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27 January 2012

Myanmar (Burma): Betwixt and Between

Written by Onnik Krikorian · East Asia

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, urging further support from the international community in Myanmar. Such engagement will be particularly important for refugees and internally displaced people.

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Video Highlights: Music, Indigenous Initiatives, Indignation and Wonder

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, East Asia

A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories including video from Latin America, East Asia, Middle East and North Africa and Eastern and Central Europe, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.

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26 January 2012

Serbia: The Media War Against Angelina Jolie

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Eastern & Central Europe

Angelina Jolie was concerned about the reception of her director's debut movie, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey', in Bosnia and Serbia, and some of her fears turned out to be justified. Sasa Milosevic reports on the virtual battle that Jolie's film has caused.

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22 January 2012

Yemen: Saleh Gets Impunity After All

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

Yemen's parliament has endorsed the law granting outgoing Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh total immunity from any crimes committed during his rule, including the killing of protesters since the beginning of the popular uprising against his regime in February. Netizens react to the news.

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13 January 2012

Kenya, Somalia: Twitter War - Kenyan Army Versus Al Shabaab

Written by Collins Mbalo · Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya's military incursion into Somalia against the militant group Al Shabaab dubbed “Operation Linda Nchi” (Swahili for “Operation Defend the Country”) has found a new battleground: Twitter.

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11 January 2012

Global Voices in French: Translators' Choice 2011

Written by Claire Ulrich · Translated by Marvin Vann · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

In 2011, volunteer translators at Global Voices in French translated hundreds of articles and updates on world events and we'd like to say "'Merci!". We've asked them which translation struck them most, during this epic year. Here is the French translators' selection!

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Updates about War & Conflict

27 January 2012

Brazil

Brazilian blogger Conceição Oliveira republished [pt] an e-mail sent by the Military Police of São Paulo trying to explain the actions on what became known as “Massacre of Pinheirinho“. The police complains of “misleading statements that have been spun by people not involved with the real democratic values”.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

26 January 2012

Mexico

Diego Valle-Jones has created an interactive map of the drug war in Mexico. “You can link directly to cities or whole regions within Mexico and post them to Twitter and Facebook by clicking on the “Share This Map” link at the bottom of the box. You can even compare 2007 México with 2010 México and switch between drug war-related homicides and total homicides,” he explains.

• Silvia Viñas

25 January 2012

El Salvador

Voices from El Salvador reports on a new attack against anti mining activists in Cabañas. This time, Father Neftalí Ruiz was attacked by “several young men [who] tied him up in his home and proceeded to search his home, computer files, and cellphones for information and supposed weapons.” Grit and Grace published an English translation of a press release by the National Working Table against Metallic Mining in El Salvador on this attack.

• Silvia Viñas

20 January 2012

Myanmar (Burma)

The Democratic Voice of Burma has uploaded a video documentary about its discovery of the secret program of Myanmar’s ruling generals to build nuclear weapons.

• Mong Palatino

19 January 2012

Russia

Dmitry Gorenburg of Russian Military Reform notes yet another fire onboard a Russian submarine, putting naval safety procedures further in question.

• Vilhelm Konnander

16 January 2012

Guatemala

Bloggings by boz comments and reports on “a new top priority,” issued by the newly sworn in President Otto Perez Molina, for the Guatemalan military: “‘Achieve an interdiction of external threats and neutralize illegal armed groups, through the use of military power, by regaining and maintaining control of the air, maritime and land domains.'”

• Silvia Viñas

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