Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 April 21

21 April 2008

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Stories from 21 April 2008

Uzbekistan, Ukraine: Tashkent Blacksmith and His Children

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

A monument to an Uzbek family that adopted 15 children during WWII has recently been dismantled in Tashkent. Below is a Ukrainian blogger's moving story of how her father helped one of these adopted children find his biological family.

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Lebanon: Valet Parking

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

Valet parking provides a luxury service and VIP treatment for customers. This is not so in Lebanon any more, where the practice has become so widespread that it is found even at fast food outlets and career fairs attended by young unemployed people, who are looking for jobs. Moussa Bashir looks into what bloggers are saying about the phenomena.

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Egypt: Disappearing People

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Michaelitoo compiles a post about Egyptians who have gone missing, for their religious and political beliefs, in this article Tarek Amr translates from Arabic.

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Paraguay: Ex-Bishop Becomes Next President

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Paraguay went to the polls to elect its next president on April 20th. Gathering nearly 41% of the vote was the former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo. His victory ends a 61 year run by the Colorado party and the exit of outgoing president Nicanor Duarte, who will leave on August 15.

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Kyrgyzstan: Time to Solve Problems

Written by Elena Skochilo · Central Asia & Caucasus

The first week of April started with the ambiguous opinions of Kyrgyz bloggers about the Marie Claire magazine article by American journalist Erin Finnerty with photography by Rena Effendi and...

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Olympic torch relay in Southeast Asia

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

The Olympic Torch has landed in the Southeast Asian region. Bloggers describe how ordinary people, protesters, police forces, sports enthusiasts and politicians are reacting to the arrival of the Olympic Torch in the region.

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Malawian Bloggers Discuss The Zimbabwe Crisis

Written by Steve Sharra · Sub-Saharan Africa

As bloggers from across Africa write about the elections crisis in Zimbabwe, Malawian bloggers join in the condemnation of the delay in releasing the election results, with at least one blogger pointing to the one-sided nature of the discussions on the causes of Zimbabwe’s economic and political problems.

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Japan: Comfort Women Video Calls Attention to a Still Unresolved Issue.

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia

More than 60 years have passed since the World War II, but women who claim to have been abducted under Japanese Military's orders to serve as sexual slaves on military...

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South Africa: The Praise and Fall of Thabo Mbeki

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

South African President, Thabo Mbeki, is keeping bloggers increasingly active with his recent position on the situation in Zimbabwe, and bloggers are taking him to task. Here's a run-down of blogposts around the issue.

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New Oil in Brazil Unleashes a Gusher of Media Controversies

Written by Jose Murilo · Latin America

Twisted information about the discovery of what may possibly be the third largest oil field in the world turned into a hot issue on the Brazilian blogosphere this week. The trigger was a comment from the head of Brazil's National Petroleum Agency [ANP], Haroldo Lima, mentioning that the recently found Carioca [or Sugar Loaf] field in Brazil’s offshore Santos Basin could potentially contain reserves of up to 33 billion barrels of oil and gas.

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Updates from 21 April 2008

Egypt

From Egypt, Hossam El Hamalawy announced the release of blogger Mohammed Al Sharqawi - but is concerned about the welfare of other detainees who have gone ‘missing.' Sharqawi was arrested during the April 6 strike, which was a protest against inflation and which called for better wages for workers.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Armenia

Unzipped comments on the formation of a new government by recently elected president, Serge Sargsyan. After what was seen as a handover of power from his predecessor, the blog says that nothing much has changed and foresees a power struggle brewing between forces supporting the previous president and his successor.

• Onnik Krikorian

Zimbabwe

Township Vibes wonders who would want to become the president of Zimbabwe: “Today the Zimbabwean dollar is trading at $200 million to £1. Yes that's true, 200 million dollars for one British pound. Not at all surprising to most Zimbabweans. The Zimbabwean dollar as well as the whole economy has been on free fall, collapsing like a sand castle. So who would want to be the captain of this sinking titanic?”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Pakistan

CHUP! on Pakistan’s envoy to Afghanistan, Tariq Azzizudin being held hostage by the Taliban.

• Neha Viswanathan

Kenya

Collins highlights 10 most visited websites in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa: “Its interesting which sites are most visited by African surfers on the internet.One thing for certain though is that we are visiting more foreign based websites than local site!That is quite informative especially for investors in the Advertisement industry.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

That's a great list. Now that Afrigator is no more, how do we get another list of such Top Ranked...

Three lower-finishing candidates challenged the election result and demanded a recount, that today was denied. But Americans will nod about...

Hello Kasnar, I regret to say that those type of programmes are very common all over Brazil, both on local and...
Wow!!. I'm an American and I do not speak Portuguese well if at all. I did find it strange...