Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 December 21

21 December 2009

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Stories from 21 December 2009

Angola: Interview with Feliciano Cangüe from the Hukalilile blog

Written by Clara Onofre · Sub-Saharan Africa

Professor and engineer Feliciano Cangüe is the author of the blog Hukalilile (Don't cry for me, Angola), and the first of several Angolan bloggers who feature in a series of interviews to be published on Global Voices.

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Sudan: Is Unity Still a Strategic Choice?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Sub-Saharan Africa

Writing in Arabic, Sudanese blogger Ayman Hajj discusses his country's politics and why many Sudanese people are losing faith in unity.

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Video: Impressions from the Climate Change Conference

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Oceania

We bring you some video impressions from people at the Climate Change Conference that took place during the first weeks of December in Copenhagen, Denmark. From protests, to dances, arts and presentations, a small sample of COP15.

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South Africa: Controversial Health Minister Dies and Twitter Goes Wild

Written by Muhammad Karim · Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa's former Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang passed away recently. Manto was not a stranger to controversy with dodgy views on managing HIV-AIDS using beetroot, garlic, lemons and African potatoes. She never ceased to be a favourite topic in the mainstream media and indeed the blogosphere and twittersphere.

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Australia pushes internet censorship; Twitter erupts

Written by Antoun Issa · Oceania

Australia's Communications Minister Stephen Conroy declared his determination last week to push through mandatory internet censorship of a government-defined blacklist of websites, sparking an online frenzy in blogs and on...

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Qatar: Critiques bristle; calls to shut down popular online forum

Written by Shabina Khatri · Middle East & North Africa

A series of scathing posts on Qatar Living, an popular online forum, prompts locals to call for site's demise. Campaign not against all expats, says founder of anti-QL Facebook group.

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Palestine/Gaza: In Preparation for the Gaza Freedom March

Written by Katharine Ganly · Middle East & North Africa

The start of Gaza Freedom March is just over a week away. It's aim is to show solidarity with Palestinians and raise awareness about the Gaza siege. Katharine Ganly looks at some of the events that have happened in preparation for the march.

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Updates from 21 December 2009

Saudi Arabia

Tara Umm Omar, an American married to a Saudi Arabian, discusses Prophet Muhammad's mixed and interfaith marriages in this post.

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Pakistan

Its winter and marriages are happening everywhere in Pakistan as its unofficially the wedding season. Muhammad Rizwan at All Things Pakistan has details.

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Russia

LJ user becky_sharpe (Bozhena Rynska, Gazeta.ru's gossip columnist) claims (RUS) that actress Brittany Murphy, who died on Dec. 20 in Los Angeles, was a guest at a private party in Moscow on Dec. 19 and was [”hungover”] when she flew back home. UPDATE: a follow-up discussion (RUS) of LJ user becky_sharpe's post - at LJ user kashin's blog (129 comments so far).