Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 September 22

22 September 2007

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Stories from 22 September 2007

Environment: The UN Conference on Climate Change

Written by Juliana Rotich · Announcements

Global Voices is one of the blogs invited to attend the United Nations High Level Event on Climate Change in New York, Monday September 24th. I am honored to be...

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Morocco: Morocco Welcomes New Prime Minister

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Following the September 7 elections, Moroccan King Mohammed VI appointed a new prime minister, Abbas el-Fassi, to replace Driss Jettou, who had served in that position since 2002. El-Fassi, who may be best known for a failed business operation involving an Emirati cruise ship (which left many hopeless young men vying for jobs and lead a few to commit suicide), is a member of the winning Istiqlal (Independence) party. Read how the Moroccan blogopshere reacted in this post by Jillian York.

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Afghanistan: The Not-So-Obvious Problems

Written by Joshua Foust · Central Asia & Caucasus

Joshua Foust takes a survey of some of the less "sexy" problems facing Afghanistan.

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Uzbekistan: A nation's great loss

Written by Tolkun · Central Asia & Caucasus

On September 7, 2007, a sunny Friday morning, Tashkent and the whole country were struck with sad news. Mark Weil, the legendary artistic director of the famed Ilkhom Theatre was mugged to death. Tolkun reports from the blogosphere.

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Syria: What's on the Palate?

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Perhaps because it's Ramadan, or because talking about the news is difficult, this week Syrian bloggers are focused on food. From the best recipes to those that make no sense at all, here's a roundup of this week's posts.

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Iraq: Repugnant Black Water

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

Salam Adil discusses the reactions of Iraqi bloggers to Black Water, a private security firm, which has recently killed at least eight Iraqi civilians while driving American diplomats through the streets of Baghdad in this post.

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Updates from 22 September 2007

Morocco

Prolific Moroccan blogger Larbi (fr) was recently honored as one of “100 who move Morocco” in TelQuel magazine, writes the blogger himself.

• Jillian C. York

Morocco

Blogger Laila Lalami shares her opinion on the ongoing Jena 6 case in the United States.

• Jillian C. York

Israel

Israellycool reports the split between Jane Felix-Browne, the 51-year-old, six-times-married grandmother who fell in love with the 27-year-old son of Osama bin Laden.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Israel

Israeli blogger Yael discovers a treasure on her way home. Click on the link to learn more.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Japan

An English translation of an interview with Koide Hiroaki, a researcher and long-time anti-nuclear power activist, has been posted at gyaku. Mr. Koide talks about how he joined the movement against nuclear power in Japan 40 years ago, the contrast between the dream of nuclear power and the reality, and the connections between nuclear power and discrimination.

• Chris Salzberg

Japanese

Blogger Kikko passes on the rumor [Ja] that the Abe Shinzo currently in hospital is not the real Japanese prime minister but a double, and that the real PM is at taking it easy at a hot springs in Mongolia. From this (joke) rumor, she turns to the issue of how it is that, while the rich and famous like Abe Shinzo and (sumo wrestler and former Yokozuna) Asashoryu can go off to Mongolia to recuperate, for most people in Japan (Kikko included) this is financially impossible.

• Chris Salzberg