Global Voices · Citizen media stories from October 2009

October, 2009

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Stories from October, 2009

19 October 2009

Russia: Election Fraud and Blogging

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Reports of vote-rigging in the local elections, which took place in 75 of Russia’s 83 regions on Oct. 11, spurred protests by citizens and politicians in Moscow - and quite an outrage among some of the country's bloggers.

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Africa discusses Climate Change

Written by Juliana Rotich · Kenya, Ghana

Blog Action Day 2009 was an online event organized by Change.org. It was a virtual gathering of voices discussing climate change. Bloggers from a sampling of countries in Sub Saharan...

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Guadeloupe: The Water Days

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Caribbean

In The French-speaking Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, also dubbed “the Island with Beautiful Waters”, water is vital. Bloggers share their thoughts on the recently concluded les Journées de l'Eau en Guadeloupe (Water Days in Guadeloupe) conference.

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18 October 2009

Azerbaijan: Happy Birthday, Emin Milli

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Wednesday saw the 30th birthday of detained youth activist and video blogger Emin Milli. Friends and other bloggers marked the event worldwide.

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Hungary: “Downtown Smog Reducing Station”

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Architects, artists, biologists and technicians worked together in downtown Budapest to show that a small plantation of algae could contribute to improving our environment.

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Australia: Suffer the children

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

Prime Minster John Howard used border security as one of his catch cries in the 2001 Australian election with telling results. This week his successor Kevin Rudd became embroiled in another controversy involving asylum seekers and illegal migrants

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Updates from October, 2009

27 October 2009