Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2009

January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

2 January 2009

Sri Lanka: Mission Accomplished?

The president of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakshe officially announced that the government troops have captured LTTE rebel's de facto headquarters Kilinochchi after suffering heavy loss in the battle. The government...

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Gaza and Sderot: “The day after the war we need a new beginning”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Gaza City and the Israeli city of Sderot are separated by just a few kilometres. A year ago, even while the people of Gaza were living in severe conditions under Israeli blockade, and Sderot was an ongoing target for rocket attacks coming out of the Gaza Strip, a blog was started by two men, one in each place. Since then they have been documenting their experiences and giving us their perspective on events, including those of the last week.

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China: “Just the aftershocks from the earthquake would destroy France!”kids yell

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

It is astonishing to see kids in grade school reciting such a violent poem, which calls for the destroy of all those bear enmity against China. Is this a indoctrination of hatred, or a must education for motherland-love, as insists the teacher who organizes the recitation?

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Brunei: Passport to Fame reality show

Written by Senor Pablo · East Asia

Like any other country, Brunei has it's own taste of reality show to choose their favourite singing idol. The second Passport to Fame (P2F) competition recently reached it's climax with...

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1 January 2009

Guinea: History repeating?

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Sub-Saharan Africa

A week after the passing of President Lansana Conté and the military coup that followed, African bloggers have been wondering about the resurgence of military coups in the region and about their prospects for success, and getting the feeling that history is repeating.

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Lusosphere: Reform in Portuguese Language Not Welcomed

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

As of today, the reform of Portuguese language spelling begins to be implemented in Brazil. The same rules will eventually be implemented in Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe. Bloggers across the Lusosphere are not exactly happy about it.

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Updates from January, 2009

22 January 2009

Russia

Window on Russia writes about a Ryazan Tajik activist's appeal to the Russian media to stop “fanning the flames of ethnic hatred against migrants” and the launch of the Migration-007 magazine, whose goal would be to “'change the stereotypes and myths' that Russians have about migrants and that migrants have about Russians.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Saudi Arabia

Crossroads Arabia reports on a call by Saudi women to boycott lingerie shops that refuse their demand to hire women – an initiative backed by the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Ayesha Saldanha

Saudi Arabia

Saudi blogger Hala, who currently lives in the United States, has posted her thoughts on Obama's inauguration: “For those of us who think it’s possible to see democracy in our part of the world, check the emphasis on holding government officials accountable, can we have such a system in our country?”

• Ayesha Saldanha

Israel

An Israeli human rights activist makes an impassioned plea to the new American president in a video: “Obama, take away the pain in my stomach.”

• Ayesha Saldanha

Nepal

A Bollywood movie titled ‘Chandni Chowk To China' was banned in Nepal because a narrator in a scene suggested that the Buddha was born in India instead of Nepal. Badmas comments: “Such false information to the world through bollywood movie has made Nepalese people think, ‘Enough Is Enough'.”

• Rezwan

India

Asfaq writes about the recently concluded Blog Camp 2009 in Mumbai, India.

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