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Today Uganda is celebrating it's 45th Anniversary. However, the independence celebration have turned into a political battle ground, after the opposition party Forum for Democratic Change (the FDC) has boycottet the celebration because, they argue it is partisan.

The FDC argues that instead of spending money on militarized celebrations the government should spend the money on educating the people, writes Madinah Tebajjukira for the New Vision.

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As the editor from Boxun, I can tell you that we receive a lot of news that is not covered by official media.

What exactly is happening in China?

Democracy in China affects every corner of the world. For example, with issues in North Korea, Burma, etc., China is playing a strong role, but it could be improved.

Are Women More Democratic Than Men?

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Gaddafi has come forth saying that Libya will never embrace democracy, which he says treats people "like donkeys".

According to Reuters he went on to say:

"The world is fed up with parties and elections. Even the Western intelligentsia feels disgusted with the party system and the farce of elections. They acknowledge the fact that what is going on is not democracy but falsification."

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This weekend thousands took to the streets in Hong Kong to promote the implementation of a full fledged democracy in Hong Kong.

It is estimated that more than 5000 people attended. The protesters held up umbrellas, that spelled out 2012, the year that Hong Kong wants their democratic reforms enforced by.  

This weekend Pakistan's President and Army General Prevez Musharraf won the elections, after a controversial election campaign.

Musharraf won with a sweeping 152 of a 157 votes from parliament.

Musharraf also promised to take off his uniform before being reinstated in office.

According to the Daily Times of Pakistan Musharraf will have to wait 10 days for the Supreme Court to verify the legality of his re-election.

With the Why Democracy? broadcast screenings officially starting today, the Democracy House is encouraging all our readers to think about and join our various debates.

Starting today until 18 October, each of the 10 movies will have a dedicated day in our news blog. Each entry will provide news stories about the respective country and clips from the movie. Feel free to follow the links toward our forums, where you can participate in a global dicussion about democracy.

Question of the day: Are Women More Democratic Than Men?

We are on the air. Why Democracy? is launched today. Aired by 42 broadcasters, at 20 universities, with 6 different internet outlets. We are seemingly everywhere.

Yesterday, Stanley Fish wrote an article about us on his New York Times blog.

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Are women more democratic than men?
Not necessarily. I think democracy is gender free, it’s class free, it’s age free. I know lots of women who are great democrats but I know lots of women who are lousy democrats, and the same goes for men.

We asked all sorts of people -- authors, athletes, movie stars, politicians, thinkers, workers, dreamers -- ten tough questions about democracy. We will publish many of the answers on this page, with new ones every day. Be sure to tell us what you think in the forums.

Read today also:

10 Questions: Liza Marklund - Author and Journalist (Sweden)
10 Questions: Vivienne Westwood - Fashion designer (UK)

The story is at: http://boxun.us/news/publish/

You may check other stories, thus we will have some interesting discussion.