http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1389040 Mwangi - the Displaced African Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:47:59 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/#comment-1389040 So the head of government is a woman (confusion???!!) Yeah, it's weird. I learned more from this one conversation about a Ugandan blog about the German political system than I did watching CNN. So the head of government is a woman (confusion???!!) Yeah, it’s weird. I learned more from this one conversation about a Ugandan blog about the German political system than I did watching CNN.

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1388659 John Powers Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:02:58 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/#comment-1388659 Mwangi, I can't keep up with international politics either! Germany has a parliamentary system. The head of the government is the Chancellor, and she is Angela Merkel. the President of Germany is the head of state, and steers clear of day to day politics. I hadn't heard of Horst Koehler before Uganda's Scarlet Lion post either. Just goes to show what we can learn from Ugandan bloggers. Mwangi, I can’t keep up with international politics either! Germany has a parliamentary system. The head of the government is the Chancellor, and she is Angela Merkel. the President of Germany is the head of state, and steers clear of day to day politics. I hadn’t heard of Horst Koehler before Uganda’s Scarlet Lion post either. Just goes to show what we can learn from Ugandan bloggers.

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1388524 Mwangi - the Displaced African Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:16 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/19/uganda-bloggers-tangle-with-mainstream-media/#comment-1388524 I am ashamed to say I didn't know who the German president was either. I actually thought that Germany was currently being run by a woman. And to make matters worse, I instantly recognized Kristin Davis name. Maybe this world is coming to an end (eek lol!) I am ashamed to say I didn’t know who the German president was either. I actually thought that Germany was currently being run by a woman. And to make matters worse, I instantly recognized Kristin Davis name. Maybe this world is coming to an end (eek lol!)

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