Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 December 29

29 December 2009

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Stories from 29 December 2009

The Year that Was in Madagascar: Part I

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

In part one of a three-part summary of the year in citizen media in Madagascar, Lova Rakotomalala recalls the turmoil that seized the country in the first four months of 2009.

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China: Cui Weiping tweets elite views on Liu Xiaobo

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Many Chinese public intellectuals take flack for keeping quiet on major social issues. Beijing Film Academy professor Cui Weiping has sought to change that by tweeting her peers' views on the recent sentencing of China's most prominent democrat.

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Nicaragua: The Aftermath of the 1972 Earthquake

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

On December 23, 1972, a 6.2-scale earthquake struck Managua, Nicaragua killing 5,000 and leaving 250,000 homeless. Nicaraguan blogger Homero was a young child at the time, but he holds memories of the aftermath, which he describes in a recent post in his blog Ventana de Homero.

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Malawi: Bloggers discuss 30 earthquakes in 3 weeks

Written by Victor Kaonga · Sub-Saharan Africa

In what some geologists have described as rare occurrences, Malawi's northern district of Karonga has in the past three weeks experienced a total of 30 earthquakes resulting in at least 5 deaths, over 200 people injured and over 3,000 made homeless. Bloggers have been quick to share their reactions.

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Japan: Spread the message, translate it

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

A video interview [en] of Kyo Kageura, head of the project Minna no Honyaku (みんなの翻訳, Translation for all) [ja], a new translation platform that helps NGOs and NPOs to spread...

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Palestine: Twitter accused of silencing Gaza tribute

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

Twitter has been accused of attempting to silence tributes to Gaza one-year after an Israeli onslaught devastated the Palestinian enclave. Pro-Palestinian and human rights activists used the influential Twitter to express support for the besieged territory. Tweets using the hashtag #Gaza flooded in on December 27th, peaking at number 3 on Twitter's top ten Trending Topics list.

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Brazil: 100-year-old grandma realises parachute dream

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

It is never too late to achieve a dream, and a Brazilian granny has proved the cliché true. At the age of 100, she enjoys dancing, swimming, running, playing volleyball, basketball, football and now, parachute jumping.

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Global Voices partners with Google on freedom of expression award

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Announcements

Nominations open today (December 29) for the Breaking Borders Award, a new prize created by Global Voices and Google to honor outstanding web projects initiated by individuals or groups that demonstrate courage, energy and resourcefulness in using the Internet to promote freedom of expression.

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Five Years of Global Voices: Where they are now

Written by David Sasaki · Announcements

Outreach Director David Sasaki remembers the December 2004 meeting that paved the way for the formation of Global Voices.

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Kazakhstan: Journalist murdered, professional motives excluded

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Sayat Shulembayev, 28, journalist of the news video-portal “Stan” was brutally murdered in Almaty. As “Stan” producer Michael Pak says, Sayat rented a room in the house near bus station....

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Updates from 29 December 2009

Brazil

Polyana De Oliveira blogs about the many Brazilian traditions for New Year's Eve, from outfits to food.

• Paula Góes

China

Uln tried to sort out what had happened in Copenhagen and questioned why the developed countries did not sign among themselves a deal for reducing emission. Inside-Out China translated a local report telling an insider story on Wen Jiabao's schedule in Copenhagen.

• Oiwan Lam