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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

2 November 2011

Egypt: SCAF - The Last Pillar of the House!?

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

The past few days we've witnessed the detention of veteran blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prisoner tortured to death in jail, and other incidents that have made Egyptian bloggers wonder whether we back to square one again.

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Gaddafi's Lost Arsenal, a Threat to the Sahel Region

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

Since the beginning of the conflict in Libya that toppled Gaddafi's regime, weapon trafficking has been on the rise in the Sahel region. The consequences of this trafficking threatens peace in a region that is already destabilized by poverty and vast uncontrolled areas.

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Palestine: New Flotilla en Route to Break Gaza Siege

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

A flotilla made up of a Canadian and an Irish ship is en route to Palestine, to break the siege on Gaza, it emerged today. The covert operation was under wraps and was just announced. On Twitter, the news is being circulated under the hashtag #Freedomwaves.

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Philippines: Tributes for Murdered Italian Missionary

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

Father Fausto Tentorio was an Italian missionary serving indigenous communities in the hinterlands of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. His cold-blooded murder, alleged by state forces, has drawn widespread indignation and tributes for the well-loved missionary.

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Greece: Anti-Austerity Protests Disrupt Ochi Day Parades

Written by Asteris Masouras · Western Europe

Unprecedented protests in many Greek cities on October 28, disrupted parades for the national celebration of 'Ochi Day'. In Thessaloniki, the parade was brought to a halt and the president of the republic departed after being called a traitor by some protesters.

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Egypt: Salafis Cover Up Alexandria Mermaid Statue

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Salafis covered up a mermaid statue in Alexandria, Egypt, drawing ridicule and criticism from netizens. Here are some reactions from Twitter.

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Updates from November, 2011

17 November 2011

Barbados

Skip to Malou* is taken with the new Benetton ad campaign, saying: “Love it or hate it, I'm blogging about this…because I see it as a creative way to bring across some strong, thought provoking messages…poking at very sensitive, serious issues in a light hearted way.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

babalu notes that “ScreenJunkies.com has chosen the Castro propaganda classic ‘I am Cuba' as one of the top five blatantly lying propaganda films of all time.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Generation Y blogs about Tony, a street vendor who “has passed through all the stages of the emerging private sector in Cuba” and wonders, even in this period of entrepreneurial “revival”, “why [it] has to be plagued with so many absurdities, so many limitations.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Jamaica

Pray, laugh, love! says that there are valuable business lessons to be learned from the the Occupy Wall Street protests: “Ultimately…the protestors would’ve been able to call public attention to their plight and send a very strong message to corporations that enough is enough. Importantly, it shows what can happen when the masses are truly united. We hope corporations are taking note.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cameroon

Commenting on an exhibition organized by Illy, an Italian coffee maker in London, bonaberi.com blog reports that [fr] : “The Cameroonian Alioum Moussa takes part in the exhibition as he was requested to design one of the new boxes of Illy [coffee]. ”

• Abdoulaye Bah

Cameroon

The Bilitol fulfude association is organizing the 5th international festival of Fulani arts and tradition [fr] from December 8th to December 11th 2011. The festival will take place at Yagoua, a region of the far east Cameroon. The program has scheduled the following events: “educational discussions, […] traditional games, traditional equestrian performances, cooking competitions, poetry, tales, Miss Fula pageant, a fashion show, an evening with the artists, story tellers, etc…”

• Abdoulaye Bah

France

French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz's movie “L'ordre et la morale” (”Order and morality”), that recounts the tragic 1988 hostage taking at the Ouvéa cave, is not welcome in New Caledonia. The blog Ecran Noir ('Black Screen') describes the local controversy around the film's release, here and here [fr]. After New Caledonia's one and only theater declined, the movie will finally be shown in the Tjibaou Cultural Center [fr] in the capital Nouméa, on Déc. 12.

• Suzanne Lehn

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