Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 June 27

27 June 2007

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Stories from 27 June 2007

Morocco: Telecoms, The Blogging Grand Prix, and Reactions to Salman Rushdie's Knighthood

Written by Hamza Daoui · Middle East & North Africa, South Asia

Blogging has indeed become a popular Moroccan pastime, with new blogs cropping up every day. Pointblog.com (fr), a self-described magazine of blogging, reports on the first Grand Prix des Blogs:”...

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Korea: 6.25

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

It was 6.25, the 27th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The day was quiet. Very few special events compared to the past. How do Korean bloggers consider...

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China: Boycotting Beijing Olympics? They have ill intentions.

Written by Jacky · East Asia

From Mia Farrow to François Bayrou to US Congressmen, every news or report about boycotting Beijing Olympics has provoked rounds of anger from China's netizens. In a widely cross-posted blog...

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Taiwan: Fifth Day Festival

Written by I-fan Lin · Taiwan (ROC)

(photo courtesy of judie) Fifth Day Festival is another name for the Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Festival because it is May fifth in the lunar calendar (June 19th this...

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Russia: “Completely Different Other Russias”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

There was no police "overreaction" during the opposition's latest Dissenters' March in Moscow - possibly, because the organizers decided not to follow up the rally on Pushkinskaya Square with the actual marching. Everyone made their speeches - or so it seemed, until the blogosphere offered a not-so-pleasant revelation: opposition activist Maria Gaidar was prevented from addressing the crowd by Eduard Limonov, leader of the National Bolshevik Party and Garry Kasparov's close ally in the Other Russia anti-government coalition.

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Updates from 27 June 2007