Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 June 09

9 June 2006

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Stories from 9 June 2006

The Week That Was - Bolivian Blogs

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The concept of sovereignty was a fundamental pillar during the Movimiento Al Socialismo’s (MAS) victorious campaign in last year’s elections. Claims of interference by foreign governments, most notably by the...

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Russia: G8 Security and Domestic Issues

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Domestic politics seems to somewhat interfere with the attempts of St. Petersburg police to provide security for the upcoming G8 Summit (July 15-17). LJ user aneta_spb, a journalist, retells a...

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DRC Roundup: Elections, Mining Corruption, Peacekeepers & More

Written by Jennifer Brea · Sub-Saharan Africa

With July 30th elections fast approaching, the blogosphere's attention remains fixed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo's uncertain political future. Congolese opposition bloggers continue their criticism of the elections...

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60th Anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Written by Preetam Rai · East Asia

People in Thailand are celebrating King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne. Royalty Originally uploaded by elbisreverri. Andrew Biggs describes the celebrations, part of which is...

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Zarqawi: More Blogger Reactions

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

The blogs keep analysing… Baghdad Treasure was at a press conference near the Iraqi parliament when the news broke. And he was happy. “We held our breath for a second...

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India buzzing …music, films,football, cricket, fuel crisis and 24/7 media

Written by Kamla Bhatt · South Asia

For a third week in a row there appears to be no respite for Indian bloggers. We had various stories vying for our attention: the fuel hike, the Rahul Mahajan case, Cricket in West Indies, the World Cup...

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Updates from 9 June 2006

Indonesia

Indonesian blogger Marting Manurun in his post titled Radicals, beware! points to an announcement by Indonesian government that warns radical groups that the government would take serious actions against them. Martin asks “Now, with all the rhetoric, will the government finally face them strictly? Don’t think of making ‘special laws’, or another ‘anti-terrorism’ law, to face them. Just use the authority provided by the Civic Code (KUHP) as it has already had all that needed to stop them.”

• Preetam Rai

Mongolia

Luke Distelhorst reports that a Mongolian journalist was turned away from a corporate press conference because that journalist has done a good job reporting on the company in the past.

• Nathan Hamm

Senegal

Over at Sunuguerte, Forum sur l'Arachide au Senegal, a blog on the peanut industry in Senegal, contributor Moubarak Lo writes (Fr): “[Privatized peanut venture] Sonacos may fail. Because of the role of the peanut as a wealth creator and as a poverty reducer in the rural world, the government must fight tooth and nail to save the venture.”

• Alice Backer

India

Bills of Lading makes predictions for World Cup 2006. If you're betting, please head over there and educate yourself a bit! “I was a 10-year old cricket obsessed kid during France ‘98 & the football World Cup meant nothing much to me. I only saw the finals & immediately took a liking to the game. Zidane became my new hero & Croatia my favourite team. But a lot has changed since then.”

• Neha Viswanathan

India

Guptavati writes on the politics of rape. “Rape.Sexual Abuse..These words stir up something very primitive, a fear,a reaction so primordial in me that it defies logic,reasoning and everything else in me that swears by my usually dry rationality.”

• Neha Viswanathan

India

Transcurrents.com on Trincomalee tamils fleeing to India. “The impact of total war will be felt by all sections of Sri Lankan society. It is however the Sri Lankan Tamils of the North - East who will bear the brunt of renewed conflict and undergo the greatest degree of suffering.”

• Neha Viswanathan

Russia: The RuNet's Top 10 Political Slang Words

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...