Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 March 17

17 March 2006

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Stories from 17 March 2006

Who Won the Elections in El Salvador?

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Translation of an article written by JJmar in Hunnapuh on the elections in El Salvador.

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Philippines: Red Spectre

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro · East Asia

caffeine sparks criticizes the Philippine government's “resurrection” of Communism as a threat to national stability. She recounts meeting a real Communist and not being very scared or impressed. “I don’t...

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The Balkans: “Finally, the Post-Milosevic Era”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Slobodan Milosevic, former Yugoslav leader and a war-crimes defendant, died of a heart attack in his prison cell in the Hague on March 11. After much debate, it was decided...

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Ghana: Plastic surgery project

Written by Sokari Ekine · Sub-Saharan Africa

My Hearts in Accra points to a project called “The Ghana Plastic Surgery Project“” The center at Korle-Bu is the first center for plastic and reconstructive surgery in West Africa...

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From Darfur to Avian Flu: Views from the Horn of Africa and Sudan

Written by Chippla Vandu · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Darfur crisis continues to dominate the English-speaking Sudanese blogosphere. The blog Coalition for Darfur quotes a World Food Program (WFP) report, which tells of rations of pulses, sugar and...

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Creative Commons Mexico

Written by David Sasaki · Latin America

Berkman Center Executive Director John Palfrey certainly sounds enthusiastic when he writes: Right this very minute, Creative Commons Mexico is launching in Mexico City. Congratulations, Larry Lessig, Leon Felipe Sanchez,...

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Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

Today's report is dedicated to the women of Iraq. Women have suffered greatly in the new Iraq and on top of everything have to cope with the prejudice of some...

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Updates from 17 March 2006

Armenia

ArmYouth Blog reports that pay increases for police that went into effect last year might actually be having the intended, positive effect of reducing corruption.

• Nathan Hamm

Kyrgyzstan

neweurasia reports that the debate amongst politicians over whether or not to make March 24th a holiday to mark the first anniversary of the Tulip Revolution is getting heated..

• Nathan Hamm

Kyrgyzstan

A new blog written by students of universities in Bishkek and Karakol, Kyrgyzstan has launched with a post written by a law student criticizing the country's president.

• Nathan Hamm

Kyrgyzstan

Today is the anniversary of the 2002 killing of 6 protesters in the Aksy region of Kyrgyzstan's Jalalabad province. neweurasia has a post commemorating the anniversary.

• Nathan Hamm

Belarus

“[…] Good psychological weapon against the troops” - in order to show the regime they are not terrorists, everyone should come to the rally in Minsk with a toy balloon, suggests LJ user eugene_exe (BEL). Any color would do, but blue is preferable.

• Veronica Khokhlova

China

Shanghai businessmen are rediscovering the delights of the bathhouse as a venue for business bonding, reports Bingfeng Teahouse, who finds a strange angle on the Massage Milk hoax as reported in the Taiwan media.

• Luisetta Mudie

Japan

OhmyNews! runs an in-depth interview with U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins, now living on Sado Island after spending four decades in North Korea. “My life is not worth five cents, I know that,” he tells reporter David McNeill. “I don't think they have the nerve to come and get me, but they could assassinate me with a bullet through the head from a distance. But if it happens, everything I have written will come out.”

• Luisetta Mudie

China

Angry Chinese Blogger is surprised at the release of former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan, ahead of the visit to the United States by Chinese President Hu Jintao. He goes into the story in detail, with plenty of background information.

• Luisetta Mudie

South Korea

The Asia Pages, who identifies herself as Korean-Irish-American in honor of St. Patrick's Day, makes a striking case for similarities between Irish and Korean men, particularly the inhabitants of Busan. “They'll both make a bee-line for the alcohol, swear their heads off, all the while talking in loud, obnoxious voices. Undoubtedbly each would be singing themselves silly before the night is over,” she writes.

• Luisetta Mudie