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Global Voices is offering six bloggers based in Kenya the opportunity to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Nairobi for free. ... More »
Krista, from the collective blog Muslimah Media Watch, shares her family's passion for “ridiculous and tacky” salt and pepper shakers. Their latest acquisition, a gift bought in Dubai, has raised a lot of questions in Krista's mind.
How do international media represent cities in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East? Is it fair or helpful to development? A symposium of scholars from the London School of Economics in London, United Kingdom explore this topic. See video.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Iranian blogger, is in dire condition serving 15-year prison term.Father says months-long torture caused kidney failure.
As the situation in Syria worsens, and more terrifying reports arrive from the Homs district of Houla, Foreign Policy-hosted blog Turtle Bay summarizes a report [PDF] from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the UN observer mission. This “gloomy” account clearly shows that measures recommended by Kofi Annan have not been implemented, and a viable peace plan is not yet in place despite diplomatic pressure. Ban Ki-moon notes that “while many fear the implications of a further militarization of the conflict, some have doubts that peaceful change is possible.”
Local open governance activists in Tunisia have launched the first open data website showing the municipal budget [ar, fr] of the city of Sayada for the current fiscal year. The Tunisian open governance community [ar, fr] has had some success in increasing the government's transparency; they have already convinced the Tunisian presidency to reveal its budget.
The idea of auctions as a fundraising tool is not a new one in the charity world. Sometimes, there is even a market for people: dinners with... More »
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The spineless U.S. Pastors don’t even notice these things nor rile up their congregations to work mto change it. If they were half as brave as true news reporters of old some of the pastors would be there helping and in solidarity. These spineless blind watchmen over their sheep cant see 800 churches burnt in once peaceful Kenya since Obama stirred the muslammic Christian hatred pot down there. There sheep are voting Obama now blithwely strolling to Obamaian Mosul-like slaughter and dispossession Just as the Obamaian democrats said of John Ashcroft. Serves another country another King. Pastors have to jettison the tax deduction mammon and re empower the powerless church worldwide. Saving the tax deduction is failure to launch into adult responsible Christian leaders and churches that can make a difference in Mosul, Kenya where Obama was instrumental in displacing a million black African souls, and in our own election. Our pastors should hang their head in shame in the presence of John McCain and Governor Palin.