Global Voices: Daily Digest - Sep 17-18 2011

Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, 2011

Philippines: Filipinos Abuzz With Miss Universe Results

And third runner up goes to...Miss Philippines! Shamcey Supsup's success has been the cause for much celebration and cheering in the Philippines at the conclusion of the 2011 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant held at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Filipinos both online and offline are talking about the result. read>>

Zambia: Wikileaks Cables Not As Toxic

Almost a year after the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables' release, Zambia's tranche of the documents have recently surfaced. As it turns out, nothing drastic has been disclosed by the leaks, which have proved so toxic in other countries. read>>

Lebanon: Sabra and Chatila Massacre Remembered 29 Years On

September 16, 2011, marked the 29th anniversary of the most grueling moment in the six-decade long Arab-Israeli conflict - the massacre at Sabra and Chatila. On this day in 1982, Israeli-backed Lebanese Phalangist (Arabic: al-Kataeb) militiamen entered the Sabra and Chatila Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut, and slaughtered at will. Age or gender were never a consideration, as the elderly, women, children and even toddlers became easy prey.
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France, Africa: Suitcases Filled with Cash Expose The Francafrique Connection

A new scandal is rocking the 2012 French presidential election. Robert Bourgi, a shady lawyer and advisor for "African affairs"confessed to French media he had acted for years as go-between between French politicians and francophone African heads of states, delivering approximatively $20 millions in cash to former President Chirac, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin, and extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, to finance past election campaigns read>>

CIVICUS: Reflections on the Power of Civil Society

For three days several civil society representatives met in Montreal for the CIVICUS World Assembly. The subjects were diverse: from civil movements, social equality, and the effects of new technologies, to climate justice. Here are some blog posts that covered the assembly. read>>

More posts on Global Voices today...

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