

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Bloggers, primarily from the Cuban diaspora, are having a field day with news of a new law that will allow Cubans to buy and sell real estate legitimately. Many feel that there are still too many restrictions.

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Palestine: Israeli Commandos Intercept Gaza-bound Flotilla and Arrest Activists

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Israeli soldiers boarded two ships heading to Gaza earlier today. The Canadian ship Tahrir (Liberation) and Irish Saoirse (Freedom) were en route to Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli siege on it.

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Pakistan: The ‘Captain' Makes His Presence Known

Written by Salman Latif · South Asia

Imran Khan, the cricket-star-turned-politician has sent ripples through Pakistan’s political arena with his mega-rally at Lahore sporting a crowd of well over 100,000 people. The former captain of Pakistan cricket team has infused a new spirit into Pakistan’s politics by stirring the urban youth.

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Cuba: Bloggers Discuss the Internet “Offline” on Radio Martí

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Latin America

On September 22, Radio Martí presented a program focused on the increasing visibility of bloggers and social media in Cuba, and the unique ways that new media is used on the island, where Internet and mobile phone penetration rates are extremely low.

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Updates from November, 2011

18 November 2011

Trinidad & Tobago

aka_lol says of the government's Colour Me Orange crime and poverty reduction project: “[It] seems like throwing gasoline in the fire where crime is concerned…I suppose Government’s policy is to manage gangs rather than eliminate the need for them.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Generation Y says that the International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema, which takes place in Cuba next month, “has been losing ground in the cultural life of Havana”, partly because of censorship.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbados Underground links to an article about the high rate of domestic violence in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and suggests that “often times we discuss the issue of domestic abuse through a myopic lens.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Brazil

Sagrada Terra Especulada (Sacred Speculated Ground), a Brazilian collective that advocates for indigenous land rights, is promoting a documentary [pt] and a petition [pt] in defense of the Pajé Sanctuary, close to Brasilia´s Pilot Plan. Real estate speculation [pt] threatens this area of savannah with the construction of a so-called “first eco-neighborhood in Brazil”.

• Luis Henrique

China

North Korea, one of the world's most reclusive states, opens its door a tiny crack for tourists to earn hard currency. But tourists are forbidden from bringing cellphone, sending an email and talking to ordinary North Koreans. A travel blogger from the Tripified.ca left sarcastic comments on North Korea's tourism plan.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Kenya

Learn about the Maasai flame from the Wandering Trader: “One of the unique aspects of visiting the Maasai in Kenya is they perform many of their rituals while you are there. After seeing the way they typically dance and getting a taste of what life is like inside their homes they took us outside to see other aspects of their culture.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Peru

“Inventors, artists, educators and citizens” are invited to participate in Sugar Camp Lima 2011 [es] on November 18 and 19 in Lima, Peru. Participants will work on the ‘Sugar' learning platform for XO Laptops by translating content [es] into Quechua and Aymara and participating in a ‘Hacker's Space' [es]. Registration [es] is still open. Read more about this initiative in Juan Arellano's personal blog [es].

• Silvia Viñas

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