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Green Films tonight @7:30 at the RFC: "Plastic Bags" and "No Impact Man," about living for a year with zero carbon footprint and zero waste.
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Global statistics: number of women who think it's OK for their husbands to hit them. [tinyurl.com]
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More images of the Centennial Parade up now on our website. [tinyurl.com]
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Remember starting tonight, four days of environmental films at the Royal Film Commission, Jabal Amman.
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Tonight @ 7:30: "Ramim," about environmental problems in Jordan, and "Here Comes the Sun," (Netherlands) about the promise of solar power.
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Torture and music: An interview with Lebanese electronic sound performance artist Tarik Atoui. [tinyurl.com]
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The conference is sponsored by the Center for Strategic Studies and the Project on Middle East Democracy. [tinyurl.com]
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But argued whther change was possible, if it needed foreign help, or if parties could cooperate to participate more w/o political reform.
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In an interesting discussion, participants from different countries felt jordan was ready or past ready for democratization after 20 years.
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Others hope foreign govts can encourage freedoms (speech, assembly) by talking directly with ppl and civil society grps, esp using new media
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Panellists disagree on whether foreign influence can ever be positive for democratization. Some say it is only selfish and security centered
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Panellists: political reformers are talking to themselves, and have no government partner.
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Panellists disagree: situation now may be worse than 20 years ago. Rule of law, transparency, accountability must precede political reform.
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Minister: women and youth empowerment essential for political reform.
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MoPD: 'our (development) recipe hasn't worked' because ground level forces are concerned with their own advancement, not democracy.
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MoPD: 'the most influential party in terms of decisionmakers is the Jordanian media . . . Particularly written newspapers.'
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Minister of Political Development: 'as long as we are trying political reform, we havent reached the levl of democracy that we really want.'
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(these conferences bring together participants from the US and ME to make recommendations and meet policymakers.
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We're tweeting from the 2009 Emerging Leaders for Democracy conference: What is the impact of US foreign policy on political development?
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