Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 April 23

23 April 2008

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Stories from 23 April 2008

Japan: Where has all the butter gone?

Where is the butter? — cry Japanese consumers who have been hunting everywhere for the dairy product. The drastic reduction in raw milk production, complicated by hikes in the price...

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Taiwan: What is the dream we have in the Olympic Game?

Written by I-fan Lin · East Asia

Before an ancient Olympic Game, ancient Greek people ignited a torch before Temple of Olympian Zeus.[...] The torch holder would run and shout, 'stop wars to join the Olympics!' Where the torch went, where the war stopped.[...] Greek people went to the Olympic Game, and they forgot hatred and war. As a result, torch, which is a tool for sending signals, becomes a symbol for peace, light, and friendship.

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China: Netizens defend Zimbabwe arms sales

Written by John Kennedy · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

As China's latest shipment of weapons and ammunition sits stranded off the coast of southeastern Africa and president Mugabe of landlocked Zimbabwe digs in against accusations of a fixed election, the majority of Chinese netizens are defending their government's arms sales to the country, at the same time accusing the US and its allies of double standards.

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Green Global Voices on Earth Day 2008

Written by Juliana Rotich · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Bloggers celebrated Earth Day on April 22 by posting their thoughts on what the day means, others did a roundup of articles, some shared reading lists and others mused about...

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Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan: Lenin's Birthday

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

On April 22, Vladimir Lenin would have turned 138 - and quite a few Russophone bloggers still remember the date.

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Updates from 23 April 2008

Poland

Polish road signs - at Polandian: “All road signs should be taken with a pinch of salt and interpretations read with tongue firmly in cheek.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Macedonia

The Macedonian Tendency shares the schedule of the Macedonian Film Festival that will take place in London next week.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Ukrainiana writes about the “Hitler toy” story that first appeared on the Russian TV and was later picked up by BBC: “To the extent that the Western media often cite Russian sources as an authority on Ukraine, they also partake in this smorgasbord of Soviet-style propaganda.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Poland

Scatts writes about Poland's capital at Polandian: “Thanks to either greed, bad planning, ineffective regulations or a combination of all three, Warsaw is slowly becoming a city hidden behind gigantic advertisements.” On 20 East, Scatts posts pictures and describes the route of a “favorite Warsaw walk.” Both entries feature the ubiquitous red-and-white poles - which have also earned a post of their own, on 20 East.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

AnTyx writes about playing the Dozor Night Game in Estonia, which “[grew] out of games that have been played for centuries; and certainly after the fall of the Soviet Union every young boy (and a surprising share of girls) all over its former territory went crawling around crumbling industrial parks. But the advent of modern technology - mobile phones, GPS, and the ubiquity of information on the Internet - has taken a pastime and turned it into a sport.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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...