Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2006 December 23

23 December 2006

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Stories from 23 December 2006

A group of PhD students at several of China's biggest and best universities came together last week to release a letter calling for Chinese to boycott Christmas—a holiday they see...

Pakistan: Musharraf and Kashmir

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Africa: blood diamond

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi: does Google know Soyapi Mumba?

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

D.R of Congo: gorrilas at risk

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Tanzania: hot tamarind sauce

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe: using SMS to fight dictatorship

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Burundi: permanent solution to violence

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Somali-Ethiopia conflict looms over Ethiopian blogosphere

Written by Andrew Heavens · Sub-Saharan Africa

War and rumours of war dominated the Ethiopian blogosphere this week as reports came in of bloody clashes between Ethiopian and Islamist troops in northern Somalia. Accounts of the conflict...

GV Summit Delhi ‘06 Session Two: Outreach

Written by Jennifer Brea · Digital Activism

At the Saturday meeting of last weekend's second annual summit, Global Voices’ South Asia editor, Neha Viswanathan, facilitated a discussion about outreach: who is blogging, why some communities aren't blogging...

This Week's Saudi Blog Roundup

Written by Fahad Albutairi · Middle East & North Africa

The Human Rights Watch visit to Saudi Arabia is still making headlines, 80 rats were found on a Saudi Airlines plane, a Bible was denied entry into Saudi, the Quran...

Chilean Christmas Consumer Behavior

Written by Rosario Lizana · Latin America

Christmas is coming. This post takes a look at Chileans’ consumer behaviour during holidays. Writing about what Chileans are buying for presents, Luis Alarcon (ES) describes top-selling present: El éxito...