4 November 2008
Stories from 4 November 2008
Obamamaniacs in Cote d'Ivoire Anxiously Await Election Results
Read Le Blog de Yoro [Fr], and you'll get the sense that the American presidential election has completely taken over Abidjan, the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire. Not to mention...
Americans Vote. The World Speaks.
Political news junkies, listen up! Global Voices U.S. election weblog, Voices without Votes is working round the clock to provide you with constant fix of world opinion.
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Who Would Iraq Elect, Obama or McCain?
As Nibras Kazimi says, "Perhaps no other country in the world sees itself as directly affected by Tuesday’s outcome as much as Iraq... If any case could be made that non-Americans should be allowed to vote for either Obama or McCain, then Iraqis would get the first go." So who would Iraqi bloggers vote for?
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Costa Rica: Citizen Journalism Has Yet To Reach Its Full Potential
From local bloggers to professional journalists to those that simply follow the media, everybody is waiting for the The First International Encounter of Citizen Journalism to be held in San José on November 17th. Despite the fact that a considerable percentage of Costa Ricans have access to internet and related communication tools, citizen journalism is still not being developed at its full potential, and many hope that this event may help generate interest.
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First, let us ignore your assertion that at the time only 1% of young Chinese attended university because its not...