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Poland: Government Will Sign ACTA Despite Massive Protest

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Katarzyna Odrozek - Jan. 25 (Special Report) - Despite a massive Internet protest and controversies around the secret manner of negotiations, the Polish government will sign the anti-piracy agreement ACTA on January 26, as planned. Katarzyna Odrozek reports.

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China: Photo Captures Plight of 58 Million ‘Left Behind Children'

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Oiwan Lam - Nov. 16 (Opinion) - A photo showing a little girl caring for her baby brother in a classroom in rural China has caused an online stir. It reflects the country's long-standing social problem of children who are left behind by their parents going to work in the cities.

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Syria: Bloggers Rally for Anas Maarawi

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Yazan Badran - Jul. 09 (News Report) - Anas Maarawi is the latest Syrian blogger imprisoned. He was detained on Friday, July 1st, in his neighborhood of Kafarsouseh in Damascus. And nothing has been heard of him since. Bloggers rally for his release. Anas is a well known blogger in Syria and beyond. Apart from his personal blog, Anas Online, he ran a number of tech-blogs and projects, most prominently, Ardroid, which was the first Arabic-language blog to focus on Google's Android OS.

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Malaysia: Boot Camp to “help” effeminate boys ·

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:43:21 -0700

Global Voices - By Syafique Shuib - Apr. 26 (Opinion) - Based on their effeminate tendencies, 66 schoolboys from the state of Terengganu in Malaysia were recently sent to a boot camp aimed at "helping them behave in a proper manner". The boys were identified by their schools, who were instructed last year to identify students who displayed feminine qualities. The blogoshere in Malaysia is divided over this issue.

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Yemen: More Protesters Killed as Political Plans Multiply

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By John Liebhardt - Mar. 05 (News Report) - While Yemen's security forces once again fired live weapons and killed opposition demonstrators, politicians and protesters are attempting behind-the-scenes political manoeuvres to solve a growing stalemate after nearly a month of demonstrations aimed at ousting the country's government.

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Jordan: Reactions to Amman's Friday Protests (Photos)

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Nadine Toukan - Feb. 26 (News Report) - After demonstrations in Amman, Jordan on Friday 18 February, 2011, thousands of Jordanians representing diverse groups and voices took to the streets this Friday 25 February, in a more organized and responsible protest.

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Algeria: Protesters hurt as police try to halt demonstration

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By John Liebhardt - Feb. 20 (News Report) - Several people were injured as police and pro-government gangs in Algeria confronted protesters while trying to break up a demonstration organized by human rights Organizations and other civil society groups in Algiers on Saturday, February 19. There are conflicting reports on the number of protesters who came to May 1 Square for Saturday's demonstration. Al Jazeera English reported that hundreds of protesters turned out while a human rights groups placed the number at 5,000. Police used sheer numbers and occasionally clubs in an attempt to keep downtown Algiers open to traffic. The relatively low numbers of protesters — at least compared to last week's demonstration that brought an estimated 10,000 protesters and 26,000 riot police — were blamed on the fact the government has banned large demonstrations. The country's train service was almost completely shut down.

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S.Korea: Backlash After ‘30 Minute' Pizza Delivery Deaths

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Lee Yoo Eun - Feb. 09 (Opinion) - A popular Domino's Pizza marketing strategy promising pizza delivery within 30 minutes of an order has met with a public backlash in South Korea, following the deaths of several young delivery personnel.

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Egypt: Citizen Media Exposes Violence During Media Black Out

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - By Hisham , Videos - Feb. 06 (News) - During the five-day long media and communications black out in Egypt, activists succeeded in circumventing censorship, filtering out videos that captured the violence occurring on the sidelines of the "revolution," away from the peaceful scenes of ordinary traffic in downtown Cairo broadcast by State TV. Videos are graphic in nature. Viewers discretion is advised.

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Egypt: Will January 25 be the Day of the Egyptian Intifada?

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Voices - Jan. 23 (Opinion) - What is going to happen in Egypt on January 25? People are calling for demonstrations and sit-ins everywhere. Who is going to participate, and where? What are their demands? Isn't it possible that some people are against the whole thing? We just need to pay the Egyptian blogosphere a quick visit to find out answers for all our questions.

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Russia: Analysis of Hacker Attacks On Bloggers

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Alexey Sidorenko - Jun. 20 (Opinion) - Over the last five years, more than 40 RuNet bloggers have become targets of hacker attacks, most of which were carried out by a group of hackers named The Brigade of Hell. The hackers' targets have been both political and commercial bloggers.

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Israel: Flotilla Videos Gone Viral

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Maya Norton - Jun. 05 (Opinion) - An Israeli video called "Flotilla Choir: We Con the World" has gone viral on Facebook in the last 24 hours. While it shows no compunction about the violence involved in the flotilla incident, it aggressively illustrates the widely held Israeli belief that Hamas is responsible for the poor state of well-being of the people of Gaza.

