Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2010

May, 2010

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Stories from May, 2010

9 May 2010

Bahrain/Saudi Arabia: Rain Rain Go Away!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Yesterday afternoon brought with it some rain, gusts and dust to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Bahrain, spurring a buzz on Twitter and other social networking platforms.

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Colombia: A Look at Twitter Use Around the Country

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Over the course of two months, the community site Twitter Colombia analyzed 3 million Tweets from 20,000 users in the country, as way to take a snapshot of the use of this microblogging tool.

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8 May 2010

Video: Kids News Network turns to web

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

Through the Kids News Network in different countries throughout the world, children now have the opportunity to watch TV news magazines which are specifically geared towards them, also giving them a space to voice their opinions and find out about current events.

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7 May 2010

Macedonia: Police Raid & Roma Riot

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

A police raid and protest turned into a violent riot occurred in Macedonia during April 2009, initiating controversy about discrimination of the Roma.

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Announcing the Winners of the Breaking Borders Award

Written by Ivan Sigal · Announcements

Honoring those who are working to advance free expression on the Internet, Google and Global Voices today have announced the first winners of the Breaking Borders Award. The awards, supported...

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GV Summit: Day One Finished, Day Two Underway!

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Latin America

You may have missed out on the fumbling around with the translation headsets, but if you weren't able to join us for the first day of the Global Voices 2010 Citizen Media Summit in Santiago Chile, you definitely have not missed out on the global conversation!

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Updates from May, 2010

22 May 2010

Jamaica

“There is a terse calm across the island, with Jamaicans watching with great interest, the events that are unfolding before our eyes”: Girl With A Purpose is monitoring the situation involving the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, while Barbados Underground notes that “the political career of Prime Minister Bruce Golding is seriously under threat over the matter.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

India

AmreekanDesi says that India has taken outsourcing to a new level. The country is now outsourcing the womb to produce little babies for the childless parents across the world.

• Rezwan

Philippines

Shades of thought writes about the relevance of Philippine Literature in English.

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Japan

Japan Style sums up [en] a discussion on “the part-time job I never want to do again” that took place on the the Japanese bullettin board 2 channel [en].

• Scilla Alecci

Russia

LJ-user laberintica posts English translations of “chastushka,” Russian folk humorous rhymes.

• Alexey Sidorenko

21 May 2010

Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka thousands of people are affected by the recent heavy rains and flashfloods especially in the western, southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces. Sarvodaya blog has the situation reports and information about relief, aid and assistance.

• Rezwan