Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 July 12

12 July 2007

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Stories from 12 July 2007

China: 750,000 annual pollution deaths

750,000 premature deaths each year from air and water pollution—a statistic the Chinese government sought to keep secret for fear of social unrest should that be publicly known. Word's out now, and people aren't happy about having been lied to.

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Egypt: Bedouins of Sinai Crisis, 11-year-old Mother and Blogger Say the Unsayable

Written by Freedom For Egyptians · Middle East & North Africa

This week’s round-up from Egypt highlights bloggers’ involvement in domestic issues like the rape of an 11-year-old girl and the Egyptian Bedouins of Sinai’s dilemma in Egypt and covers bloggers’ news.

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Russia: 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

It would be, of course, an exaggeration to say that every single Russian blogger has commented on Russia's victorious bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi last week - but it wouldn't be that huge of an exaggeration. The response to the news has been enormous, and the blogosphere seems to be divided into two camps now: those who think that holding the Olympics in this mountainous Black Sea resort town is a great idea - and those who think it's a disaster in the making. Here are the views of several bloggers involved in the Russian opposition politics in one way or another - as well as some comments from their readers - all translated from Russian.

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Expat Ethiopians reflect on the sounds and smells of home

Written by Andrew Heavens · Sub-Saharan Africa

The ties that bind expatriate Ethiopians to their home country dominated the Ethiopian blogosphere over the past few weeks. Ethiopians living in the US, Europe and Asia came up with a series of emotional posts, exploring childhood memories, local food, music and the broader subject of national identity.

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Japan: Internet regulation up for debate, but nobody is debating

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

While nobody was watching, an interim report drafted by a study group under the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has set down guidelines for regulation of the Internet...

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Updates from 12 July 2007

Iran

Kamangir reports according to the recent survey done by Terror Free Tomorrow , developing nuclear weapons was seen as a very important priority for the Iranian government by only 29% of Iranians. By contrast, 88% of Iranians considered improving the Iranian economy as a very important priority for their government.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

Thanks to Haftan we learn that “Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive have held a great exhibition of image works of Abbas Kiarostami, the renowned Iranian filmmaker and artist by support of Museum of Modern Arts of New York, in America.”Read More.

• Fred Petrossian

Iran

I ask it is a new site where you can ask your question in Persian and other users will answer you.The site has also a blog.Top question of today is “what you can do with 50,000 dollars (about 50 million toman) in Iran.”

• Fred Petrossian

Thailand

Real Thai introduces some Northern Thai dishes and recommends a place in Bangkok where one can get these dishes.

• Preetam Rai

India

Blogpourri on flying Singapore Airlines with young children, with some words of advice to airlines regarding making travel more comfortable for parents and kids.

• Neha Viswanathan

Pakistan

The Pakistani Spectator has an open letter to the Supreme Court regarding the government's role in the Lal Masjid issue.

• Neha Viswanathan

Nepal

Deepak's Diary on the casualty of protests in the city - the roads, with traffic being blocked by protesters.

• Neha Viswanathan

Nepal

Kathmandu Speaks on making money as a blogger, blogging for a cause and building an online reputation.

• Neha Viswanathan

Bangladesh

a bengali in TO watches Michael Moore's Sicko, and is thankful that he's in Canada.

• Neha Viswanathan

Uzbekistan

Jamiyat writes that the Uzbek government has built a new prison especially designed for “delinquent” civil servants. They are not thrown into the dire facilities where normal inmates serve their sentence as the latter “might show no tolerance towards newcomers, who in fact, might have put them in these premises”.

• Ben Paarmann