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November, 2011

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Stories from November, 2011

24 November 2011

Tunisia: Elected Constituent Assembly Holds Inaugural Session

Written by Afef Abrougui · Middle East & North Africa

November 22 marked another turning point for Tunisia. The constituent assembly, responsible for taking charge of the draft of the new constitution, held its first session. Afef Abrougui reports.

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Qatar: Opinions Divided Over Sale of Pork

Written by Omar Chatriwala · Middle East & North Africa

News has been spreading in Qatar that pork products are now available for purchase in the country, albeit only from the single Qatar Distribution Company store, and only to those with alcohol permits. Omar Chatriwala reports.

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Thailand: Survival and Creativity During Floods

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

The situation in Thailand is improving as floodwaters are receding but the death toll is now more than 600. The flood disaster is the worst in the past five decades but it also showed the creative and inventive ways of the people as they coped with the floods.

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Spain: Controversies in the General Elections

Written by Chris Moya · Translated by Elizabeth Rivera · Western Europe

The PP (Popular Party) of Spain won the recent general elections with an ample majority. Chris Moya tell us about some of the controversies at the voting centers.

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23 November 2011

Peruvian Amazon: The Challenges of a Wonder of Nature

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

The Amazon rainforest has been declared as one of the provisional 7 new wonders of nature, a recognition that is expected to benefit the Peruvian region of Loreto and the city of Iquitos by incrementing tourism. But is the region actually prepared for this?

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Pakistan: Twitter Reactions to the SMS Filtering Announcement

Written by Sana Saleem · South Asia

The Pakistan Telecom Authorities' possible attempt at SMS filtering for abusive contents, had twitter timelines flooded with reactions; mostly humorous. Sana Saleem compiles Twitter reactions and provides update on the issue.

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Updates from November, 2011

29 November 2011

Protest

Amin Sabeti, blogger, linked to a picture which shows a man taking a poster of Pulp Fiction movie out of the UK embassy, wrote [Fa] in his Friendfeed page: “Look at this police! How strong he was reacting toward protestors!”

• Hadi Nili

China

Recently the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has issued another regulation, the prohibition of interruption of dramas with ads, to address the issue of “entertainment excessiveness”. The China media project further discusses how the institutional nature of the television networks that will be impacted by the SARFT policy.

• Oiwan Lam

North Korea

North Korean Economy Watch blog consolidated current reports on severe deforestation in North Korea. According to one risk analysis firm, North Korea had the third highest deforestation rate among 180 countries surveyed and the UN estimates that North Korea had lost almost one-third of its entire forest mass.

• Lee Yoo Eun

28 November 2011

War & Conflict

Ali Nazifpour, believes Battlefield 3, a video game which includes a search for nuclear bombs in a future Iran, portraits a very inaccurate, ridiculous picture of Iran.An online petition launched against this game.

• Hadi Nili

Guatemala

Mike shares Spanish-language documentary “Our Voice, Our Memory: The genocide in Guatemala,” which is available in full on YouTube. He adds: “The documentary […] uses survivor and expert testimony to explain the concept of genocide, demonstrating how the atrocities committed by the Guatemalan military against indigenous Maya communities satisfy the requirements of the international legal definition of genocide.”

• Silvia Viñas