Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2009

May, 2009

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Stories from May, 2009

8 May 2009

Central & Eastern Europe: Swine Flu (aka “California 0409”)

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Below are some of the Central and Eastern Europe bloggers' reactions to news reports on swine flu and measures taken by some of the governments to keep the disease from spreading to their countries.

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Talking to Jamaican writer and blogger Marlon James

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Caribbean

An interview with Jamaican novelist Marlon James, who has been blogging about books, music, culture and other matters since May 2006.

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Myanmar: Rogue Wind Blasted through Mandalay City

Written by tan · East Asia

On May 6 a rogue wind blasted through Mandalay, the third capital city of Myanmar. GV author Tan translates a blog post written by a Burmese blogger who witnessed the damage caused by the freak wind.

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7 May 2009

Poland: Hitler and Abortion

Written by Sylwia Presley · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley reviews online reactions to neo-Nazi anti-abortion posters that appeared in several public places in Zielona Gora at the end of April.

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China: Isaac Mao #twinterviews Hu Yong

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Thursday afternoon in China, well-known netizen Isaac Mao began interviewing Chinese Internet researcher Hu Yong on Twitter; here is what they twalked about.

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USA: Opening Conversations on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Written by Solana Larsen · North America

Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization that provides free or inexpensive sexual health services to young men and women in the United States and abroad, has launched a YouTube campaign. The organization is encouraging people to share their thoughts and experiences around getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases, educating their kids about sex, and discussing reproductive rights issues.

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Updates from May, 2009

22 May 2009

South Korea

To counter growing group suicides in the nation, the South Korea government decided to ban keywords related to suicide and block access to Web sites. More from Gusts of Popular Feeling

• Oiwan Lam

China

BloggerInsight from CN Review translated Keso's comment on Alibaba's recent campaign on e-business. The blogger warned the university students to be cautious of the vicious cycle of purely price competition - which has already turned milk into melamine.

• Oiwan Lam