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7 May 2012

Global Voices Partners with International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

Written by Solana Larsen · Western Europe

Global Voices and the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) in Switzerland have launched a partnership to seek out citizen voices on international relations and security issues worldwide.

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6 May 2012

South Korea: Fearing Mad Cow Disease, New Protests Against US Beef

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia, North America

Thousands of South Koreans held candlelight vigils this week to demonstrate against continued beef imports from the United States. After mass protests four years ago, the government promised to halt imports if mad cow disease was ever detected again.

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3 May 2012

Yemen: Anger at Expansion of US Drone War

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

The United States has recently expanded its campaign of drone strikes in Yemen, to widespread anger and concern. Drone strikes against suspected Al Qaeda operatives have been launched under expanded authority allowing the CIA and military to fire without knowing the targets' identity.

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2 May 2012

Africa: Calls for Transparency Over Marked Increase in Land Deals

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

Almost 5% of Africa's agricultural land has been bought or leased by investors since 2000. Observers are increasingly worried about the fact that such land deals usually take place in the world poorest countries and how they impact its most vulnerable population, the farmers.

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30 April 2012

Sri Lanka: Tackling Agricultural Surpluses

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

The Sri Lankan Government is facing a new kind of challenge, tackling surplus production of rice. However a Sri Lankan farmer sheds a light into the plights of the rice farmers in Sri Lanka, who are not obtaining a fair price for their produce.

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29 April 2012

Ukraine: Netizens Discuss Dnipropetrovsk Bombings

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

There has been a great deal of speculation about the four bombings that rocked the city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on Friday. The timing of the blasts is key to most of the popular theories emerging online, as Ukraine is undergoing a very eventful period right now.

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28 April 2012

India: Protests Against the New IT Rules

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

In April 2011 the Indian government quietly issued amendments to the IT rules restricting web content that are designated as “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.” The Indian netizens are campaigning against it online and are organizing street protests.

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27 April 2012

Russia: Putin Proposes Contentious State Power Grab in Siberia

Written by Kevin Rothrock · Eastern & Central Europe

On April 20, 'Kommersant' revealed an ongoing legislative project to create a state company to oversee the economic development of Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East. The schism at the heart of the RuNet's response to this issue reveals certain fundamental apprehensions that shape online Russian civil society.

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26 April 2012

France: The Presidential Election Through Foreign Eyes

Written by Lova · Translated by Jenny Sin · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

While the French are preparing to choose a president in the upcoming weeks, French voters overseas and foreign media have reacted as the first round poll came to an end.

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25 April 2012

Accused of Molesting Children, Iranian Diplomat Leaves Brazil

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa, Latin America

An Iranian diplomat based in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, was accused of molesting underage girls at a swimming pool on April 14, 2012. While Iran's embassy denied the allegations, and said they were the result of a "cultural misunderstanding", netizens both from Iran and Brazil didn't take long to react.

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Updates about International Relations

26 April 2012

Colombia

Nicaragua has presented a claim [es] in the International Court of Justice over the sovereignty of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, which is currently part of Colombia's political map after a treaty signed by both countries in 1928. Many in Colombia have expressed their desire for San Andres to “remain Colombian”, and on Twitter they are sharing various opinions under the hasthag #SanAndresesColombia [es] (San Andrés belongs to Colombia).

• Cati Restrepo

25 April 2012

24 April 2012

English

Accountant/Consultant Derren Joseph shares the contents of an email he received which is concerned with the level of Trinidad & Tobago's gas revenue: “This gas is the property of EVERY CITIZEN of Trinidad and Tobago and we deserve to understand why any of our gas is being sold at a lower price and even the lowest price available and not to the HIGHEST VALUE MARKET.”

• Matthew Hunte

22 April 2012

Armenia

Security, in the Caucasus and beyond…. comments on the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of 1.5 million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Considered an act of genocide by many historians and countries, the blog explains why the events are still very much politically relevant to both Armenia and Turkey today.

• Onnik Krikorian

19 April 2012

Spanish

At The Cuban Triangle, Phil Peters blogs about Cuba's absence at the Summit of the Americas, which was held this week in Cartagena, Colombia. Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's president, addressed the issue of the US trade embargo on Cuba, calling it an “anachronism.” “We cannot be indifferent to a process of change inside Cuba that is becoming more and more broadly recognized,” Santos said. “It is time to overcome the paralysis that comes from ideological stubbornness, and to look for minimal consensus so that this process of change may succeed.”

• Ellery Roberts Biddle

18 April 2012

North Korea

In the midst of North Korea's failed rocket launch, @StandfordCISAC posted a storify story with a summary of North Korean major events happened during recent decades.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Somalia

Hands Off Somalia is a campaign originally organised to oppose any upcoming corporate, political and military intervention in Somalia by the British government, which was signalled at their conference held on 23 February 2012.

• Ndesanjo Macha

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