Global Voices · Citizen media stories from June 2010

June, 2010

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Stories from June, 2010

10 June 2010

Russia: Networks of Paid Bloggers Exposed

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

In Russia, networks of paid bloggers sometimes turn to advocating certain political views or to promoting the official political agenda. A recent investigation by LJ user dobrokhotov sheds some light on this "grey zone" of RuNet.

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Egypt: Should Coptic Divorcees Remarry?

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court has issued a ruling obliging Coptic Pope Shenouda III to allow Coptic divorcees to remarry. The pope has rejected the ruling. Supporters of the church and promoters of a secular state blogged their opinions.

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Egypt: Khaled Said - An Emergency Murder by An Emergency Law

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Khaled Said, a 28-year-old Egyptian from the coastal city of Alexandria, was allegedly tortured to death at the hands of two officers who wanted to search him under the emergency law. The story goes: he asked for a reason or a warrant - they killed him.

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Oman: The Aftermath of Cyclone Phet

Written by Riyadh Al Balushi · Middle East & North Africa

Oman was hit a few days ago by cyclone Phet, a tropical cyclone originating from the Indian Ocean. This is the second major cyclone to hit Oman in three years. Bloggers report on developments in this post.

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Watch The World Cup with Global Voices: Live Chat for Uruguay vs. France

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe

The World Cup of football, arguably the most global sporting event ever, is hosted for the first time on the African continent. Please join us in watching and discussing this event together for the second match of Opening Day.

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Uruguay: Social Media Keeps Fans Updated on La Celeste

Written by Silvia Vinas · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

With only a few days left until Uruguay makes its debut in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Uruguayan social media users are getting ready to analyze and report on the latest news of La Celeste, the nickname for the national soccer team. Whether or not Uruguay will make history by winning their third World Cup this year, fans old and young (and even English speakers) will have plenty of online resources to keep up with their national team.

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Updates from June, 2010

24 June 2010

Singapore

Recognizing that many church groups are establishing various business establishments, Irreligious from Singapore asks whether it is right to exempt church groups from paying taxes.

• Mong Palatino

Cambodia

Cambodia ranks first among Asian countries in the number of ‘development' evictions or the act of demolishing urban poor settlements in the name of ‘development.'

• Mong Palatino

Cambodia

Cambodia is the first country in the world in which the number of mobile phone users surpassed the number using fixed landlines.

• Mong Palatino

23 June 2010

Russia

Valery Gribakin, head of the public relations department of the Russian Ministry of Interior, expressed a will to meet with top-ranking bloggers in order to discuss ways of possible cooperation, rsn.ru reported [RUS]. Bloggers have lots of questions to the police but don't expect the answers, sadly comments anti-corruption blogger navalny.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Russia

Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, during the widely discussed tour to the Silicon Valley, dined with Arnold Schwarzenegger [EN], visited Apple [RUS], officially started [EN] an account on Twitter [RUS] at the company's headquarters, and refused [EN] to meet with Google's creator Sergey Brin. The Russian blogosphere reacted [RUS] with a number of jokes and caricatures [RUS] on that matter.

• Alexey Sidorenko

Uruguay

Nostalgia de Emigrante [es] describes how it feels to watch Uruguay play in the World Cup from the perspective of someone who has emigrated. Considering how well the team is doing, the blogger wonders why the country doesn't work like that: with the president as the coach and the citizens like the players.

• Silvia Viñas

Bhutan

Tshokey at Kuzu Bhutan Weblog explains how hard it is to handle death in the family.

• Rezwan

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