Global Voices · Citizen media stories from June 2009

June, 2009

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Stories from June, 2009

3 June 2009

Chinese people's reaction to North Korea missile test

Written by Winglok Hung · China, South Korea

While the international society is working hard to maintain the security and peace on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea has conducted the second nuclear test on 25 May and launched...

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Fiji: ‘A Christian state'?

Written by Michael Hartsell · Oceania

Fiji’s government has canceled this year’s conference of the Methodist church, claiming the week-long meeting would foster instability. The move was announced from a statement from government police and military...

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Niger: Widespread opposition to president's bid to extend rule

Written by Jennifer Brea · Sub-Saharan Africa

Tensions are on the rise in Niger as President Mamadou Tandja moves forward with a referendum that, if passed, would allow the 71 year-old leader to modify the constitution and extend his 10-year rule.

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Egypt: Is Obama not Welcome?

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa, North America

Forty-eight hours before US president Barack Obama delivers his much awaited speech to the Arab and Muslim worlds from Cairo University, the Egyptian blogosphere is almost unified by the same feeling. Bloggers are outraged by the massive and exaggerated preparations and precautions being taken by the Egyptian government to secure the visit, and most of them are doubting if the anticipated speech would usher any real change.

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2 June 2009

Iran: Bloggers react to mosque bombing

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

An explosion occurred on Thursday, at the Ali Ibn-Abitaleb mosque, the second largest Shiite mosque in Zahedan in Iran. At least 25 people were killed. Three men accused of being involved in the mosque bombing were hanged on Saturday morning.

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Kenya: A nation laughing at itself

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Is Kenya ready to laugh at itself? A new blog called Peculiarly Kenyan intends to make Kenyans laugh at themselves. Peculiarly Kenyan is "a testimony to the curiously Kenyan habits, smells, tastes and flavours that make this country of ours hilarious at best and annoying at worst."

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Updates from June, 2009

23 June 2009

Russia

Profy writes about a scandal involving a Ukraine-based Russian Orthodox priest - LJ user abbatus-mozdok - whose blogging manners were deemed inappropriate by the church officials.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Eagle and the Bear writes about Viktor Tsoi, “the Soviet Kurt Cobain, who wrote some iconic tunes, changed the Russian music world with his group Kino, and then died young enough to become a martyr.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

India

Aaman Lamba at Desicritics reports that “India brought the CPI-Maoist, an extremist left wing group into the list of terrorist outfits banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act”.

• Rezwan

Nepal

Democracy For Nepal discusses the future of the Madhesi movement in Nepal.

• Rezwan

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Cradle of Humanity was angry about a recruitment advertisement at a college which stated that native speakers of English would be given preference, so she wrote to complain: “I don’t know if my email would mean anything, but I hope they get the message that, despite English being my second language, I can articulate how I feel about their advertisement.”

• Ayesha Saldanha

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Hala is tired with the commenters on her blog When it Beeps: “I’m beginning to feel that I encounter more Drama in the blogosphere than in my real life, and since I’m doing a great job of blocking the drama out of my real life, maybe I should consider blocking the drama from my blogosphere interactions.”

• Ayesha Saldanha

Pakistan

Teeth Maestro reports that some Pakistani bloggers launched an e-rally using Twitter in support of their national Team in the Twenty20 World Cup Final. The result was evident as #PakCricket appeared at no. 8 on Twitter trending as Pakistanis followed the game and celebrated their victory over Sri Lanka.

• Rezwan

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