Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 September 16

16 September 2008

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Stories from 16 September 2008

Suez Canal donates 1,000,000 Egyptian Pounds to Doweika Victims

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Like Asser Mattar, many Egyptians were happy to find out that Suez Canal canceled its annual celebration on September 14 to donate a total of one million Egyptian Pounds to support the victims of the Doweika tragedy. Scores of people were killed and injured when huge rocks fell on 35 homes in the slum in one of Cairo's poorest neighbourhoods.

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Puerto Rico: Real ID is really intrusive

Written by Michael Castro · North America, Latin America

Puerto Rican bloggers are calling attention to the government's latest deed, the application of the Real ID Act to the island's drivers. The Real ID, which has come under fire by many states in the mainland US, is one of the measures implemented by President Bush's administration to "fight terrorism".

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South African Cartoonist Takes on ANC President

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

ANC President, Jacob Zuma, was recently back in the headlines as his trial on charges for corruption, amongst other things, was thrown out of court to the dismay of many South Africans but also to the cheer of his millions of supporters, particularly from parties allied to the ANC. Parallel to this, Jonathan Shapiro a.k.a. Zapiro, South Africa's foremost political cartoonist had Zuma in his sights as he published a controversial cartoon in the Sunday Times.

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Kuwait and Ramadan

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

It has been a busy Ramadan in Kuwait, with the collapse of the Stock Exchange, social activities and artistic creativity. Abdullatif Al Omar digs into Kuwaiti blogs to bring us the latest.

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China: Infant-killer milk powder sickens the country

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

Is food in China edible? Chinese people started to ask. The tainted infant formula has not only killed 2 babies, triggered panic among parents, but also gave a solid hit on made-in-China. The biggest problem is, we came to lose trust on all that we can eat.

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Thailand protests: Conflict of elites

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Last Friday several East Asia bloggers held a virtual meeting to discuss the crisis in Thailand. The participants shared their insights about the ongoing protests and political struggles involving different political forces in Thailand.

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Updates from 16 September 2008

Syria

Syrian Yaser Sadeq says Google new browser Chrome is not available in Syria because “our friends in Google corp. have decided or agreed to withhold their services from syrian users as part of the embargo by the U.S government against Syria.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Azerbaijan

Unzipped: Gay Armenia reports that gay Azerbaijani artist Babi Badalov has been detained by British police. Badalov is currently seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and the blog posts details of a protest demonstration to be held in his support today.

• Onnik Krikorian

Romania

The 8th Circle writes that the Romanian-Ukrainian dispute over Snake Island isn't about “a piece of rock in the Black Sea (about 600×400meters)” - but about natural gas and oil reserves under the Black Sea.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Bangladesh

“11 national cricketers prefer more money than the honor of playing national cricket for Bangladesh.” Unheard Voices echoes the outrage of many Bangladeshis after these national players decided to quit to join the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL).

• Rezwan

Pakistan

Adil Najam of All Things Pakistan discusses the growing number of rapes in Karachi and opines that the silence of the victims and the society is to blame.

• Rezwan

Estonia

AnTyx writes about iPhone in Estonia; Telecoms in Latvia writes about iPhone in Latvia - here, here, here, and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Albania

Kakanien Revisited writes about the new mosque of Subotica, the first one in Serbia's Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, “built with funds from Novi Pazar […] and Turkey.” The 8th Circle jots down notes on the Balkan Muslims from a recent Reuters piece.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Cuba

“The blow to food supply is particularly severe: crops lost in the field, stocks damaged in warehouses, and Cuba’s capacity to import affected by losses in sectors that generate foreign exchange earnings”: The Cuban Triangle posts a roundup of reports on post-hurricane damage in Cuba, which is estimated to be in the vicinity of 5 billion dollars.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Ukraine: Homophobic Legal Initiatives in Sync with Public Attitudes

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