Global Voices Online

English Russia writes about the phenomenon of “social network graffiti” [ENG]  that became very popular among the users of the leading Russian social network Vkontakte.ru.

Several regional branches of the Indonesian Ulema Council want to ban the movie ‘2012′ claiming the film's content is “unsuitable to be viewed by Muslims because only Allah knew when the world would end, not heathens like the Mayans.”

A company in Thailand bought more than 100 popular Burmese songs to be sold as ring tones for mobile phones in Thailand.

The locally produced short film called Panic Attack! created by Fede Alvarez shows the science fiction story of robots invading the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. The blog El Bachural [es] enjoyed the short because it showed his city in a different light.

Neojaponisme has a blog post about the protocol for Japanese record labels to pull their artists' CDs from stores when they are arrested on drug charges or for any other anti-social acts.

Travelwires' post about Good Food and Wine show in South Africa: “According to Cashmore, record crowds thronged through the entrances to see, taste, participate and buy. Many of the visitors came back for a second and even a third time.”

The Daily Telegraph published an article “Social-media and networking websites booming in Russia” [ENG] by Denis Terekhov, one of the marketing specialists in Russian social networks.

Russian landscapes from the board of a small plane. LJ-user Makarena [RUS] shared some breathtaking photos here.

Science Fiction Observer writes about a science fiction dimension of Ukrainian singer Ruslana's 2007 album.