Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 June 04

4 June 2007

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Stories from 4 June 2007

Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana: JFK “terror” plot

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

Bloggers in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana react with consternation to news that four of their countrymen have been implicated in an alleged "terror plot" against JFK International Airport in New York.

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More on Moldovans in Italy

Written by Lyndon · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

Lyndon Allin translates another blog comment about Moldovans living and working in Italy - this time by a commenter named Snejana: "…when I write about Moldova I get very emotional, because I don’t understand why life is so difficult. On every corner in Italy there are Moldovans looking for work which they hope will make them some money and allow them to pay off their debts and send some money home to their children."

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Nicaragua: Where's the Blogosphere?

Written by Rodrigo Peñalba · Latin America

Upon first glance, it may not appear that Nicaragua has a thriving blogosphere. However, as one digs deeper and looks across borders, there is proof that Nicaraguans in the disapora are blogging, which has allowed themselves to feel closer to their homeland.

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Add your citizen media event to the Global Voices calendar!

Written by Solana Larsen · Announcements

One of the best kept secrets of this website is a calendar of local and world events, bloggers meetings and conferences. This month is busy with meetings in South Africa,...

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Kuwait: Parties, Art and Telecom

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

With Yemenis in Kuwait celebrating their Unification Day, Kuwaiti bloggers are out in full force checking out art exhibitions, the telecoms situation, wedding parties and book censorship in this week's review of Kuwaiti blogs by Abdullatif AlOmar.

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India: On Dirty Gold, Tamil Muslims and Orkut

Written by Javits Rajendran · South Asia

Gold and diamonds are symbols of purity and love, but Desi Italiana from Passtheroti has arguments to believe why gold, the “Indian Passion” is dirty and why diamonds “forever” are...

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Lebanon: The Special Tribunal and The Fighting

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

This week, most Lebanese bloggers discussed the forming of the special tribunal for Lebanon at the United Nations and the continuing war between the Lebanese Army and the Fateh al...

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Francophone Morocco: Blogging for the Maghreb Arab Union

Written by Hamza Daoui · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

June 1 has been designated the day to blog for the Maghreb Union - Bloggers across the Maghreb have tackled the subject, posting videos, photos, and their opinions, and Moroccan bloggers are no exception. Hamza Daoui takes us on a journey through the Francophone blogoma to see what people are saying.

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Hong Kong and China: June 4, 18 Years Later

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

For 18 years, Hong Kong people have been insisting to join the candle night vigil in Victoria Park in memory of June 4 Massacre in 1989. This year, probably more...

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Updates from 4 June 2007

Kazakhstan

With Rakhat Aliev, the son-in-law of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev, having been arrested in Austria and released on bail awaiting extradition to Kazakhstan to face kidnapping and other criminal charges, Bonnie Boyd examines some of the possible outcomes of his extradition hearing and what they might mean for relations between Kazakhstan and the EU.

• Nathan Hamm

Kazakhstan

neweurasia reports on a notable departure from Kazakhstan's embassy to the United States. Embassy spokesman Roman Vassilenko, whom the post's author calls Kazakhstan's “most useful person in Washington, DC,” will be moving on to a new post in Kazakhstan along with the ambassador.

• Nathan Hamm

Israel

“The big news today is the announcement that the Israeli Defense Ministry has decided to take a pass on one of the only fully deployed/fielded solutions available today against the ongoing kassam/ketyusha threat faced by Israel in the south and north. Instead they have decided in favor of an unproven solution being developed by the Israeli company Raphael that will only be availible in 2011!
“It boggles the mind!” writes David Bogner from Israel, in his award winning blog Treppenwitz.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

“We are still with the sexual harassment problem in Egypt. It seems that it is a real problem in Egypt no one wants to speak about,” writes Egyptian blogger Zeinobia.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani, who blogs from Egypt, writes about how authorities are dealing with stray animals.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif shares his thoughts on broadband penetration in Bahrain.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Lebanon

“An explosion has been reported in the Sid el Baucherieh suburb of Beirut, next to the Mar Ta2la church. The exact time of the explosion was 8:15 pm, coinciding with a meeting of security officials at the Prime Minister's offices in the Saraya.
The number of wounded has been increased from 7 to 10!” reports Blacksmith Jade from Lebanon. Moussa Bachir and Abu Kais also report on the incident.