Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 October 07

7 October 2010

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Stories from 7 October 2010

Russia: Bloggers Meet With Iranian Ambassador, Avoid Sensitive Topics

Written by Alexey Sidorenko · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

The meeting of Russia's top-bloggers with the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow three days after Hossein Derakhshan had been sentenced to 19.5 years of imprisonment for "anti-government propaganda" highlighted the clumsy attempts of the Iranian online diplomacy in Russia. It also showed commercialization and excessive cynicism of some of the popular Russian bloggers.

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Peru: Mario Vargas Llosa is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

Written by Gabriela García Calderón · Latin America

On Thursday October 7, Peruvians woke up to what has been called the "News of the Year": Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." The Peruvian blogosphere quickly reacted to the news, and "Mario Vargas Llosa" has been a worldwide Twitter trending topic for almost 12 hours.

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Mexican Cuisine Declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO

Written by Andrea Arzaba · Latin America

Mexican cuisine is well known for its variety of flavors and colors, and for its combination of different spices and unique ingredient. This year it was declared a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO.

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Indonesia: West Papua Flashflood

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

More than 80 people died and hundreds more are still missing after a flashflood devastated the remote town of Wasior in West Papua, Indonesia. Here are some news and blog reports and Facebook reactions

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Updates from 7 October 2010

Macedonia

Žarko Trajanoski, a human rights expert and activist, posted a scan of EUR 50.000 libel lawsuit [MKD] against him by a TV talk show host Milenko Nedelkovski. The defendant allegedly damaged the pro-government media personality's reputation by qualifying his calls to “liquidate” “traitors” as hate speech, and considers this act another attempt to scare dissenting voices into silence.

• Filip Stojanovski

Senegal

Seneweb reports that power outages are becoming increasingly problematic in Senegal [fr]. More protests come about as food cannot be conserved without electricity. President Wade's son, Karim Wade has been assigned the Energy ministry in addition to his other duties as minister of International Cooperation, Territorial Management, Aerian Transport and Infrastructure.

• Lova Rakotomalala

Russia

Recent flash mob on Vkontakte.ru, the most popular Russian social network, consisted of female users changing their online statuses to what would start with “And I love doing it on…” and adding the places where they usually leave their bags. The double meaning of this sentence immediately attracted the attention of (clueless) male users.

• Vadim Isakov

Chile

El Quinto Poder [es] interviewed [es] Paty Leiva, creator of the blog Zancada [es], the most widely read blog written by and for young women in Chile.

• Silvia Viñas

Angola

Angola’s most famous slave trader Dona Anna Joaquina will be the topic of the Angola Field Group’s presentation Thursday, October 14 at 8:00 PM at the Viking Club in Luanda, Angola.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Remembering Fela Kuti and the relevance of his music in Nigeria: “Whenever there is a crisis or any news of injustice in Nigeria my mind goes to Fela and I wish he was still here to articulate events through his music. His music and his words reached all sections of Nigerian society in ways that Twitter and Facebook never will at least not in the near to medium future.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Tanzania

Vijana FM radio station in Tanzania uses Ushahidi to collect reports on the 2010 Tanzania elections.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Tanzania

Peter discusses the relationship between Non-Governmental Organisations and the media in Tanzania: “NGOs are increasingly working out how to deal with the media: at the crude end wondering what the market rate for a brown envelope is, to more sophisticated relationships with editors and writers.”

• Ndesanjo Macha