Global Voices · Citizen media stories from December 2009

December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

3 December 2009

Bangladesh: The Rising Voices of Women in a Drowning Country

Even in the most extreme circumstances when survival is at stake, Bangladeshi women stand out for their capacity to unite and together overcome climate change’s effects on their lives.

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Colombian 3D Animation short film to be released online

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

After more than a year's worth of work, two Colombian companies have finished a short animated film telling the impossible love story between the flu virus and a white blood cell and wish to share it with the world through a free online premiere.

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Climate Change Skeptics Incited by Leaked Emails

Written by Lester Bolicenni · Western Europe

Hundreds of emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been hacked and posted online, adding fuel to the beliefs of climate change skeptics.

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Disaster Management and the role of ICTs (Part 2)

Written by Aparna Ray · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

In this post, we examine some more ICT based tools and applications in the arena of early warning systems to help reduce damage to life and property in natural disasters across the globe.

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Dominican Republic: Factory in Los Haitises to be Relocated

Written by Rocio Diaz · Latin America

Complying with a briefing by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and with the demands of public protests of the Dominican community, the cement factory that was planned to be built in the protected area of Los Haitises National Park will be relocated.

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Philippines: Social Media puts spotlight on the Maguindanao Massacre

Written by Julius Rocas · East Asia

More than 60 people, including journalists and lawyers, were brutally murdered in Maguindanao Province in the Philippines. Bloggers and netizens were quick to express their reactions through the various social networking sites.

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Updates from December, 2009

22 December 2009

South Africa

Truth without venom is impossible when it comes to South Africa's former Minister of Health: “To be honest, I did not wish to reflect on the life of Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, as I have been taught that it is not proper to speak ill of the dead. But as the crocodile tears flowed this week, I felt compelled to be true to history.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ethiopia

Lucas Liganga writes about Ethiopian Prime Ministers's betrayal: “Unfortunately, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who is the spokesman of Africa on climate change uncharacteristically teamed up with France and heavily doctored the African document, a move that shocked the African negotiators.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Sri Lanka

The campaigns for the election in Sri Lanka are gearing up and Serendipity suggests to root for the leader, who has more experience in life rather than politics and who is the lesser of evils.

• Rezwan

Bermuda

Bermudian bloggers weigh in on the island's recent criminal activity and the response by the government.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Repeating Islands reports that “the Lion House in Chaguanas [Trinidad], the ancestral home of the Capildeo family (maternal relatives of writer V. S. Naipaul)” has been nominated for the upcoming National Trust Heritage Preservation Awards.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Barbados

“Jamaica's political leaders are looking down the barrel of a gun; or staring into an abyss; or stuck between a rock and hard place”: Living in Barbados says that “once again, solutions are being sought to the country's seemingly intractable economic problems.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco