Global Voices · Citizen media stories from August 2010

August, 2010

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Stories from August, 2010

28 August 2010

Southeast Asia: Durian, the “King of Fruits”

Durian is the ‘king of fruits’ in Southeast Asia. It is known for its strong smell and taste which are appreciated and detested at the same time by many people. In this post, bloggers from the region share their ‘durian stories.’

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Philippines: “Hong Kong, our apology for what happened”

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

The recent hostage-taking of Hong Kong nationals in Manila, which has roused worldwide indignation over the bloodshed, has led Filipinos to write apologies via a Facebook page.

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27 August 2010

Guatemala: Indigenous Teacher and Artist Kidnapped and Murdered

Written by Renata Avila · Latin America

An increasing spiral of violence has impacted different communities in rural Guatemala. This time, the victim was a respected rural teacher, spiritual guide, dancer and artist from Sololá: Lisandro Guarcax.

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Pakistan: Relief Efforts - Report From The Ground

Written by Salman Latif · South Asia

Some times it requires a real experience to truly feel the magnanimity of a situation. In this post we share some reports from Global Voices author Salman Latif in Multan who recently went to the Muzaffargarh and Mehmood Kot region in Pakistan to distribute relief to the flood victims.

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Japan: Eyebrows raised by China’s rise to number two

Written by Scilla Alecci · East Asia

This month the Japanese government admitted that spending China has stolen its thunder becoming the second largest economy after the US. But this announcement hasn't surprised many Japanese people who had been expecting it to happen sooner or later, and has made many bloggers raise their eyebrows and say: so what?

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MENA: Kuwaiti Cartoons Cause Moroccans Offense

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

A popular Kuwaiti television programme has upset some Moroccan viewers, who say it depicts Moroccans in a negative light. The cartoon, called Bu Qutada wa Bu Nabeel, portrays Morocco as corrupt and its women as greedy, as they try to entrap the Kuwaiti male characters into marrying them. Bloggers react to the show.

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Updates from August, 2010

30 August 2010

Cuba

Luis Felipe Rojas blogs about his detainment by the Cuban authorities and says: “I think about the path that has brought this country the totalitarian power that is eating away at itself. What will be my next punishment?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

China

Famous blogger or the Science Cop, Fang Zhouzi, was attacked by thug yesterday (August 29). ESWN translated his blog post about the attack.

• Oiwan Lam

China

Dechen Pemba introduces the Tibetan blogosphere for tomorrow's BlogDay at the comment factory.

• Oiwan Lam

Kenya

Photos and first day account of Maker Faire Africa 2010: “This year, besides having jua kali creators from Kenya, we also have makers from Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa. It’s a great turnout, and continues the tradition from Ghana last year.We’re seeing all kinds of incredible ideas brought to life.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Njeri Wangari reviews Ngugi Wa Thiongo's new autobiography: “Dreams in a Time of War… let you get an understanding of Ngugi that you probably have never before. We all to tend to think that Ngugi a radical who is too pragmatic about use of his mothertongue only drawing his characters from his rural setting…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

East Timor

Steve Song shares a set of photos from field work on a project that intends to narrow the gap in access to communications in East Timor - Dili Village Telco.

• Sara Moreira

Russia

Recent interview [RUS] of Vladimir Putin to Kommersant newspaper outraged many bloggers. They accuse Putin of a lie [RUS], ignorance [RUS], deliberate substitution [RUS] of the terms “police state” and a “state governed by a rule of law.” Other bloggers condemn [RUS] his attitude towards protesters: “You went out [on a street - GV] with no right to do that and get yourself beaten in your head by a police baton.”