Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 April 24

24 April 2007

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Stories from 24 April 2007

Colombian blogosthing reacts to the new concept of BlogTV

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

The Medellín blogosphere experienced a communal "what the ?" about 3 weeks ago, when we discovered that a new TV show about blogging would premiere. Blogger reaction was mixed to say the least.

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Russia: More Reactions to Yeltsin's Death

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

What was the effect of Boris Yeltsin's policies on the people of Germany, Poland and the Baltic states, as well as on the "Russian Bride industry"? While yesterday's post reflected some of what Russian bloggers' thought of Boris Yeltsin's life and death, this one deals with the reactions of predominantly non-Russian observers.

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Bangladesh: The Politics of Exile

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

The Bangladeshi blogosphere heated up reacting to the drama of the process of exiling the two powerful lady politicians of Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina Wazed and Begum Khaleda Zia crowned the...

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Sex Education in Brunei, a No No

Written by Maurina H · East Asia

Sex education is an extremely taboo issue in the very Islam-conscious nation of Brunei. However a recent newspaper article talking about increasing numbers of teenage mothers got the bloggers busy in Brunei. The bloggers feel that maybe it is high time for schools to start incorporating sex education into the curriculum.

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Arabeyes: What Makes a Good Blog and a Good Doctor?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

From discussing what makes a good blog and who is a good doctor, we move to see the reaction of a father whose son is used as a human shield and why a blogger refuses to reply to comments on his blog while he is on holiday as we skim blogs from Tunisia to Kuwait this week.

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A week goes by in Kuwait

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

The unpredictable weather, shoddy telecom services and the rapid surge in the stock market are just some of the topics keeping Kuwaiti bloggers entertained this week.

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Lebanon: Anti-Semitism, Fist-Fights, etc

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

Check out the following topics freshly picked from the Lebanese blogosphere this week: an intense argument between American University of Beirut professors, sectarian polarisation in Lebanon and the Virginia Tech shooting which claimed the lives of 33 people, including two of Lebanese origin.

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Egypt: Rare Visit

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian blogger egYptianist posts a rare find in an Egyptian newspaper, dating back to 1913, which reads: “Egyptian Delta Railways Ltd. Helwan Line. Visit to the Israelite Cemetery. We are...

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Asia: Asian VS. Western Media

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Imagethief comments on an article at the Boao Forum for Asia, published in Xinhua. In the article, Liu Jiang, deputy editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency, commented that “Developed contrives, which...

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Updates from 24 April 2007

Ukraine

Taras of Ukrainiana got soaked in the rain last Friday on his way to “Maidan 2.2″ and didn't really expect many opposition supporters to show up at the rally at Kyiv's European Square. But - “not only did the sun come shining brightly, but so did the Orange crowd. I wasn’t the only one with the will to carry on.” Read Taras' impressions and see photos here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Taras Kuzio discusses Yulia Tymoshenko's lengthy Foreign Affairs piece - and her allegedly good command of English: “In Tymoshenko’s case we can thank her growing knowledge of English on my home region of Yorkshire which produced her rock n’roll son-in-law.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Updates

Christian Espinoza of Tiempos de Blogs [ES] links to the two newest versions of the MySpace social networking site: MySpace Latinoamérica and MySpace En Español. Think Multicultural hears the message loud and clear with these two additions , “Just the metrics that they will release (e.g. “10 million people registered at latino.myspace.com!”) will continue to show advertisers and marketers that there are Latinos online that they need to reach.”

• Eduardo Avila

Peru

Freelance reporter C. J. Schexnayder paddled deep into the heart of the Peruvian rain forest to profile indigenous rights activist Julio Cusurichi for the San Francisco Chronicle. In his Klephblog, he writes that, “there is a lot more to this story than what I was able to fit in the confines of one newspaper article.” Here, he provides supplementary quotes and additional background information on the plight of the three nomadic tribes that live in the 3,000 square mile reserve in the Madre de Dios region.

• Eduardo Avila

Environment

St. John has been experiencing some nasty weather - Frank Barnako posts an update, along with a photo of “exactly what many folks on island are worried about - tremendous runoff from the land and construction sites, filing in the bays, and choking the coral.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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...