Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 November 27

27 November 2008

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Stories from 27 November 2008

Armenia: Bloggers Throw Funeral at Georgian Embassy

Written by Simon Maghakyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Carrying a black casket labeled “The Newborn Georgian Democracy,” a group of bloggers in Yerevan have marched toward the Georgian Embassy protesting what they call the destruction and desecration of Armenian cultural monuments in neighboring Georgia. Bloggers tell the story.

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Egypt: Police officers banned off university campus

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

In a historic court ruling, police are now banned from patrolling Cairo University's campus. Instead, the university will have to deploy civilian personal as security guards. Bloggers, who linked police recklessness and use of excessive force to the order, welcomed the ruling with guarded optimism.

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Georgia: Armenian Church Scandal

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With the ever strengthening power of the Orthodox Church in Georgia causing concern for democracy and human rights activists, bloggers were first to report on attempts to seize a derelict Armenian church in the capital, Tbilisi.

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Is Secularism the answer to Egypt's Sectarianism?

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Egypt has always been known as an Islamic country where Muslims, Christians, and Jews peacefully co-existed. Today this is no longer the case. Is secularism the solution? Following is an outline of the discussion taking place on Egyptian blogs today.

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Mumbai: The Taj Hotel Burns

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

Photographs are appearing on flickr and elsewhere, allowing us a glimpse beyond the visuals provided by mainstream media. Arun Shanbhag has a post full of photographs - from blood pools,...

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India: War, terror and Mumbai

Written by Javits Rajendran · South Asia

‘What has struck India?’ is the question at the moment as the world awakes to yet another horrific day in the lives of millions in the Indian subcontinent. The attacks...

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Middle East: Mumbai Terror Attack “Crazy and Inhumane”

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers in the Middle East woke up this morning to news of terror and mayhem in Mumbai, India, and are still coming to terms with the size of the calamity. One blogger describes the attack as "crazy and inhumane" while another the other wishes for God would "obliterate the enemies of peace."

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Israel: Sending Help and Sympathy to Mumbai

Written by Maya Norton · Middle East & North Africa

Western countries awoke today to news of a widespread attack on the city of Mumbai, India that occurred Wednesday night and continued through Thursday, killing 101 people and wounding hundreds more. Many Israeli bloggers are following the events in Mumbai with an all too familiar apprehension and are posting regular updates of the hostage situation, writes Maya Norton from Israel.

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Terror in Mumbai: Theories, strategies and more Media

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

An online list of people who are injured, in hospitals or reported dead has been put up on a google spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has details of people's names and which...

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Pakistan: Blogosphere Stands United With India Against Terrorism

Written by Farhan Janjua · South Asia

Pakistani bloggers have reacted and strongly condemned the terrorist attacks carried out in Mumbai, India at 11 PM local time yesterday (November 26, 2008). It was expected that these attacks...

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Updates from 27 November 2008

India

Ultra Brown posts an update on the Mumbai hostage situation: “At 1.08am (IST), Nov 28: the drama is far from over. Despite reports that the situation at the Taj had been defused, there has been firing which means things are clearly going to go well into the morning. At the Nariman House and the Oberoi, things are quiet and some evacuation has happened but not enough to show an end in sight.”

• Rezwan

India

Supriyo Chaudhuri at Sunday Posts analyzes why Mumbai has become easy target for terrorism, discusses the terrorists' motives and finally blames the leadership: “The politicians were amazingly ineffective. They had no idea what was happening. They did not share information. They did not show leadership.”

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Egypt

“Egyptian police announced last Wednesday that they had arrested 550 boys in Cairo on suspicion of sexually harassing schoolgirls. The police reportedly focused their raids on Internet cafes near schools,” writes Elijah Zarwan, from Egypt.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Tunisia

Hack in the Box reports that Mauritania and Tunisia have mastered a new way of muzzling the online media - hacking dissident news sites.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

From Egypt, Elijah Zarwan writes: “Egyptian activists yesterday staged protests to call for the release of 16 people detained in the southern city of Samalout in mid-October. Police used tear gas and batons to disperse an angry crowd that gathered when police killed a pregnant woman on October 8 as they searched her house.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

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