Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2007 January 25

25 January 2007

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Stories from 25 January 2007

Senegal: Flooded by Chinese Products

Written by Alice Backer · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Madagascar: WordPress in Malagasy

Written by Alice Backer · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Chilean Senator Explores World of Warcraft: Scholastic Team Building or Time Wasting?

Written by David Sasaki · Latin America

Online, multi-player games like Second Life and World of Warcraft have attracted some authentic popularity in the form of subscription-paying registered users and a disproportionate amount of hype from techno-utopian...

Puerto Rico: Two poems

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Latin America

Belize: “Third parties” emerge

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Malaysia: Helping Flood Victims

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia

Barbados: Calypso for Desmond Haynes

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Laos: Revisiting Laotian Modern History

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia

Trinidad & Tobago: National shutdown organiser arrested

Written by Georgia Popplewell · Quick Reads · Caribbean

The Arabist: Saudi Arabia Persecuting Ahmadis

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain: Being Update Man is Not Fun

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Honduras: It's a contest!

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · Latin America

Bahrain: Authorities Looking for Asian Aids Victim

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Bolivia: 1/11: An Eyewitness Account

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · Latin America

Venezuela: Privatized Vs. Nationalized CANTV

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · Latin America

India, Latin America: Bangalore, a Role Model?

Written by David Sasaki · Quick Reads · India

Arabisc: Hijab-clad Doll Under Fire in Tunisia

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

This is Fulla, the Hijab-clad Arab Muslim adaptation of the decadent West's Barbie doll. Our Barbie wears the Hijab (head scarf) and Islamic attire – a long dress with long...

Malaysia: Prime Minister Comments on Blogger's Responsibilities

Written by Preetam Rai · Quick Reads · East Asia

Russia: “Kremlin, Inc.”

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

Iran:Iranian Journalist and Dissident Akbar Ganji

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa