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Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 13, 2011
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 2:13 pm | Global Voices
Egypt: Turkey's Response to Kurds Questioned as Erdogan Speaks in Cairo Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's speech about the Palestinian bid for a statehood at the Arab League was translated online live by members of social networking sites, ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 12, 2011
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 1:53 pm | Global Voices
The bachelor Philippine President Noynoy Aquino's comparison of his love life to a soft drink in a five-day state visit to China not only drew laughter but also criticism online. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 10-11, 2011
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 11:55 am | Global Voices
Twitter users from across the Arab world paid tribute to the 3,000 victims of September 11 as the world recalled the horrors committed by Al Qaeda terrorists who flew four passenger jets into buildings in the US 10 years ago. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 8-9, 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011, 5:54 pm | Global Voices
Julian Assange's WikiLeaks cables are raising an online storm among Zimbabwe's netizens. The latest release, among other things, quotes the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor saying Mugabe will die of prostate cancer before 2013. More >>
Global Voices: Weekly Highlights—September 1-7, 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011, 3:09 pm | Global Voices
Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the official language is still an issue of dispute in Moldova, where the Constitution calls it Moldovan, the educational system teaches Romanian, and the ethnic minorities insist on formalizing ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 7, 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 2:54 pm | Global Voices
Katrien Jacobs, author of new book 'People's Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet', discusses the emergence of an online erotic culture in China that openly describes individuals' personal sexual activities - in other words, amateur ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 6, 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 1:15 pm | Global Voices
Heroreports is a non-profit project dedicated to crowdsourcing and mapping reports of citizen courage and positive social behavior. It started in Ciudad Juárez, México as an initiative of the MIT Center for Civic Media. Ernesto Priego reports. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest - Monday Sep 5 2011
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 2:14 pm | Global Voices
Pakistan: Empowering Youth for a Better Tomorrow Institute of Peace and Secular Studies is a humble, community youth organization in Lahore, Pakistan which aims to empower Pakistani youth and encourage them to face up to today's challenges so ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 3-4, 2011
Monday, 5 September 2011, 4:10 pm | Global Voices
On Saturday, September 3, 2011 a group of around 200 young people assembled in Luanda, Angola to protest lack of freedom and the 32-year reign of President José Eduardo dos Santos. According to witnesses, the protest ended with police beating a number ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—September 1-2, 2011
Monday, 5 September 2011, 11:43 am | Global Voices
Prison overcrowding in Cambodia is getting worse, according to a report published by a human rights group. An online map has been created to reveal the location of the overcrowded prisons. Meanwhile, a prison blog documents the life of inmates inside ... More >>
Global Voices: Weekly Highlights—August 25-31, 2011
Friday, 2 September 2011, 5:22 pm | Global Voices
Once again protesters have poured again into streets of Tabriz and Urmia in Iran's Azerbaijan region on Sunday to call on the Iranian government to save the dying Urmia Lake. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—August 31, 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 1:08 pm | Global Voices
After seeing the huge impact of social media on the Egyptian revolution, Egyptian blogger, Mahmoud Salem (@SandMonkey) decided to collaborate with a non-profit organisation, Peace and Plenty, to help them raise funds for a community in Cairo in need of basic ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest - Tuesday Aug 30 2011
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 3:22 pm | Global Voices
China: Who Could Have Known The Libyans Hate Gaddafi? Bangladesh: Coming Home For Eid Malaysia: Generation 709 Calls for Political Reforms Blog Carnival: Mexico - Citizen Media on the Scene China and USA: Joe Biden's Noodle Meal Brazil: Mozambique ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest - Monday Aug 29 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 4:05 pm | Global Voices
Spain: Racism and Intolerance Advance Relentlessly Russia: Shark Attacks in Vladivostok Blog Carnival: Mexico -Verbalizing the Violence More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—August 27-28, 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 9:51 am | Global Voices
The attack and fire in Casino Royale in Monterrey, Mexico, resulted in 52 casualties, in another event further tied to violence from organized crime. Twitter users look for their relatives and friends, and cry over this tragedy. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—August 25-26, 2011
Monday, 29 August 2011, 9:55 am | Global Voices
Global Voices: Weekly Highlights—August 18-24, 2011
Monday, 29 August 2011, 9:51 am | Global Voices
As Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's hours are quickly running out, Twitter users are issuing their warnings to Syrian president Bashar Al Assad to take heed, and leave power. Here is a cross-section of reactions by Amira Al Hussaini. More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—August 24, 2011
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 3:00 pm | Global Voices
As the State of Emergency continues in Trinidad and Tobago - and the government's communication efforts about it continue to be muddled at best (Is it limited or national? Is there a solid strategy in place or not?) - local bloggers are voicing their opinions, ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest—August 23, 2011
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:01 pm | Global Voices
The United States Embassy in Santiago has emailed an "emergency message for U.S. citizens" registered in Chile to keep out of the frequent and increasingly violent protests, but foreigners in Santiago don't seem to be losing sleep over the roaring ... More >>
Global Voices: Daily Digest - Monday Aug 22 2011
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 4:03 pm | Global Voices
Chile: New Partnership Between Global Voices and Mi Voz Trinidad and Tobago: Debating a State of Emergency Pakistan: Islamic Televangelist Caught Out by Behind-the-Scenes Video Peru: Customers Show Support for Ripley Department Store Employees Iran: "Tonight, ... More >>