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• Nicaraguans Defend Law Against Violence Towards Women

  
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  In April, a campaign called “I Support Law 779″ was launched on social networks to demand that a law protecting the physical, psychological and moral integrity of women be respected. The campaign consisted of writing a supportive phrase, taking a photo with the phrase, and uploading it with the tag ...
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• Are Indian Companies “Land Grabbing” in Africa?

  
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  As foreign companies and governments buy or lease land in countries across Africa, the debate continues as to whether this will encourage development or is simply land grabbing , which displaces local populations and threatens food security. The Hindus Addis Ababa correspondent Aman Sethi ( @Amannama ) has ...
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• TEDXSão Tomé: More speakers confirmed

  
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  Another two speakers [pt] have been confirmed for the event TEDXSão Tomé, in the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in 20 June. Mark Richard Shuttleworth [en], a South African founder of the company Canonical Ltd, which develops free software like Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Lubuntu and Guilherme ...
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• Shanghai Residents Protest Battery Plant Over Potential Pollution

  
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  Hundreds of residents marched along a street on the outskirts of Shanghai on May 11, 2013 to oppose plans for a lithium battery plant, marking the country’s second protest in a week over potential environmental pollution. Earlier this week, Global Voices reported on a similar protest in the western city of ...
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• After Two Years in Hiding, Bahraini Blogger Ali Abdulemam Flees to London

  
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  Bahraini blogger Ali Abdulemam surfaced in London, after escaping from Bahrain, where he has been in hiding for two years. In absentia, Abdulemam, 35 years old, was slapped  with a 15-year prison sentence for belonging to a terror organisation and for seeking to topple the government. The Atlantic details his ...
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• Wikipedia to Appear in Shughni

  
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  “Good news Pamiris,” writes [ru] Bektour Iskender, President of Kloop Media, a Kyrgyz news portal and blogging platform. “Wikipedia has provided permission to begin a version of the site in Shughni.” Shughni is one of the main languages spoken in Gorno Badakhshan province (GBAO), a remote, eastern part of ...
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• Domestic Violence Protection for Everyone

  
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  Blogger and feminist lawyer Verónica Rivera Torres writes  [es] about the piece of legislations that seeks to extend the Law Against Domestic Violence (Law 54) in Puerto Rico to same sex couples: Since our Supreme Court ruled that the Law of the Prevention and Intervention in Domestic Violence, known as Law 54, ...
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• “Mom, I Am in Love With a Woman”

  
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  On occasion of the celebration of Mothers Day, tomorrow Sunday May 12, feminist activist Amárilis Pagán writes about the experience  [es] of telling her mother she was in love with another woman: The day I told my mom I was in love with a woman, she delivered a long and heartbreaking scream. It was as if someone ...
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• Mapping the Cuban Blogosphere

  
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  Blogger Yasmín S. Portales comments on the challenges of mapping the Cuban blogosphere, including everything and anything written in blogs. This is her most recent project: A directory is a map: you have the swamps of glorious battles swamps and the mountains of infamy. You include it all, or its not a map. In ...
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• Pakistan Election Updates and Results Online

  
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  Mehwish khan at ProPakistani compiles a list of sites which are providing live updates and results of the Pakistan general elections 2013 . Written by Rezwan · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper
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• Interfaith Groups: Stop Religious Violence in Myanmar

  
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  Interfaith groups in Myanmar are actively working for peace, understanding and harmony amid rising cases of violence against the minority Muslims in the country. A recent case of anti-Muslim violence instigated by Buddhist mobs broke out in Oakkan, a northern district of Myanmars former capital city Yangon, on ...
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• Australia’s Sandwich Gate: PM Julia Gillard Better Take Cover

  
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  The mainstream media have been accused of trivialising political coverage in Australia over an incident involving Prime Minister Julia Gillard and a sandwich on 8 May 2013. Apparently, it even went viral overseas both in the press and online. Gawker got into the act with a tasteless [sic] image as lead and an ...
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• Egypt: Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform

  
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  Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform. Image from Cairobserver facebook page. Supported by Ford Foundation and the British Council, Cluster has recently launched the Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform (CUIP), the first resource of its kind in Egypt. (more…) Written by محمد عادل · Translated by ...
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• Iran: SMS Calls for Internet Interruption Protest

  
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  Sokhanesabz says  [fa] that people send SMS to each other inviting Iranians to protest against internet interruption in front of Ministry of Communication on Saturday 11th May.   Written by Farid · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · ...
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• Chinese Directors Reported Seven Children Shocks Public

  
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  Chinas one-child policy is once again under scrutiny after mainland media revealed that famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou  might have fathered seven children. Hailed as an accomplished fifth-generation director in the country, 63-year-old Zhang, who wowed the world in 2008 with his astonishing Olympic ceremonies, ...
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• Trinidad & Tobago: No Smoking

  
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  I don’t think this cigarette newspaper ad was necessary and it was in very poor taste. aka_lol takes issue with a cigarette advertisement, which apparently found loopholes around the prohibitions applied to such advertising under the Tobacco Control Act. Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · comments (0) ...
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• Crowdsourcing a Fair Election in Bulgaria

  
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  The government of Boyko Borisov fell on Feb. 20, after a month of incessant protests, and in less than five days, on May 12, Bulgarian citizens will elect a new parliament (an in-depth GV text is here ). There are doubts, however, about the fairness of the upcoming vote. To help monitor the violations of the ...
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• Gas Tanker Explosion in Mexico Leaves at Least 19 Dead

  
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  The explosion of a gas tanker has left at least 19 people dead and 36 injured, according to the latest reports . The blast occurred in Ecatepec de Morelos County ( State of Mexico ) early in the morning of May 7, 2013. Ecatepec is part of Greater Mexico City. Mexican newspaper  El Universal  [es], on its online ...
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• US Invitation to Sudanese Official Draws Wide Condemnation

  
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  The United States government faced a wave of criticism when news surfaced about an official invitation it has extended to a senior delegation of the Sudanese government, particularly including Nafie Ali Nafie, Sudans ruling party controversial strongman and Presidential adviser to President Omar Hasan al-Bashir. In ...
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• Remembering Dennis Kimambo

  
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  Rising Voices note: This tribute post was written by Janet Feldman, upon learning about the death of Dennis Kimambo of the Rising Voices grantee project REPACTED on April 29, 2013. At the time of publication, the circumstances surrounding his death are still being investigated. When I first heard the news that ...
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