| Zimbabwe: Deluge of Online Reactions to Latest WikiLeaks  Julian Assange's WikiLeaks cables are raising an online storm among Zimbabwe's netizens. The latest release, among other things, quotes the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor saying Mugabe will die of prostate cancer before 2013. read>> |
| 9/11 Retrospective: The Birth of a Generation  Ten years have passed since the coordinated 9/11 attacks on the USA by al-Qaeda, an event that changed the world in many ways. All this is discussed through short videos by young people from around the world who came of age in the post 9/11 era. read>> |
| Bahrain: Medical Staff Released After Hunger Strike  Bahrain yesterday released doctors and medical personnel who have been behind bars since March 2011, after increased international condemnation and a series of hunger strikes by supporters inside and outside the country. Mona Kareem reports. read>> |
| Egypt: Protesters Bring Down Israel Embassy Security Wall and Flag  Thousands of protesters took to Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the Egyptian revolution in downtown Cairo, today in protest against Egypt's military rulers. Soon, crowds of young men swarmed to the Israeli Embassy, where they tore down a security wall built to protect the Embassy, and brought down the Israeli flag, as chaos continued into the night. read>> |
 A disturbing video [Warning: graphic content] has been circulating online, showing four United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) peacekeepers from Uruguay allegedly raping a 19 year-old man at a military base in Port-Salut, a Southern Haitian town. read>> |
| Peru: The State of Quechua on the Internet  Quechua, one of the original languages of Peru, is on the Internet in various forms: from Google and Wikipedia in Quechua to blogs and citizen initiatives looking to maintain and encourage the presence of this language through the web. read>> |
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