Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 September 24

24 September 2007

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Stories from 24 September 2007

China: Traffic cops get machine guns

Traffic police in a major Chinese city have begun carrying pistols and machine guns while on the job, and netizens can't seem to think of any good reason why.

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Environment: The UN Conference on Climate Change Part II

Written by Juliana Rotich · Announcements

- Thematic Plenary- Adaptation. Facilitator is Dr. Asha-Rose migiro Deputy Secretary General Co chaired by HE Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands and H.E Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed the...

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Ramadaning in Kuwait

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

Ramadan, food and shopping were top priorities among Kuwaiti bloggers last week. Abdullatif AlOmar takes us on a tour of Kuwaiti blogs which include a shopping trip at a hypermarket where even the shampoo looks interesting when you are fasting!

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Jamaica: Plant Wisdom

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Ideas, Environment

“In this lifetime, she has a lot to teach me”: Geoffrey Philp is looking forward to lessons from his favourite plant.

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Environment: The UN Conference on Climate Change Part I

Written by Juliana Rotich · Development, Environment

- Thematic Plenary I - Adaptation - From Vulnerability to Resilience. Facilitator is Dr. Asha-Rose migiro Deputy Secretary General Co chaired by H.E Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of...

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Myanmar: Tens of Thousands Join Protest led by Monks

Written by Preetam Rai · East Asia

Myanmar bloggers are posting videos and pictures of the large protest that took place earlier today in Yangon, the former capital and the largest city in Myanmar. The protest was...

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Environment: UN Conference on Climate Change

Written by Juliana Rotich · Announcements

I am blogging live from the United Nations building in NY. I will tweet part of the conference and blog it as it progresses. A Short Intro and the sessions...

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One Million Voices for Peace

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

What is the One Million Voices campaign all about and could peace in the Middle East be a reality? Also, what role is the internet and blogging playing in this mass movement, which over 500,000 Israelis and Palestinians have signed up for so far? Global Voices Online caught up with campaign Communications Coordinator Erin Pineda who discusses with us the ambitious project, which aims to amplify the voices of the 'moderate silent majority' caught up in the conflict.

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World Reaction to the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights

Written by Jennifer Brea · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

In every society in which they find themselves, the world's 370 million indigenous peoples are among the most vulnerable and marginalized. After over 22 years of negotiations and consultations, the...

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Updates from 24 September 2007

Iran

Mahmud Ahmadinejad,Iranian president,said,in Columbia University,”we do not have homosexuals in Iran like you do in your country.”Watch the film.

• Fred Petrossian

Ukraine

With roughly 160 hours remaining before the Sept. 30 parliamentary election, Ukrainiana takes a walk around Kyiv and posts a photo report on “The Battle of Billboards.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Marginalia writes about Latgallia, and the history and politics of the Baltic Unity Day, marked on Sept. 22.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Croatia

While reading Csíkszereda Musings's report on his vacation in Croatia, try to come up with the names of at least “five famous Croatians.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Czech Republic

Petr Bokuvka of The Czech Daily Word writes about violent behavior of the Czech football fans.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Czech Republic

Petr Bokuvka of The Czech Daily Word lists drawbacks of the bus service that connects Brno downtown and its airport: “In Brno, the airport is served by regular bus line number 76 that has about ten stops on the way to the center and thus is used also by people from the neighborhood the bus goes through. And it is also used by people who work in the industrial zone that neighbors the airport.”

• Veronica Khokhlova