Global Voices · Citizen media stories from September 2010

September, 2010

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Stories from September, 2010

6 September 2010

Hungary: Heterosexual Pride March

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Marietta Le reviews blog coverage of the "Heterosexual Pride March" held in Budapest this past Saturday.

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Russia: Reactions to the “Buckwheat Panic”

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Eastern & Central Europe

The article reviews the blogosphere's response to the "buckwheat panic" that emerged due to the rising prices of this type of cereals.

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India: Are e-Governance initiatives delivering on transparency and accountability?

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

In India, government agencies are embracing social media and other information and communication technology (ICT) platforms to engage citizens, optimize service delivery and reassure the public with respect to the government's transparency and accountability. But what has been the true impact of these initiatives?

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Mexico: Heavy Rainfall Causes Flooding in Veracruz and Tabasco

Written by Andrea Arzaba · Latin America

Mexican Twitter users are reacting to heavy flooding in the states of Veracruz and Tabasco. They are also commenting on a recent visit by President Felipe Calderón to affected areas in Veracruz.

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Africa: Africans Share Childhood Memories Online

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

That African Girl is a blog with a series of posts written by Africans around the world about their childhood. It is a blog about growing up in an African family and learning to live in two worlds.

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Barbados: Six robbed; left to die in fire

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Barbados remains shell shocked today as it struggles with the reality that what local media are calling "a scene straight out of the drama series CSI" could happen in the relatively peaceful island. What appears to have started as a robbery turned into a murder scene as the suspects reportedly set the building ablaze before fleeing, leaving the victims trapped inside.

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Updates from September, 2010

24 September 2010

Sri Lanka

Valkyrie at Groundviews posts translations of reports on the hearings of the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) held in Killnochchi and Mullaitivu that appeared in Tamil newspapers.

• Rezwan

India

South Asia Wired highlights some reactions from social media about the serious security lapses at the Commonwealth Game venues.

• Rezwan

China

Elaine Chow writes in Shanghaiist about a recent rumor that “lamb shiskabobs” sold from street food vendors or mutton dishes from restaurants might have actually been made out of kitties.

• Oiwan Lam

China

China Hush translated a local news story about a 16-year-old girl leaped to her death from hotel after being molested in Fenghuang city of Hunan province. Among the five suspects, two policemen are involved.

• Oiwan Lam

23 September 2010

Haiti

The Haitian Blogger says of the launch of a National Surveillance system for illnesses following the January 12 earthquake: “Given that the U.S. participants were affiliated with the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief…it is significant that AIDs did not make the survey and was not one of the predominantly reported illnesses.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Trinidad & Tobago

Globewriter’s Weblog posts video of yesterday's “sudden thunderstorm in Port of Spain”, which caused severe flooding.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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