Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 November 02

2 November 2007

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Stories from 2 November 2007

India: Bangalore - Infrastructure and Barcamps

Bangalore is the focus of this post. Bangalore is the capital of the southern state of Karnataka and and is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India. Once...

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Trinidad and Tobago: Election Picong

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

With general elections looming on 5 November, bloggers in Trinidad and Tobago respond to the three main parties' campaigns with frustration, anger — and satire.

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Japan: Two Degrees from Terror

Written by Chris Salzberg · East Asia

These days, particularly since the events of 9/11, a latent fear of "terror" has come to lurk in the hearts of many a concerned citizen. But how far away are the terrorists, really? This week in Japan, they suddenly seemed to get a whole lot closer when Justice Minister Hatoyama Kunio, just recently appointed to his cabinet position, revealed in an off-hand comment that a "friend of a friend" of his belonged to al-Qaeda.

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Chad: French NGO Adoption Scandal

Written by Jennifer Brea · Sub-Saharan Africa

Six French NGO workers are facing prosecution after Chadian authorities thwarted a plan to "rescue" 103 children from the Chadian-Sudanese border from “certain death” by adopting them to France. French-Cameroonian blogger Le blog du Presi writes about the Zoe's Arc scandal, celebrity adoption, and a love that chokes, whatever its good intentions.

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Russia: Togliatti Bus Explosion

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

On Oct. 31, a bomb exploded on a bus packed with morning commuters in the southern Russian city of Togliatti, killing eight people and wounding 50. Russian bloggers discuss the tragedy and the highly disturbing images of the victims that have flooded the blogosphere.

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Updates from 2 November 2007