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Mathematician Demonstrated Solution to 271-year-old Conjecture

Global Voices Region: Peru

Written by Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe Peruvian mathematician [1] Harald Andrés Helfgott [2] made headlines after news [3] broke that he had demonstrated the solution to a 271-year-old problem in number theory. ... more

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Plan to Erect Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh Provokes Outrage Among Activists

Global Voices Region: Bangladesh

  A plan to erect a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh next to the Sundarbans [1], the largest mangrove forest in the world which straddles Bangladesh and India, is drawing fire from activists in the country... more

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Teen Media Activist Killed in Syria

Global Voices Region: Syrian Arab Republic

Omar Qatifaan, a 14-year-old media activist, was killed 21 May, 2013 while covering clashes between the Syrian Army and the rebel Free Army in the southern Daraa al-Ballad area of Syria near the border with Jordan.... more

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Ireland's Prominent Economic Crisis Watchdog Blogger Quits

Global Voices Region: Ireland

The anonymous blogger behind Namawinelake [1], a prominent watchdog blog that chronicled Ireland's efforts to deal with its economic crisis, has stopped publishing, triggering a wave of speculation as to the blogge... more

Views: 436
 

Nicaraguans Support Law Protecting the Integrity of Women

Global Voices Region: Nicaragua

Written by Norman Garcia · Translated by Marianna Breytma In April, a campaign called “I Support Law 779″ was launched on social networks to demand that a law protecting the physical, psychological an... more

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Infamous Argentine Dictator Dies in Jail

Global Voices Region: Argentina

Written by Laura Schneider · Translated by Elizabeth   Jorge Rafael Videla [1], Argentina's former president, died on May 17, 2013, at the age of 87 in a jail cell where he was imprisoned. Videla ruled betwe... more

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Mexico: Hunger Strike for Mothers of the Missing

Global Voices Region: Mexico

Written by Silvia Viñas A group of mothers on a hunger strike commemorated Mothers’ Day outside the attorney general’s office in Mexico City demanding [1] [es] that the Mexican government keep its promi... more

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Syrian Revolution: The Untold Story

Global Voices Region: Syrian Arab Republic

Written by Leila Nachawati Rego More than two years into the Syrian uprising as the battle continues on the ground, a new outspoken and creative Syria has emerged after decades of isolation and silence. From strikes to... more

Views: 346
 

Floral tributes paid to Ashok Sodhi

Scoop News Region: India

 Jammu, May 11 (Scoop News) –Entire media fraternity, both electronic and print on Saturday paid floral tributes to late Ashok Sodhi, senior photojournalist of J&K state on his fifth death anniversary. Sodhi had... more

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Rising Youth Violence Spurs Peace Rally in Northern Brazil

Global Voices Region: Brazil

Written by João Miguel D. de A. Lima · Translated by João Miguel D. de A. Lima   More than 1,000 people rallied for peace in the streets of the Canindezinho neighborhood in the northern coastal... more

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