Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 June 29

29 June 2010

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Stories from 29 June 2010

Global: Greek to English, Chinese to Russian, and Spanish to Macedonian

Written by Elena Ignatova · Western Europe

Wikidioms is a new online resource that aims at helping translators to cope with this challenge of translating idioms. Below is an interview with Wikidioms' founder Pavel Kats, and with one of its contributors, Yasna Trandafilovska.

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Middle East: Goodbye Saramago

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers across the Middle East mourned the death of Portuguese writer Jose Saramago. Tarek Amr rounds up their reactions.

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Egypt: The Ministry of Interior Seeks Revenge

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian activists have utilised citizen media to the fullest in exposing police torture and corruption. Marwa Rakha writes about their newest initiative and uncovers the case of an Egyptian activist held in neighbouring Libya in this post.

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Jamaica: Bloggers Discuss Dudus' Extradition

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Following his capture by Jamaican police, Michael Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has been extradited to the United States to face pending charges of drug and arms trafficking. "The President", as he is also known, issued a statement about his decision "to waive [his] right to an extradition hearing in Jamaica..."

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Japan: The Hero, Sakamoto Ryoma

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

Confident, charismatic, and ever so dashing, Sakamoto Ryoma has always been one of Japan's favorite historical figures. Since NHK started to broadcast the historical drama series Ryōmaden ('The Legend of Ryoma') this January, a nation-wide Ryoma boom has exploded.

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Angola: Once Upon a Time in Roque Santeiro

Written by Melissa Mann · Sub-Saharan Africa

The development experienced by Luanda holds one of the most frequented commercial spaces in the city. The Roque Santeiro Market, that generates thousands of dollars a day, to account, is about to close its “doors” to reopen in a more dignified and modern area, in Panguila.

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Spain: The Prospect of Catalonia Competing On Its Own

Written by Marc Herman · Western Europe

The participation of the Spanish National Team in the 2010 World Cup renews the debate whether the autonomous community of Catalonia should send its own team to the international competition.

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China: Gamers need not worry over new real name rules

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

This summer will see the introduction of real name regulations for e-commerce entrepreneurs and online gamers. With a series of past failed attempts in China at implementing similar rules, one blogger looks at the logistics of real name requirements and doesn't expect these new regulations to stick.

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Philippines: Dancing Prisoners' Tribute to Michael Jackson

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

And they've done it again. Convicted criminals from Cebu Province in the Philippines danced to the tunes of the late Michael Jackson in a tribute performance marking the first death anniversary of the famous music icon.

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Updates from 29 June 2010

Cuba

Iván's File Cabinet says that “being a journalist in Cuba is like performing black magic. Investigating a story or getting reliable data is like trying to catch hold of a mirage.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

“In the wake of the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Cuban independent journalist Guillermo Fariñas started a hunger strike to demand the release of some two dozen seriously ill political prisoners”: As his condition worsens, Uncommon Sense applauds his bravery.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Egypt

There is an oil spill off the coast of Hurghada and Egyptian officials are blaming it on “oil seeping from the ground due to heat.” Egyptian Chronicles has more here.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Peru

Ernesto Cárdenas from the blog Consultor Internet proposes [es] an interesting experiment in social networks: ”How feasible is it to have/simulate ‘the experience of living' (virtually) the things that happen in a country you do not know and have not visited?” After explaining the experiment he asks, is there an entrepreneur willing to implement it?

• Juan Arellano

Egypt

It may be off the radar - but Zeinobia reports on unrest in North Sinai. Click here for more.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia comments on the allegations surfacing against Khaled Said - who was allegedly killed by police officers.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

A Facebook group was formed by Egyptian activists to mark the International Day Against Torture.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Lebanon

Lebanese activists formed a Facebook group in support of a Gaza-bound ship called We are All Maryam (Ar).

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif wonders what happened to five Bahrainis implicated in a 2003 terrorist plot to detonate an explosive device on the New York City subway system called the “Mubtakar.” “Whatever happened to those five “men” I wonder? Anyone knows?” he asks.

• Amira Al Hussaini