Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 September 24

24 September 2008

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Stories from 24 September 2008

China: Illegitimate Girl Deprived of the Right to Education

An illegitimate girl of primary-school age in Zhuhai, South China, was turned away by the local schools, because her mother is not able to afford the hefty fine for illegitimacy, according to sohu blogger Han Tao’s report.

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Lusosphere: Saramago, 85 years, Nobel Laureate, Blogger

Written by Paula Góes · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

A week ago, the 1998 Nobel Prize winner for literature - the first and only Portuguese language writer - started his own blog: Saramago's Notebook, which he describes as his "infinite page on the Internet", has been welcomed by bloggers from many Portuguese speaking countries. But what does it take to become a blogger?

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China: Infant Formula Scandal Highlights Decline in Breastfeeding

Written by Juhie Bhatia · East Asia

Health authorities in China reported this week that nearly 53,000 children have become sick after consuming tainted infant formula. As the effects of these contaminated dairy products become more widespread,...

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Korea: The End of OhmyNews Japan (following Hanako's)

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Following the post, “The End of OhmyNews Japan” by the Japanese editor, Hanako, I was curious how Korean bloggers talk about the failure of OhmyNews Japan. Many bloggers have analyzed...

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Deaf Awareness Week: Striving for Quality Education

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

On this second part of the Deaf Awareness Week posts (part one), we bring you a perspective on education for the deaf, and the different challenges it implies. First, from...

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Updates from 24 September 2008

Russia

Russian History Blog translates a U.S.-based Russian woman's tirade about a local church she has to attend because she “[wants] to please [her] husband.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Window on Eurasia writes about media coverage and politicians' reactions to a letter sent by one of the members of a small Crimean Tatar party to presidents of Russia and Tatarstan.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

White Sun of the Desert writes about “the Sakhalin salmon run” season: “This is a time when huge nets are slung across river-mouths to be lifted by crane and emptied by the ton into lorries, the operators of such activities having either paid huge sums of money for licenses to do so, or paid huge sums of money in bribes to do so.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Albania

Albanian Blogger posts a note on the much-awaited liberalisation of the EU’s visa regime for Albanian citizens.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Bosnia Herzegovina

Samaha posts a detailed update on the outcome of the case brought by Srebrenica survivors against the Dutch state.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Maldives

Mohamed Rasheed discusses the issue of eligibility of Maldive's longest serving president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.

• Rezwan

Bangladesh

Desher Chobi posts some beautiful pictures shot in the Botanical Garden of Dhaka, Bangladesh as a part of the photowalk organized by Flickr group “Shudhui Bangla”.

• Rezwan

Singapore

A Singapore court has ruled that the editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review defamed Singapore officials in a July 2006 article in the magazine. A blogger comments: “Singapore's government is at it again- using their pet judges in a legal system wholly geared to punish anyone who dares to express opposition to the government's policies.”

• Mong Palatino

Ukraine: Homophobic Legal Initiatives in Sync with Public Attitudes

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