Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 October 17

17 October 2007

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Stories from 17 October 2007

Iranian bloggers say Russia is offering Iran unfair deal

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

Several Iranian bloggers shared their concerns that Russia wants to allow Iran only a very small share in the wealth of the Caspian Sea. Iran used to exploit 50 per...

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Japan: Bloggers respond to kidnapping in Iran

Written by Hanako Tokita · Iran, Japan

Earlier last week, the first report was made that a Japanese male was kidnapped and in captivity in Iran. Later it was revealed that the abductee is a Japanese university...

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Guatemala: Runoff Election Poll Numbers

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Bloggings by Boz provides the latest poll numbers for the Guatmela runoff election scheduled for November 4.

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Brazil: Reality Film

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Randy Paul of Beautiful Horizons provides his thought on the latest Brazilian film “Elite Squad”

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Tunisia: Blogger's books confiscated at customs

Written by Jennifer Brea · Middle East & North Africa

When Tunisian blogger Zizou from Djerba returned home to Tunis from Cairo last week, he received more than the welcome he bargained for.

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Americas: The Kick Off for World Cup Qualifiers

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

The road to the World Cup South Africa 2010 began this past weekend in South America. The Global Voices Latin American team joined forces to bring you reactions from across the continent as some teams marked surprising victories, while others felt the sour taste of defeat.

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Nata Blog: A Blog From An African Village

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

One of the success stories of the power and reach of citizen media in Africa is definitely The Nata Village Blog. It is a blog from Nata village in Botswana.Nata is a village of about 5000 people located on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the largest salt pan in the world. The blog is a tool in the fight against the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in Nata village.

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Dubai: Impressing US TV Viewers

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa, North America

“I was impressed with the interview that CBS 60 Minutes reporter Steve Croft did with Dubai Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. The interview and tour of Dubai aired Sunday...

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Updates from 17 October 2007

Iran

Salam Democrat informs[Fa] that Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers who started a strike on 27 September,finally received their unpaid salaries.

• Fred Petrossian

Lebanon

“Hands off the chair!!! … Or so it goes among many politicians, at least those concerned that this little ad…” wrote Jeha about an ad from OGERO, the state Telecom company, that was considered demeaning to the presidency.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

“Amnesty International has published a damming report on the rights of Palestinian refugees (or lack of) in Lebanon,” writes Sursock, who posted parts of the report.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

“It was not me who changed, it was the problem that changed!”, Lebanon Update quoting a Lebanese leader while showing how politicians easily change positions and how religion and the state are mixed.

• Moussa Bashir

Iran

In Khomeinism blog, we read[Fa] that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the most important exporter of Islamic Revolution,after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,the political leader of Islamic Revolution and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,the Leader of Iran.The blogger says Ahmadinejad reminds us the words of Ayatollah Khomeini who said “I ask God to give us the power that even in churches, we listen to down with USA and down with USSR slogans”.

• Fred Petrossian