Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 May 01

1 May 2006

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Stories from 1 May 2006

African women’s blogsphere this week

Written by Nish Matenjwa · Sub-Saharan Africa

African women have been blogging about the important Kenyan Sexual Offences Bill which members of parliament are currently deliberating. The bill seeks seeks tougher penalties against rape and has been...

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Afghan Whispers: Lessons to Teach & to Learn

Written by Fred Petrossian · Central Asia & Caucasus

It is interesting that Afghan bloggers look at foreign countries such as Iran & Iraq and they try to learn and teach lessons for peace and happiness. AfghanWarrior gives advice...

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India: Engineer killed in Afghanistan

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

The killing of an Indian engineer, Suryanarayana in Afghanistan by the Taliban militia is a shocking reminder of how fragile the situation is for Indians working in the country. The...

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What is the world cooking?

Written by Melissa De León · Middle East & North Africa, East Asia

#1: From Malaysia & UK, Yang-May Ooi's Lit BlogCurious Legacies: My GrandMother's recipe for Soy Sauce Chicken Grandma left us many recipes for dishes that have been in the family...

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Voices from Zimbabwe and the Great Lakes

Written by Zimpundit · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe: As Nepal celebrated their revolution's success, envious Zimbabwean observers still trapped on the outside of democratic success couldn't hide their aspirations for the same in Zimbabwe. Nepal's revolution got...

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The Boycott from Both Sides of the Border

Written by David Sasaki · North America, Latin America

It's a public holiday for the much of the world. In fact, I'm severely disappointed if you're reading this in anything other than pajamas. Though International Workers Day (better known...

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Updates from 1 May 2006

Haiti

Radio Kiskeya lists (FR) noteworthy events taking place in Haiti this week including the following. Monday: President-elect Rene Preval's visit to Canada; the closing of Port-au-Prince's culinary fair in honor of International Labor and Agriculture Day; the city of Jacmel's annual celebration; a pro-Aristide march organized by the former president's supporters. Wednesday: Presses Nationales' [National Press] re-release of 34 Haitian literary titles originally published between 1836 and 2006. Friday: proclamation of legislative election results.

• Alice Backer

Martinique

Certain government bureaucrats are being investigated for trafficking fake immigration papers, says (FR) Bien Vu. “Once more a group of well-to-do people is under scrutiny. Faced with their dishonesty, we have to ask whether a committee is needed to oversee certain government posts,” concludes the blogger.

• Alice Backer

Bahamas

Andrew Allen defends his belief that “colonial baggage” inhibits development in the Bahamas, arguing that while quaint colonial vestiges such as the image of the British monarch on the country's currency may appear harmless, “far more pernicious is our tendency to suppress the growth of genuine local institutions and our related tendency to stigmatise the appearance of local ideas and value systems that could support such institutions. “

• Georgia Popplewell

Malaysia

Brand New Malaysian is asking readers to blog and let others know about the politician who insulted single mothers by referring to them as “being horny”. He uttered this word while debating the issue of aid to single mothers in Malaysian parliament. Eventually, protests by other lawmakers attending the session forced the politician to take back the word.

• Preetam Rai

Indonesia

Martin Manurang on his Change blog has a post on May day rallies in Indonesia and other countries in the region. Protesters joined rallies in large numbers in Cambodia, The Phillipines and Thailand too.

• Preetam Rai

Martinique

Female workers at clothing store Minimum Maximod won a protracted strike to improve working conditions says (FR) Bien Vu. But their boss refuses to honor the agreement he signed during negotiations and has fled to France. “The women remain without salary or back pay,” says the blogger. “What are labor inspectors doing? What should we make of … these bureaucrats who lay low so as not make too much noise and risk getting fired?”

• Alice Backer

In my opinion, the only slang from this list which is falling out of vogue is the nickname of Medvedev...
I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The other slang words are not...