Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 November 05

5 November 2007

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Stories from 5 November 2007

China: Different views on the Dalai's medal

Despite the current Dalai Lama's officially illegitimate status within China, bloggers nonetheless took notice when American president George Bush awarded him with a Congressional Gold Medal last month. Blogspot user...

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Global Voices Special Coverage on Pakistan Emergency

Written by Georgia Popplewell · South Asia

In light of the state of emergency declared in Pakistan on November 3, 2007, we've set up a Special Coverage Page where we shall be aggregating our own coverage of the events plus regular updates from selected English-language blogs and other relevant information. Please view our Pakistan Emergency 2007 Special Coverage Page here.

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Pakistan: Media, Reactions and the Emergency

Written by Angelo Embuldeniya · South Asia

A guide to understanding the state of emergency in Pakistan, has now been posted courtesy of The Emergency Times, which gives us another interesting perspective: Well, for starters, the entire...

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Cast Your Votes for The BOBs!

Written by Jillian C. York · Arts & Culture, Technology

Back in September, Global Voices urged you to nominate your favorite blogs from around the world for The BOBs (Best of the Blogs) - now it's time to put on your thinking caps again, and get out there and vote!

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Kazakhstan: Blogosphere Debates the Language Issue

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

A month ago Nurgeldy told at neweurasia how they are fighting poor knowledge of the state language in the Kazakhstan's northern city of Kustanai. His post gave rise to quite...

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Colombia: Local Elections and Uribe's Influence

Written by Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez · Latin America

Colombia recently held local elections, which were marked by campaign violence. They were also characterized by the influence by current president Álvaro Uribe, who still enjoys considerable popularity around the country. However, Colombian bloggers select their winners and losers beyond the vote counts.

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Updates from 5 November 2007

Russia

ExecutedToday.com - “a blog of history, sociology, biography, criminology, law, and kismet — an unrepresentative but arresting view of the human condition across time and circumstance from the parlous vantage of the scaffold” - writes: “On this date in 1925, legendary British spy — and subsequent James Bond inspiration — Sidney Reilly was shot in a forest outside Moscow for his efforts to overthrow the Soviet government.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Belarus

“Foreigners smell” - or so it seems to the Czech employees of Foxconn IT company in Pardubice, The Czech Daily Word reports.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Georgia

TOL Georgia reports on the plans of the opposition following this weekend's protests in Tbilisi. With attendances at the rallies quickly tapering off, the site says that it looks as though the opposition has failed in its attempt to force a parliamentary election in the spring.

• Onnik Krikorian