22 November 2005

Stories from 22 November 2005

Jordan: HIV Status in Jordan

  22 November 2005

Jameed says that the efforts of the Health Communications division should be applauded; they barely have any financial resources, they don't have many volunteers, and they just recently hired a graphic designer to help with the brochures.

Jordan: New government

  22 November 2005

Khalaf is feeling depressed today because he sences that a new government is in the making. What is bothering him is that he feels that these changes don't seem to serve any purpose, except to keep people amused, while the fundamental policies stay the same.

Africa: US military training

  22 November 2005

Friends of Ethiopia reports that the US is sending military personnel to African countries to train local soldiers on “basic screening and counter-terrorism techniques”.

Israel: Ariel Sharon leave the Likud

  22 November 2005

So, Ariel Sharon decided to leave the Likud and form a new political party. How does this sound in the Israeli blogsphere? Well, Lisa participated in the BBC radio programme about the same. Andrew Schamess call it “The Little Bang“. Joseph Alexander Norland writes: “To the people of Israel and...

Voices from Zimbabwe Plus

  22 November 2005

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe took center stage a couple of times at WSIS in Tunis last week. First up was Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president calling for an end to the use of the internet against the freedom of lesser developed countries by developed nations. “These last two years have shown us how...

Iraq: Cairo conference

  22 November 2005

Mohammed thinks that the Iraqi parties had originally joined the meeting to show that they’re not against a national reconciliation or against what can solve the crisis in Iraq. However, Cairo conference is going to change very little from the situation on the ground; those who endorse and practice violence...

Egypt: HIV+

  22 November 2005

Mostafa says that probably people reading this already know that the moral stigma of HIV is getting more people infected. The ignoramuses fearing that people would be promiscuous because of sex ed, are helping no one. Arguments against teaching teenagers about sex, drugs and condoms are no longer justified.

Global Voices wins a Best of the Blogs

  22 November 2005

Global Voices has won a Best of the Blogs award from Deutsche Welle. We're thrilled to be honored as the jury's choice for the Best Journalistic Blog in English. Other Global Voices friends were honored by DW as well, including our friends Manal and Alaa, whose blog from Cairo, “Manal...

China: Blogger Sneaks into Church to See Bush

  22 November 2005

Chinese blogger-reporter Buzhesiliu snuck into a church (Chinese) to see U.S. President George W. Bush attend a service. EastSouthWestNorth has a translation of the report, while danwei puts the Bush service in context of the U.S. President's visit to China.

Indonesia, Peru: National ID

  22 November 2005

Yosef Ardi welcomes Indonesia's decision to implement a single ID number, which leads him to think about Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto's theories in The Mystery of Capital. Says Ardi: “I imagine the single identification number would be the first organized property owned by Indonesian.”