Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 May 12

12 May 2006

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Stories from 12 May 2006

Suriname: Emergency SMS

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados: Kamau Braithwaite

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Haiti: Advertising works

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Haiti: Two thumbs down for Kevin Sites

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Colombia: Introducing Creative Commons

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · Latin America

Sri Lanka: Buddhism – Far away from theory

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Venezuela: Denied Human Rights Council Membership

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · Latin America

India: Jarawas In Andaman Islands

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

India: Podcast with a 72 year old Cabdriver

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Belarus: WFTU's Support for Lukashenko

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Belarus: Author of Denim Theme Faces Prison

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Pakistan: Marketing Politics To The Infidels

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Study on Karadzic Poetry

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Ukraine: Persecution of the Baptists

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia: Putin's Speech

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Pakistan: Three German Women

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Helping the Homeless in Moscow

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

LJ user beth4ever accidentally discovered (online) a group of volunteers feeding the homeless in the Moscow subway and at train stations, and decided to join them. Here's her account (RUS),...

Thailand: Beer Review

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia

Southern Africa Blogosphere

Written by Rethabile · Sub-Saharan Africa

"Commentary South Africa" report on the opportunity Jacob Zuma failed to take to clear up, "once and for all, the ridiculous notion that showering can ‘purify’ someone of recently-transmitted HIV”...

Indonesia: 1998

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia