Global Voices · Citizen media stories from May 2010

May, 2010

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Stories from May, 2010

28 May 2010

Bangladesh: FIFA World Cup, Memories From The Past

The 2010 FIFA World cup is knocking at the doors. While People around the world are talking about this Word Cup, a few Bangladeshi bloggers are reminiscing about the previous ones.

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Caucasus: Social media, cleavage, and rare unity in Eurovision

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Western Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

Although last night's second semi-final for this year's Eurovision Song Contest has been and gone, Twitter was alive with commentary and updates throughout. The annual international competition, noted more for its kitsch entries than for its music, is viewed by well over 100 million people worldwide. Its presence online is nowhere near as large, but is increasingly becoming an important consideration.

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Iran: Two Bloggers and Student Leader on Hunger Strike in Prison

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Two bloggers and one leading student activist - deprived of their pen and blogs in an Iranian prison - are now using a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and defend their rights.

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Guatemala: Pacaya Volcano Causes State of National Calamity

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Regions in Guatemala have been declared by President Colom in "state of calamity" after the Pacaya volcano increased its activity: the airport is closed, villages have been evacuated, people are missing and injured and one camera man is dead.

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Israel: The Freedom Flotilla - PR Stunt or Humanitarian Act?

Written by Gilad Lotan · Middle East & North Africa

Nine ships sailing from various destinations, including Ireland, Turkey and Greece, are headed towards the Gaza Strip, with the goal of breaking the Israeli maritime blockade. Gilad Lotan takes a closer look at reactions from the Hebrew blogosphere.

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Hungary: Facebook vs iWiW

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Marietta Le reports on the competition between a popular Hungarian social networking site iWiW and Facebook in Hungary.

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Updates from May, 2010

29 May 2010

Ghana

ImageNation is a blog by Ghanaian blogger Nana Fredua-Agyeman promoting literature in Africa.

• Ndesanjo Macha

France

EU-LOGOS blog explains why France was questioned by an Amnesty International report about its implementation in internal criminal law of the 1998 International Criminal Court status (fr). An impending bill seems to require a condition of the “usual country of residence” to be France for legal proceedings to take place.

• Suzanne Lehn