Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 July 17

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17 July 2007

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Stories from 17 July 2007

Arabeyes: A Protest for Every Citizen, Al Qaeda and Iranian Provocation

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Locked doors at a university campus, daily demonstrations on busy main roads, an article attacking Bahrain in an Iranian newspaper, Al Qaeda's attacks in North Africa and the death of cultural magazines - on and off-line - are some of the topics being discussed by bloggers writing in Arabic in Bahrain, Algeria and Jordan.

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Lusophony Day: Learning Through Connectedness

Written by Jose Murilo · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

We wanted to celebrate the Lusophony Day, as an opportunity to post about the recent launching of the Global Voices website in Portuguese. A quick googling around the keywords brought...

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Korea: Cleaning Up Classrooms: Duty or Violation of Human Rights?

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

I remember when I was in school, every year I had to bring to class rags that my mother made with old clothes. We students had to push heavy wooden...

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Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

Politics is the order of the day this week. Events in Iraq can be confusing at the best of times - so why not let Iraqi bloggers put things straight. But it is not all dry subjects, I also have snipers in Baghdad, two weddings and a funeral. And, if read to the end, the kittens are back!

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Honduras: An Introduction to Honduran Blogs - Part 1

Written by Aaron Ortiz · Latin America

Honduran blogger Aaron Ortiz writes his first Global Voices Online post and introduces us to several expatriate blogs written from his home country. This is the first in a series of articles, which provides an overview of the Honduran blogosphere.

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Updates from 17 July 2007

Bosnia Herzegovina

Belatedly, a link to the commemorative post on the 12th anniversary of Srebrenica tragedy, at Srebrenica Genocide Blog.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Oleg Klimov posts some photos from Sakhalin.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Sochi Travel writes about the unofficial Sochi Olympics mascot contest.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Sean Guillory writes about new developments in the Litvinenko Affair - here, here, and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

“One of the agreements that brought an end to the Cold War has just been tossed out the window,” writes Mark MacKinnon about Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. Sean Guillory thinks, however, that “there is nothing to suggest that the move is anything more than diplomatic posturing.”

• Veronica Khokhlova