Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2009

February, 2009

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Stories from February, 2009

19 February 2009

Pakistan: The Taliban Truce Deal

There is a civil war going on in Swat valley in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan for more than half a year between the Pakistani army and the pro-Taliban...

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18 February 2009

Caribbean, USA: Stanford Charged with Fraud

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · North America, Caribbean

Fresh on the heels of the latest regional financial meltdown comes another: news that U.S. billionaire Allen Stanford has been slapped with charges for investment fraud - more than 8 billion dollars' worth. The potential fallout for West Indies cricket appears to be concerning Caribbean bloggers as much as the economic ramifications.

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Egypt: Bloggers Take on the “Sons of Zion”

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

The bombs on Gaza may have stopped falling, but a fierce cyber battle continues, with bloggers on both sides of the fence mobilising their troops to 'obliterate' the presence of the other - at least online. Marwa Rakha taps into the Egyptian blogosphere to present to us another facet of this war.

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China: Religious demography and house churches

Written by Yantao BI · East Asia

Last November (21-22, Nov 2008), the China State Council Development Research Center organized a seminar on “Christianity and Social Harmony — Special Session on House Church”. This is the first...

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Guadeloupe: Escalating tensions lead to violence

Written by Jennifer Brea · Caribbean

After weeks of largely peaceful protests in the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique, things took a violent turn on Monday, as police and demonstrators clashed in Guadeloupe's largest city, Pointe-à-Pitre. Workers are protesting skyrocketing unemployment and the rising costs of basic necessities, many of which are imported from France.

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Cambodia: Pushing for a more organic future

Written by Chhunny Chhean · East Asia

Bloggers at CAAI News Media and Khmer Stars feature a Phnom Penh Post article on the slow food movement that ran on February 10, 2009. The article discusses Slow Food's...

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Updates from February, 2009

24 February 2009

Czech Republic

Czechmatediary writes about “a passionate response” to the Czech president's speech at the European Parliament.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

LJ user drugoi highlights Vladimir Putin's “appearance” at the carnival in Düsseldorf, Germany, and receives nearly 300 comments (RUS).

• Veronica Khokhlova

Sri Lanka

Indi.ca comments on the failure of LTTE tactics: “they are a successful crime syndicate but not successful representative for the Tamil people. And I’m obviously not telling Tamil people who to choose as representatives, but we all live on this island together. Guys that buzz our city at will blowing random **** are probably not your best, er, emissaries.”

• Rezwan

23 February 2009

Pakistan

Imam Zaid Shakir at GOATMILK: An intellectual playground reminds us that “the practice of honor killings has absolutely no sanction in the Qur’an, the Prophetic practice, or in the evolved systems of Islamic law.”

• Rezwan

Egypt

Lebanese Dr As'ad Abu Khalil of The Angry Arab News Service tells females traveling to Egypt: “to be wary, to cover up, and to mentally prepare themselves to accept a culture that is more tolerant of sexual harassment than their own.” And to those traveling to the US, he says: “to be wary because crimes against women in the US are worse than crimes against women in Egypt, and the culture in the US seems more tolerant of crimes against women than in Egypt.”

• Marwa Rakha