Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 May 02

2 May 2007

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Stories from 2 May 2007

Peru: Bloggers and Codes of Conduct

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

Bloggers are often friendly people that like to get together and talk amongst themselves, but every once in awhile they also like to argue. These battles can be quite heated. Lately the subject of codes of conduct has been a topic that has generated disagreement among some Peruvian bloggers, and it hasn’t always been clean, and some have resorted to dirty tactics. The debate is far from settled.

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Sudan: Darfur's Beauty, Peace Negotiations & The Complex Sudanese Dating Scene

Written by SudaneseDrima · Sub-Saharan Africa

To many people, the name Darfur is synonymous with terror, death and hopelessness. Darfur, as we will soon see, is a very beautiful place despite the human suffering. We'll start...

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China: Poisoned pets, our food regulations

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

With American FDA officials on the way to China to get to the bottom of the inclusion of the toxic chemical melamime in pet food exported to the United States,...

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Macau: Gambling, Corruption, and Repression

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Last year Macau has a recorded 17% GDP growth, the gambling and tourist industry is blooming. However, the May Day demonstration in the past few years has been getting more...

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Myanmar: Kason Festival - Buddha Day

Written by May Hnin Phyu · East Asia

Yesterday, 1st of May - well known for International Labor day, also happens to be one very significant day for Myanmar Buddhist people. This month in Myanmar calendar is called "Kason"and Burmese celebrate one of the most religious and historically significant events on Kason full moon day. It is also known as Vesak Day or Buddha Day. Several Myanmar bloggers described how they celebrated this special day.

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Updates from 2 May 2007

Iran

Kamangir reports that more news is coming out of Amir Kabir University (AKU).The whole story began when three articles were distributed on the campus, published on papers which held logos of student publications. The titles of these stories were “No One is Sacred”, “Black Crows [referring to Chador-wearing women]”, and “Where You can find More Prostitutes”. There is a strong belief that the four publications which carried these articles were fake,manufactured by Basij to produce a pretext for attacking student movement

• Fred Petrossian