Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 December 18

18 December 2008

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Stories from 18 December 2008

Southeast Asia: The shoe, the shoe

Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi will be known for a long time as the shoe thrower. He who succeeded in throwing a pair of shoes at U.S. President George Bush last Sunday. The shoe throwing incident has been hailed as heroic by many people around the world, especially those who opposed the foreign policies of the outgoing leader. What are the reactions of Southeast Asian bloggers and residents?

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Serbia: “Mother Courage”

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

Sinisa Boljanovic translates a selection of heartbreakingly shocking stories of giving birth in Serbia, shared by anonymous Serbian women on the Majka Hrabrost ("Mother Courage") web site.

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Central & Eastern Europe: Trademark on ;-) and Other Internet News

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Below is a selection of recent posts by bloggers from around Central and Eastern Europe on social networking, participatory media, online activism and other related issues.

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Updates from 18 December 2008

Dominica

As HIV infection rates continue to climb, Dominica Weekly says: “The point is our politicians, religious leaders and community health experts must learn how to bury their differences and find multi-divided solutions to the HIV/AIDS problem.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

Haitianalysis.com examines why an extended UN presence in Haiti is probably not best for the country.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

In response to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez's question, Mariela Castro calls her the equivalent of a “cocky hen”, prompting Sanchez to ask: “Does she believe that I do the work of a man because I demand rights and claim respect for political preferences? If to be a very delicate hen I must accept that a group of septuagenarians—all men—decide every aspect of my life, then I…will cock-a-doodle-doo like the rooster with the most hormones in the barnyard.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

Barbados government minister Patrick Todd is in hot water with the nation's bloggers. Barbados Free Press calls his statement about members of Parliament declaring assets an “outright lie”, while Gallimaufry and The Bajan Dream Project are appalled by his call for all Barbadian MPs to publicly declare their sexual orientation, calling the move “an incomprehensible detour from logic.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Grenada

YardFlex.com reports that the Jamaican football team (affectionately referred to as The Reggae Boyz) has won the Digicel Caribbean Championship, defeating Grenada 2-0 in the finals.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

South Africa

The Capetown Oracle posts gift ideas for a green christmas “Buying green gifts at Xmas time is just another small way to make a difference to your carbon footprint, so why not?”

• Juliana Rotich

Malawi

Oneworld blog reports, “In response to increased flooding and food insecurity, women in Salima, Malawi are boosting agricultural productivity by sharing resources and knowledge through local farmers' clubs.”

• Juliana Rotich

Pakistan

Dinakar writes on the community map making efforts in Pakistan: “Surprisingly Pakistan cities are being rapidly updated by the community, how on earth can we imagine that we have an accurate digital map of a Pakistan city; this was only possible through the community initiative.”

• Rezwan

D.R. of Congo

Stop the war in North Kivu reports that an aid worker has been killed in North Kivu: “This time, it has been Boduin Ntamena, 52 years old, a worker of AVSI (Voluntary Association for International Service), an Italian NGO very active in North Kivu. He was killed in an ambush to a convoy of INGO vehicles”.

• Elia Varela Serra