Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 July 25

25 July 2010

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Stories from 25 July 2010

Venezuela and Colombia: Online Political Cartoons Add Humor to Current Events

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Humorous political cartoons provide a steam valve for Colombians and Venezuelans who tune into the web for different perspectives on current events through animated online web shows.

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South Korea: Addiction Mutates and Permeates Korean Society

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · East Asia

A revolting incident caused by the internet addiction has recently shocked South Korea, and the government and non-profit organizations are rushing for solutions. Korean bloggers share their analysis on the...

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Africa's Hunger Hardships Spur Biotech Debate

Written by Juhie Bhatia · Sub-Saharan Africa

Many solutions have been proposed to help combat hunger in Africa, but one in particular remains controversial: biotechnology. Many experts suggest that genetically modified organisms could help ensure food security. Others claim there are numerous risks associated with adopting GMOs in Africa.

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Serbia: ICJ Rules Kosovo’s Independence Legal

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

On July 22, the International Court of Justice ruled that the declaration of independence of Kosovo did not violate international law. Sinisa Boljanovic reviews Serbian bloggers' reactions to the ruling.

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Taiwan: Rice fields outside the Presidential Office

Written by I-fan Lin · East Asia

On July 18th, Taiwanese farmers transformed the Presidential Office into rice fields, not for creating a city garden, but for a protest to the Land Expropriation Act.

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Updates from 25 July 2010

Mali

A French-Mauritanian raid to free French aid worker Michel Germaneau inside Malian territory has raised tension [Fr] between the two nations, Diaspora Sahauri blog reports. The 78-year-old engineer Germaneau was killed after the failed attempt to free him.

• Lova Rakotomalala

English

South Korea has started collecting and storing the DNA profiles of criminals. The Ministry of Justice’s decision to take DNA samples of 20 thousand criminals who involved in serious crimes takes into effect starting from today, South Korea’s Chosun reported.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Sao Tome and Principe

The 25th of July 2010 is a voting day for local and regional government in São Tomé & Príncipe. Blog OPLOP posts a report about the political system and the current electoral situation in a country that celebrates its 35th anniversary this month [pt].

• Sara Moreira

Brazil

Maria Frô talks about the new website FalaRua [Street Talking], dedicated to the street dwellers of Brazil. The online community offers information about the Project for Training and Strengthening of Street Dwellers and invites everyone to participate through a quick registration. [all links in Portuguese]

• Debora Baldelli

Sri Lanka

D. B. S. Jeyaraj remembers the Black July of 1983 when anti-Tamil attacks were carried out by Sinhala mobs in different cities of Sri Lanka.

• Rezwan

India

Supriyo Chaudhuri has some ideas about a bright future for Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

• Rezwan

Philippines

Kapirasong Kritika writes a book review of Oplan Bantay Laya: The US-Arroyo Campaign of Terror and Counterinsurgency in the Philippines. Oplan Bantay Laya is a counterinsurgency program alleged by critics and human rights groups as the blueprint behind more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations committed between 2001-2010 in the Philippines

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya

Philippines

The Marocharim Experiment designates the Filipino word “dayo” as descriptive of the Filipino experience of migration: “Diaspora assumes exile, deportation, the removal of identification. ‘Dayo,' like ‘pakikipagsapalaran,' represents the hope for return; of when, they can only tell.”

• Karlo Mikhail Mongaya