Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 September 12

12 September 2007

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Stories from 12 September 2007

Russia: Surprise Nomination of Victor Zubkov

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Russia’s prime minister Mikhail Fradkov today and perplexed Russia-watchers by nominating Victor Zubkov, the little-known head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, for the premier's post. Here are a few reactions from English-language Russia blogs.

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Bloggers on the Ethiopian Millennium

Written by Arefaynie · Sub-Saharan Africa

On September 11 2007, or 1 Meskerem 2000, Ethiopia entered in its third millennium in accordance with the Ethiopian calendar, which is about seven years behind the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopian bloggers have devoted a great deal of attention to the event.

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Ecuador: President Correa Unveils His Blog

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The curiosity behind President Rafael Correa's preview of the creation of his personal blog finally subsided, when the head of state unveiled his new means of communication with the people...

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Introducing Global Voices in Malagasy

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Malagasy language is spoken by 17 million people, and is the national language of Madagascar. It is only the 55th most spoken language in the world, but it is still one of the 69 macro languages. Welcome to the latest new Global Voices language in the Lingua translation project. With the Global Voices amin’ny teny Malagasy project we hope to reach even more previously "unheard" voices.

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Indonesia: Quake Hits Indonesia, Felt in Singapore and Bangkok

Written by Preetam Rai · East Asia

An earthquake measuring 7.9 struck near Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Officials in Malaysia, Indonesia and India have issued tsunami warnings. South East Asians are already blogging about the tremors they felt.

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Korea:Debating the Adultery Law

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

What do you think about ‘adultery’? Is it a world used to justify marriage and maintain the marriage system in society? In Korea, adultery is illegal. Debates are now raging...

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Updates from 12 September 2007

Egypt

Whisper of Madness shares with us horror stories about corruption in Egypt's Interior Ministry hospitals in this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

“Bin Laden’s support eminates from the fact that the US wants his ass so much. Ask any Arab would you like Bin Laden to rule your country? And the answer will most probably be no. Ask him whether he wants the US to capture him or not. The answer will surely be no. No one wants the US to capture Bin Laden even though many disapprove his actions,” writes the Big Pharaoh from Egypt.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Iraq

HNK, from Iraq, updates us on life in Iraq, passing exams, holidays in Syria and an accident they met with on their way back to Iraq.

• Amira Al Hussaini

India

In its war against terrorism, Mumbai’s police is planning to install keystroke loggers in Mumbai’s cyber cafes. This new monitoring software, CARMS (Cyber Access Remote Monitoring System), that Mumbai’s police are requiring the city’s 500 Internet cafes to install, “will capture every keystroke by users and turn that information over to the government — nearly in realtime by the sound of it,” said the Indian journalist Amit Varma.

• sami ben gharbia

Jordan

Naseem Tarawnah from Jordan talks a walk down the memory lane of citizen journalism in Jordan in this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Jordan

“Those whose only reaction in life is cynicism and negativism can scoff all they want at blogs and the power of electronic media. But one thing is certain: blogging and other forms of electronic, people powered media can change something,” writes Ahmad Humeid from Jordan.

• Amira Al Hussaini