Global Voices Online

Mohammad Fahim Khairy reports on a shocking case — resident of Paktia province of southern Afghanistan shaved his wife’s head, cut it her nose and ears by a knife and burn her down with boiled water in the first day of Eid.

Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos offered up an apology for the controversial public transport system Transantiago that has received plenty of criticism. Notas Al Margen [es] provides thoughts on this apology.

Costa Rican blogger Julia Ardón provides a reflection on “why she likes Christmas [es]“.

Utero de Marita [es] discusses a statement made by director of the National Culture Institute, who predicted that the indigenous language Aymara will disappear in the next seven years in Peru.

What happened in Monterrey, Mexico during 2007? Ocho Cuartos [es] provides a look back.

La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo explains how Guatemalans spend Christmas Eve or “Noche Buena”.

Alberto Medrano of El Alto Noticias [es] writes about holiday traditions and commercial activity in El Alto, Bolivia.

The Olympic national stadium, ‘Bird nest', has some leftover construction material to be recycled. Wangxiaofeng gives a list of suggestions for the recycling plan: ashtray, toilet bowl and bra (zh).

Sohu forum posted a witness report on a mass incident at Nankai University at Christmas Eve: A car crashed with a bicycle in the university campus, the car owner demanded compensation and threaten the students by implying that she had ‘background'. Her brother came beat up a student. Students around were outraged and crushed the car and turned it upside down (zh).