Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 February 27

27 February 2007

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Stories from 27 February 2007

Panama: More Deadly Than War

Written by Melissa De León · Latin America

#1: Panama Guide reports on Charity Expat Social: …We ate dinner with Sister Griselda Rios who has been working with the orphanage for more than three years. They have about...

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Meet Sami Ben Gharbia, Global Voices' new Advocacy Director

Written by Rachel Rawlins · Announcements

Global Voices is delighted to announce the appointment of Sami Ben Gharbia as Advocacy Director, and the attentive reader will already have noticed his posts on anti-censorship and free-speech issues....

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China: Government study tours questioned

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Somewhat related to this recent post, Sichuan province Writer's Association member and Strong China blogger Li Hongzhi looks at a recent decision from the organizational department of the provincial Communist...

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Saudi Arabia: Government Cracking Down on Bloggers, New Saudi Ambassador to US, and More

Written by Fahad Albutairi · Middle East & North Africa

A Press frenzy over Saudi school curriculums, a govermental campaign targeting a number of male Saudi bloggers, Anna Nicole Smith, Kareem Amer, forced divorces, a new government program to fight...

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Turkey is Typing….Food and Music

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

I'm reaching in a different direction this week. Let's talk Turkish food and music. Zen in the Kitchen talks about the simple pleasures in eating bread with fresh olive oil....

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Tunisphere: How to blog about politics without being censored?

Written by samsoum · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian bloggers seem to have found ways to talk about Tunisian politics while avoiding getting caught by the ATI (Tunisian agency of Internet) watchdogs in charge of denying access and...

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Updates from 27 February 2007

Armenia

The CRD/TI Armenia Election Monitor reports on a protest against Armenia's president that took place today outside of the presidential palace. The protesters are former residents of homes that the government evicted them from and for which the government paid less than market value.

• Nathan Hamm

Turkmenistan

neweurasia posts a comment from a reader who was discussing whether or not access to the internet is important for people in Turkmenistan. The commenter points out there are plenty of more serious problems to worry about.

• Nathan Hamm

Uzbekistan

Registan.net discusses the plight of Uzbekistan's merchants. Despite recent changes that should make trade easier and more profitable, cross-border traders still face numerous difficulties as a result of police harassment and high taxes.

• Nathan Hamm

Slovenia

The Glory of Carniola catches a cold (or something) and contemplates trying a number of Slovenian traditional cures (which, if proved inefficient, would get him tipsy, at least). Get well soon, Michael :)

• Veronica Khokhlova

Poland

Traveling Life writes on the Polish military intelligency scandal.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Poland

Traveling Life writes this about the foreign film that got this year's Oscar: “Anyway, Lives of Others did make me appreciate a little more the hate felt by many towards the proponents and tools of the old systems. Even I can remember my mother being taken in for questioning to the police (milicja) headquarters when my father remained in West Germany after the martial law was declared. And I feel deep disgust towards people who actively supported that awful system.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Albania

Stepping Stones posts photos of the Tirana neighborhood she lives in.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Albania

Our Man In Tirana writes about the post-election situation in Albania: “One week on from the elections we are still waiting for the final results. The process of counting has been incredibly slow - in many cases this seems to have been a deliberate ploy. It was only when counting got underway that the most serious incidents to date took place.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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...