GlobalVoices in Learn more »

September, 2009

Monthly archive · 181 posts

Page 28 of 31

Stories from September, 2009

4 September 2009

South Africa: Taxis Defiant of New Bus System for World Cup

Read this post.
Written by Ismail Dhorat · Sub-Saharan Africa

A new public transit bus system launched in time for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa is being met with vociferous protests from drivers of taxis (mini busses). South African bloggers discuss.

· read »

Oman: Random Internet Censorship

Read this post.
Written by Riyadh Al Balushi · Middle East & North Africa

From Oman, Riyadh Al Balushi updates us on what he describes as 'random Internet censorship' in this post.

· 5comments · read »

China and Japan: Chinese people's reaction to the Japanese general election

Written by Winglok Hung · East Asia

The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won the August 30th general election by landslide victory, bringing an end to more than 50 years of almost continuous rule by the Liberal...

· 2comments · read »

3 September 2009

USA: Deportations Feared as New School Year Begins

Read this post.
Written by Hoa Quach · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

A proposed bill that would resolve the legal status of approximately 65,000 undocumented students in the United States is still in limbo as another school year begins this month.

· 7comments · read »

Video posts
Video: Perspectives on International Social Entrepreneurs

Read this post.
Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

From the GSBI, the Global Social Benefit Incubator and The Next Billion Blog comes a series of video interviews of social enterpreneurs from all over the globe who are meeting for the Global Social Benefit Incubator in the USA.

· read »

China: PetroChina's “Group Purchase Gate” created an online stir

Written by Robert Woo · East Asia

Some employees of PetroChina, the state-owned oil giant and the current no. 2 on the FT 500 List, are going to be allowed to ‘group purchase’ eight apartment buildings near Beijing’s CBD at only about thirty per cent of the actual price.

· read »
Page 28 of 31

World regions

Countries

Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.

Languages