Global Voices · Citizen media stories from January 2009

January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

28 January 2009

Armenia: Council of Europe Reprieve

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Yesterday's meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) gave Armenia one last chance to avoid sanctions following last year's clashes between opposition supporters and security forces in the aftermath of a bitterly contested presidential election. Armenian bloggers react to the news.

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Fiji: Bloggers discuss newspaper publisher's deportation

Written by John Liebhardt · Oceania

Fiji’s government deported Fiji Times publisher Monday, January 26, a few days after the newspaper was found guilty of contempt of court and fined nearly $55,000 for printing a “scandalous” letter to the editor.

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27 January 2009

Brazil: Extradition refusal threatens relations with Italy

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

The Brazilian government calls Cesare Battisti a political activist. For the Italian government, the writer is a convicted terrorist. The controversial decision of the Brazilian government to guarantee political refugee status for him, two weeks ago, has divided opinions in Brazil.

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Brunei after the floods: A time of loss and prayers

Written by Noor Hidayah · East Asia

Two persons died in Brunei due to the recent flooding that swept the Asia-Pacific region. Brunei has experienced the worst flooding in the past few weeks. More Bruneians are using the power of prayers and reflections to survive in these troubled times.

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Egyptians are Going Local

Written by Nermeen Edrees · Middle East & North Africa

Inji, an avid Egyptian blogger and young economist who is distraught by the numerous emails and SMS messages calling for boycotting products, decided to “boycott the boycott” and take it to a positive extent. Nermeen Edrees brings us the story.

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Madagascar: “History repeats itself…as a farce” in recent unrest

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Sub-Saharan Africa

On blogs and forums, reflections on the sources of the current unrest and the history of Madagascar's turbulent democracy.

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Updates from January, 2009

30 January 2009

Kazakhstan

Arseny writes about the government's innovation strategies in Kazakhstan, and how efficient they actually are.

• Adil Nurmakov

Afghanistan

Patrick Frost reflects on how President Obama's political stand towards Guantanamo prison would change the administration's position regarding Bagram Air Base prison in Afghanistan.

• Adil Nurmakov

Russia

RFE/RL's The Power Vertical, Robert Amsterdam's Blog, and Sean's Russia Blog comment on Dmitry Medvedev's remarks about the murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova in Moscow last week.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Eternal Remont and Scraps of Moscow comment on Vladimir Putin's response to the Dell Computer founder at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Ukraine

Sean's Russia Blog writes this about Ukraine's plans “the entire KGB archive dating 1917-1991″: “These materials will certainly be employed in the further crafting of Ukraine’s ‘imagined community' of victimization by, rather than a participant in, the Soviet regime. Sadly, using these documents for this purpose has little to do with scholarly inquiry, history, or even historical reconciliation. It has to do with nationalism.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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