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December, 2009

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Stories from December, 2009

14 December 2009

Guatemala: Stories and Artisan Crafts from The Ixil Triangle

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Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

Towns Santa María Nebaj, San Juan Cotzal and San Gaspar Chajul form the Ixil Triangle, located north of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. Because of its traditional hand-crafted clothing, the Chancol cheese, and its collection of myths and legends from the region, the place is one of the favorite destinations of hikers in Guatemala.

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Caribbean: New Media & Celebrity Fascination

Written by Karel McIntosh · North America, Caribbean

The fascination with celebrities has always been at a fever pitch, but in the current age of new media and consumer-generated content, it’s at an all-time high. While Caribbean bloggers do not tend to overly focus on gossip, they often tune in on the current story at hand.

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Tunisia: Student Jailed for Media Interview

Written by Lina Ben Mhenni · Middle East & North Africa

Tunisian activists have started a Facebook group and a blog in support of Mohamed Soudani, 24, who disappeared on October 22, 2009, in Tunisia, after giving interviews to Radio Monte Carlo International and Radio France International. Friends have since learned he was detained and tortured.

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China: Another elite's suicide - the story of Yang Yuanyuan

Written by Jennifer Cheung · East Asia

YANG Yuanyuan, a 30-year-old postgraduate at Shanghai Maritime University, hanged herself in her bathroom on November 25. She told her mother that knowledge cannot change destiny on the day before she...

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Greece: Riots and Police Brutality Commemorate Teenager's Death

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Written by Asteris Masouras · Western Europe

Riots broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki during memorial gatherings for a 15-year old named Alexandros Grigoropoulos who was shot dead by police on December 6, 2008. Ample citizen media evidence of police brutality forced the government to make promises of police reform yet again.

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ICT4D: Past mistakes, future wisdom

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia
The Future of ICT for Development

What makes an ICT4D project fizzle out? What are the common mistakes that donors, planners and implementers make when trying to run an ICT4D project? Practitioners discuss in a public Twitter chat.

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Dispatch from Copenhagen: Demands for Climate Justice

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Written by Saffah Faroog · Western Europe

Saffah Faroog is one of four Global Voices Authors in Copenhagen during the United Nations Climate Change Summit covering the lively conversations occurring in the blogosphere surrounding COP15.

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Dominican Republic: Goodbye to Composer Luis “Terror” Días

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Written by Rocio Diaz · Latin America

The community of Dominican Republic said goodbye to composer and musician Luis "Terror" Días, who died in Santo Domingo on December 8. His legacy includes composing more than 700 melodies, being an influence on artists such as Juan Luis Guerra and Fernando Villalona, as well as contributing to Dominican rock, of which he is considered a founding father.

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13 December 2009

Japan: An overview of mouth watering gourmet blogs

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Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

Japanese cuisine is rich in variety and it varies a great deal according to the season and the region, and trying out food at various restaurants, so called tabearuki (食べ歩き),...

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China: Putting cadres to work

Written by Don Weinland · East Asia

A Chinese scholar is asking why the Chinese socialist tradition of “cadre labor participation” is no longer practiced among current leadership and suggests its discontinuation may be linked with deteriorating work...

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