Global Voices Online

Rafael Janania discovers (ES) that he's not the only blogger in Honduras.

Opposition party UDPS will hold a forum entitled “Political Crisis in the DRC and UDPS' Refusal to Participate in the Electoral Process” on May 1 in Liege-Outremeuse, Belgium, writes (FR) UDPS Liege. ( Time and address provided in the post.)

The US Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean “says there is no factual basis on which to suggest that criminal deportees from the United States are contributing to the escalating crime situation in the Caribbean”. Francis Wade isn't convinced.

Asian Sex Gazette on rape in India, the notion of friendship and a crucial question - “Women in the city question why men often interpret friendly gestures as a sign of promiscuity.
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Trivial Matters has photographs from an anmial shelter in Mumbai. Stories of dogs and a camel follow.

The last Mughal Emperor in India and the final legacy that remains leglected - at Indian Muslims.

Moju on University politics and the violence on campus in Colombo. “At the same time, the sort of violence in which students engage is becoming more and more harmful and has spawned a new culture of violence among youth everywhere.”

Baisakhi celebrations in Pakistan via Metroblogging Islamabad - “Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from across the world, including India, Britain, Canada, Afghanistan, Germany and Switzerland, arrived early in the morning to participate in the three-day celebrations.”

There's no bridge, and a lot of troubled water in Malaysia. It's all about the cancellation of Malaysia's plan to build a bridge to Singapore. Jeff Ooi has been following the fallout and also wondering whether the Malaysian press was gagged over the story.