Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 June 19

19 June 2008

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Stories from 19 June 2008

Iran: Citizen Media Sex Scandal

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Earlier this month, students at Zanjan University in North-West Iran recorded and uploaded a video of their school's vice president, Hassan Madadi, with his shirt unbuttoned, allegedly preparing to have...

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Morocco: The Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

As the 14th annual Fez Festival of World Sacred Music comes to a close, bloggers - both Moroccan residents and travelers - share their experience with this year's festival. The...

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Lebanon: Condoleezza Rice's Surprise Visit

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa, North America

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced, five-hour visit to Lebanon on Monday, June 16. She declared her government’s support for the newly elected Lebanese president, as well...

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Israel: New National Bird Good for a Laugh

Written by Maya Norton · Middle East & North Africa

Embarrassed about your country's national bird? Don't be. Israel has one far more comical. Comedy Central's hit television show “The Colbert Report” cites Israel's choice of the long-billed hoopoe as...

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Costa Rica: Andrea Morales Leaves Her Political Party

Written by Roy Rojas · Latin America

Andrea Morales, a deputy from the Citizens Action Party (PAC) in Costa Rica, caused controversy when she resigned from her political party, in which she has belonged to during the past several years. She had broken with party lines when she refused to be in opposition to the Free Trade Agreement, which had passed in a nationwide referendum. Costa Rican bloggers come out in support for her decision.

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Updates from 19 June 2008

Poland

Polandian writes about allegations that Lech Wałęsa collaborated with the Communists.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Sean's Russia Blog posts an update on the investigation into the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Lithuania

Robert Amsterdam and Foreign Policy Association's Russia blog write about an alternative U.S. missile shield plan that involves Lithuania.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

LimbicNutrition Weblog reports that the recently installed free wi-fi zone in Students Park in Belgrade has been vandalized.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Bosnia Herzegovina

Srebrenica Genocide Blog posts images from a mass grave excavation at Zeleni Jadar. Foreign Policy Association's War Crimes blog writes about a case brought before a Dutch court to “determine whether Dutch peacekeepers operating under the flag of the United Nations are liable for the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

China

China's Olympics are brought to us by the lucky number 8, as you've no doubt heard, so it only makes sense that line 8 of Beijing's subway system will bring us to the Olympics. David Feng at CN Reviews connects us with the details.

• John Kennedy

China

“With the start of the Beijing Olympics less than 50 days away,” writes cold mtn at the Tibet Will Be Free blog, Students for a Free Tibet is stepping up its Olympic campaign efforts with a new website. Check out their new strategy and video here.

• John Kennedy

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...