Global Voices

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The world is talking, are you listening?

Cape Verde

De Olho na Praia [pt] publishes a picture the blogger took showing the unclean conditions of the washing room at the Praia Central Hospital, in the capital of Cape Verde.

Iraq

“According to Egyptian website Al-Mesryoon, last two months there was a campaign in America to recruit Egyptians as interpreters in the American forces and to be sent to Iraq. The Americans offer Green Card to Egyptians who sign a contract to work for at least six months, and the recruiters can extend the period,” reports Ladybird from Iraq.

Iraq

“The gas and the fuel for cars has always been a problem for Iraqis inside Iraq, the irony that Iraq has one of the worlds largest reservoirs of oil is not lost on Iraqis,” says Alive in Baghdad, which posts a video on the situation here.

Bahrain

Bogus degrees? Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif exposes those who helped themselves to some.

Moldova

7iber, from Jordan, details a cultural variety show with a difference in this post.

Tunisia

“Another Paulo Coelho book that I've read recently and that I've been meaning to write about is ‘Eleven Minutes'. The book is pretty different from the other books I've read by Paulo Coelho, even though it is equally as great and enjoyable as a book, and inspiring in its own kind of way,” writes Subzero Blue from Tunisia.

United Arab Emirates

Writing in Dubai Consumer Mirror, moryarti found a bone in a KFC nugget.

Brazil

Sérgio Amadeu [pt] has just learned that the Brazilian National Standards Organization is considering to have Digital TV setup boxes with DRM (Digital Rights Managements). “It is unfortunate that such an issue is decided by a small group of technicians. This decision is not purely technical, it has extremely serious and extensive socio-cultural impact. Society should be heard. This is a topic of digital citizenship, the right of fair use and to save images the way people want.”

Brazil

Wanderley Filho [pt] compares, ironically, Brazilian politicians achievements to life on Second Life: a parallel world. “The election air time on TV is a balm to comfort those citizens who imagined that their past elected governments had not done any work for the past 4 years. In a few minutes the mistake is clarified and with surprise we find out that we had misunderstood and things are happening at a hallucinating pace (…) with a little help from computer graphics, it's possible to create a parallel administration”.

Guinea-Bissau

Attending requests, Brigida Rocha Brito [pt] publishes some pictures of Forest of Cantanhez, Tombali region in southern Guinea-Bissau, towards Guiné Conacri borders, and promises more soon. “Next there will be new series of pictures from Bissau and a third one from Cachéu, region in the north near the border with Senegal.”