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China and Hong Kong: Responses to Cheonan sinking incident

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Oiwan Lam - May. 27 (News Analysis) - The release of the international investigation report on sinking of Cheonan in May 20, 2010, concluding that the South Korean warship had been bombed by a North Korean torpedo has alleviating [sic] the tension in Northeast Asia region. South Korea suspended all trade and investment with North Korea while Pyongyang denied its responsibility for the March 26 incident and called the investigation a “fabrication”.

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Facebook Is Blocked in Pakistan As It Indulges In A Controversial Campaign

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Teeth Maestro - May. 20 (Opinion) - After the outcry surrounding the Draw Mohammed Day Facebook page, which is campaigning for the creation of mass cartoon caricatures of Prophet Muhammed [PBUH] on the 20th of May, today the Lahore High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the entire Facebook.com domain in Pakistan till the 31st of May. Pakistani bloggers react.

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Bhutan: South Asian Leaders Meet For SAARC Summit

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sonam Ongmo - Apr. 23 (News Report) - Thimphu, the small capital of Bhutan is in a flurry of activity, gearing up for the upcoming SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit which will take place at the end of April (28-29). This is the first time that Bhutan is hosting the Summit having passed the opportunity three times in the past because of a lack of infrastructure.

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Egypt: Economic Vegetarians

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Tarek Amr - Apr. 22 (News Analysis) - Red meat prices have risen dramatically in Egypt in recent weeks. Whether or not it's related to the current state of the global economy, it clear that many Egyptians are being pushed towards vegetarianism due to the high prices. Lately, there have even been calls by citizens to boycott meat in hopes that such activity may help lower prices.

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India: Citizens debate government policy and the Maoist response

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Aparna Ray - Apr. 19 (News Analysis) - Dealing a severe blow to the Indian government’s ongoing offensive against the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency, 76 policemen were ambushed and killed by Maoist rebels in Dantewada, Chattisgarh on April 6, 2010. Indian bloggers discuss how to tackle the problem.

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Kazakhstan: Birds, Polish tragedy and Governance

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Adil Nurmakov - Apr. 16 (Opinion) - Discussions of the Kazakhstani bloggers this week were centered around three topics, all related to the deep-rooted problems of governance in the country. SLAUGHTER OF THE BIRDS Carcass-bride was one of the first to write [ru] about the incident on the Kazakhstan-Russia border and customs. An Uzbek citizen was trying to import 71 goldfinches from Russia to [...]

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United Kingdom: Iraqi LGBT group leader Ali Hili refused priority for ayslum application

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - Apr. 11 (Opinion) - Ali Hili, leader of an Iraqi lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group has been waiting for an asnwer to his application for asylum in the United Kingdom for three years. While his case is being reviewed, Hali cannot travel abroad to raise awareness about the plight of the LGBT community back home.

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Poland: President Kaczyński is Killed in Plane Crash in Russia - Initial Reactions

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Sylwia Presley - Apr. 10 (Opinion) - The news of the plane crash in Western Russia, which killed the President Lech Kaczyński, his wife and dozens of other senior Polish officials this morning, is reaching the entire blogosphere, as well as the mainstream media now. The President was traveling to Katyn, to take part in commemoration of the anniversary of the 1940 Katyn Forest massacre.

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South Africa: On the murder of the leader of Afrikaner Resistance Movement

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Muhammad Karim - Apr. 08 (Opinion) - On the night of the 3rd of April 2010, the leader of the Afrikaans Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), an Afrikaner resistance movement, Eugene Terre'Blanche, was murdered. What do South Africa's digital citizens have to say about his death and the future of race relations in South Africa?

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Guatemala: The Colorful Sights of Holy Week

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Eduardo Avila - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - Holy Week, which is celebrated the week before Easter, is an eagerly anticipated time in Guatemala. With colorful religious traditions and the abundance of typical foods. Local bloggers have been experiencing the sights, sounds, and smells of Holy Week in Guatemala.

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Malaysia: New Economic Model

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - Apr. 02 (News) - Dubbed as the New Economic Model, Malaysia's Prime Minister has finally unveiled the first part of the plan detailing the country's future economic direction. The effort is much lauded especially by policy makers in mainstream press, but the citizen media abounds with skepticism.

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Japan Government: On the Fall of the Employment System

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Apeescape - Mar. 28 (News Analysis) - A think tank for Japan's Cabinet, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) published a study that quantified the present status of lifetime employment and seniority-based wage (i.e. the Japanese employment system). They used the data (1989-2008) from Basic Survey on Wage Structure (BSWS) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

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China: Revaluing the One-Child Policy

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Don Weinland - Mar. 20 (Other) - Amidst talk of an aging society and a depleting demographic dividend, appeals for a reconsideration of China’s One-Child Policy were voiced during the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held Mar. 3 to 14. Zhang Yin, China’s wealthiest woman and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, [...]

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