Global Voices · Citizen media stories from March 2010

March, 2010

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Stories from March, 2010

8 March 2010

Nigeria: After the President's return, bloggers question who's in charge

Written by Eremipagamo Amabebe · Sub-Saharan Africa

Only two weeks after Goodluck Jonathan's long-anticipated confirmation as Acting President, ailing President Yar'Adua was stealthily flown back to Abuja after more than two months abroad. For most observers, the President's return raised more questions than it answered.

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Armenia-Turkey: Response to U.S. Genocide Resolution

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

Following last week's resolution urging the US government to recognize the 1915 massacre and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide, reaction in the blogosphere appears to be muted. However, other alternative voices are making their voices heard.

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Puerto Rico, Haiti: International Women's Day Dedicated to Haitian Women

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Caribbean, Latin America

This year, International Women's Day celebrates it 100th anniversary. In Puerto Rico, and in many countries in the region, the day will be dedicated to honor the resilience of Haitian women and the lives of three feminist Haitian activists who died during the January earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

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First Cambodian Women Web Portal

Written by Sopheap Chak · East Asia

Established in October 2007, the Women Web Portal is the first web portal in Khmer language in Cambodia that provides information about gender issues and women rights. GV author Sopheap Chak discusses the work and impact of this website

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SuperPower: BBC and Global Voices

Written by Ivan Sigal · Announcements

A joint project between Global Voices and BBC News as part of the BBC's SuperPower season begins today. For two weeks, we'll be adding citizen media links within BBC news stories, while sharing off-the-radar stories from our own newsroom with BBC editors and reporters.

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Indonesia: Bank bailout sparks political crisis

Written by Carolina Rumuat · East Asia

The decision of the Indonesian government to bail out Century Bank two years ago has sparked a political crisis after majority of Parliament members voted that the bail out was illegitimate. Here are the reactions of bloggers and twitterers

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Updates from March, 2010

21 March 2010

Lebanon

BabaGannouj et La Zaytouni has images of Plitvice National Park in Croatia which are returned by Google Image search whenever one is searching for the village of Baysour in Lebanon. “Even sites such as Souwar.com incorrectly show pictures of the Croatian Park and label them Baysour, Lebanon.” BetLZ tries to answer the question of “how did this hoax begin?”

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

A collaboration between Qifa Nabki and Maya Zankoul resulted in a comic strip about the visit of the world's richest man, the Mexican of Lebanese origin, Carlos Slim Helou, and who was “fêted in the Lebanese press for demonstrating the inherent superiority of Phoenician DNA in producing successful traders.”

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

Shezshe goes around Beirut and other places in Lebanon spotting and photographing special people with special things and/or unique outfits.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

Emir Bachir discusses Lebanon’s environment which he believes is in free fall and posts a list of priorities that need urgent attention.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

A topic of several blog posts in the Lebanese blogosphere is Shankaboot. “Shankaboot– the world’s first Arabic webdrama – takes us into the beating heart of modern Beirut street life through the eyes of Suleiman, our 15 year old, happy-go-lucky delivery boy.” Enjoy.

• Moussa Bashir