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Friday, June 26 at 6:00pm - Global Voices in Cairo
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Iran's Green Movement opposition organized mass street protests on the 4th of November that were were met with a violent crackdown by security forces. As has come to be expected, Iranian citizen media didn't miss a beat, recording "history" on their mobile phones.
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Exciting News to take action to end violence against women! UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, will kick off the global initiative Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women on 6 Novemeber! The innovative web platform will stimulate, count and showcase actions on ending violence against women. Fol...low us on twitter at www.twitter.com/SayNO_UNiTE and become a fan on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/SayNO.UNiTE?ref=
Global Voices A new collaborative mapping project to track threats and arrests against bloggers worldwide, by Global Voices Advocacy.
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Defending Free Speech Online
Global Voices The tourism industry in Thailand receives another blow.
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A TV documentary aired on British TV last September about some of the issues hounding Thailand tourism generated an intense debate in the cyberspace. Here is a sample of reactions in the Thailand blogosphere.
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On Oct. 30, after a few days of alarming reports on an outbreak of respiratory illness in western Ukraine, the first swine flu-related death was confirmed, and PM Tymoshenko ordered Ukraine's schools closed and public gatherings banned for at least three weeks.
Global Voices After all the hubbub in Egypt over artificial hymens for faking virginity, one blogger went and bought one to see what the fuss was about.
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So much was said and written about the artificial virginity hymen kit - that Egyptian male blogger Mohamed Al Rahhal just had to buy one. Marwa Rakha brings us the story.
Global Voices A deadly river-crossing for Kosovo-Albanians migrating to Hungary.
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A group of 19 Kosovo Albanians tried to cross the Hungarian-Serbian river border illegally on Oct. 15; fifteen of them are now reported missing; three bodies have been found by divers. Marietta Le reports on some of the reactions in the Hungarian blogosphere.
Global Voices Finally, someone from Global Voices meets Veronica, our Central and Eastern Europe editor in person! David Sasaki records a video interview.
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Central and Eastern European Editor for Global Voices
Global Voices The hummus war continues...
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As many as 300 Lebanese chefs gathered yesterday in Beirut to make the largest ever plate of hummus in an attempt to claim the reigns in ownership of the popular chick pea dip. The new world record is ...
Global Voices Could you imagine a woman giving birth in handcuffs with her feet shackled? This still happens in the USA.
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It is still a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women worldwide, and it seems that in the process, pregnant women in prison are many times overlooked. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are also treated humanely, with respect to the life they carry?
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At around 12:30 am on Friday, October 23, the Gulf Oil Refinery (Caribbean Petroleum Company-CAPECO) in Bayamón (in the metropolitan area), Puerto Rico, exploded massively. Bloggers react to the disaster.
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What does a woman sacrifice for the cause she fights for? How are her children affected by persecution taken against her? This post explores briefly the lives of women activists in Asia who are also mothers.
Global Voices Putting science at your fingertips...
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Leading up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) in December 2009, here is a sample of online tools to monitor climate change.
Global Voices Mexican netizens are fighting a proposed 3% "luxury" tax on the internet.
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An increase in taxes was approved by the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, including an special tax for Internet and cable services prompting online protests saying that the Internet is a necessity, and not a luxury.
Global Voices Will Malaysia's new "1Toilet" policy for teachers and students help promote academic excellence?
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Borrowing the branding of 1Malaysia, the state government of Terengganu recently introduces the ‘1Toilet' policy as a move for both teachers and students to share toilets to promote a sense of oneness. There were mixed reactions from the blogosphere regarding this topic
