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1 November 2007

Daily archive · 3 posts

Stories from 1 November 2007

Bahrain: The Silent Killer - Carbon Monoxide

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

A couple in a car in the garage. The air-conditioner is on. One of them dies. This is the story Bahraini blogger Dr Haitham Salman has in store for us (Ar) - plus an explanation of how it happened and precautions to avoid such tragedies.

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Venezuela: Second Annual Blogstock

Written by Luis Carlos Diaz · Latin America

Venezuelan bloggers and other users of social networking software gathered in a remote location far from the capital for the 2nd annual Blogstock, not to hear lectures regarding the state of the blogosphere or the latest in technology, but to simply socialize and have fun. Amidst the serious problems facing the country, these types of get-togethers are at the heart of what Venezuelans are all about.

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Rising Voices Seeks Micro-Grant Proposals for Blog Outreach

Written by David Sasaki · Announcements

Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for the second round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for citizen media outreach projects. Application Deadline: November 30, 2007.

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Updates from 1 November 2007

Guatemala

Desde Guate [ES] writes, “early in the morning I asked via Twitter if anyone was connected…seeing the response of some, I invited them to record via Skype, and there the first Pseudo Podcast of Chapin (Guatemalan) bloggers was born”

• Eduardo Avila

Ecuador

Cronica Cero [ES] has the latest photos of the new bus terminal in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

• Eduardo Avila

Peru

Juan Arellano of Globalizado [ES] recently received a chain letter email that speculates on the fate of this popular soft drink Inca Kola in Peru, in which it is one of the few drinks in the world that outsells Coca-Cola.

• Eduardo Avila

Bolivia

Cristina Quisbert of Bolivia Indigena [ES] writes about some of the sights and sounds overheard during heavy rainfall in the city of El Alto.

• Eduardo Avila

India

South Ways reacts to the “but” people - like the ones who say “I am not against gay rights, but…”. All prompted by the reaction to Rowling's statement about Dumbledore being gay.

• Neha Viswanathan

India

GreatBong has a thought provoking post, asking what exactly it was that a recent sting operation carried out by a media organisation has achieved.

• Neha Viswanathan

Sri Lanka

ICT4Peace on a difficult question posed to a CEO of a telecom company.

• Neha Viswanathan

Barbados

Cheese-on-bread takes us on “a stroll down memory lane with a photo of the traditional Bajan chattel house” in honour of the island's upcoming Independence celebrations on November 30th.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

The Barbados Central Bank's Governor has warned against high wage demands, but Barbados Free Press would have “much rather seen her talk about the monopoly that controls the importing of food and other necessities into Barbados, kills competition and contributes to out of this world food prices.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco