Global Voices · Citizen media stories from August 2009

August, 2009

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Stories from August, 2009

1 August 2009

Angola: National flag carrier removed from EU blacklist

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

After two years, the first TAAG flight from Luanda to Lisbon is scheduled for today, 1 August 2009 with a Boeing 777-200ER. The blogosphere discusses the EU lifting national flag carrier's ban.

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Caucasus: An interview with Micael Bogar

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With three frozen conflicts and many ethnic fault lines, peace and stability in the South Caucasus often seems unreachable. After living and working in the the region for many years, Micael Bogar is now Projects Manager at the American University's Center for Social Media and speaks to Global Voices Online on the potential for new media tools to circumvent divisions and bring estranged neighbors together.

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Updates from August, 2009

21 August 2009

China

Evgeny Morozov of Foreign Policy's Net.Effect writes: “It turns out that when you use Google Translate to translate (from Chinese to Russian) the expression “Vote for Yanukovych” (Yanukovych was Kremlin's favorite candidate), Google gives you “Vote for Yushenko” in the translated version. Global conspiracy orchestrated by Google!”

• Veronica Khokhlova

China

China Digital Times posted a translation of Tan Zuoren's defense statement against the charge of incitement to overthrow state power. Tan is a citizen rights activist who exposed the issue of bean dreg construction problem after the Sichuan earthquake last year.

• Oiwan Lam

Philippines

The Free Lancer asks if the preamble of the Philippine Constitution is grammatically flawed.

• Mong Palatino

Philippines

Touched by an Angel from the Philippines narrates how she helped her daughter apply for voter's ID card in a village center.

• Mong Palatino

20 August 2009

Kenya

Emeka writes about Maker Faire 2010, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya: “As a follow-up to the invigorating inaugural Maker Faire Africa 2009. The organizing team has announced a number of initiatives to harness the momentum and energy felt at the Accra event.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Iran

March 18 Movement film is in competition in Bitfilm Festival. The March 18 Movement was born out of a tragedy. On this day in 2009, Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger and journalist, died in Evin Prison in Tehran.

• Fred Petrossian