Stories from 2 February 2008
Paths of the Portuguese Language: Africa-Brazil
Luiz Felipe de Alencastro [pt] publishes the transcription of a a speech by him in 2006, in the symposium “Paths of the Portuguese Language: Africa-Brazil”
Angola: Africa is burning, who cares?
“Chad is on fire. The same for Kenya. Sudan too. This will be followed by the Central African Republic. The conflict in Darfur has claimed at least 200 thousand lives and caused two million refugees and displaced persons. What about Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia? But does that matter? Important, indeed, is...
Iran:Breast kisser sentenced
Dime a Zone writes that an Iranian PhD student in St. John’s, Newfoundland in Canada was sentenced to an additional 18 days in prison for sexually assaulting a woman on an elevator.This student said “you can’t expect all males to control themselves when the breasts are out.”
Nederlands:Holland Loves Muslims
Thanks to Eutopia site,Tori Egherman,Kamran Ashtary,Shervin Nekuee and Farhad Golyardi,”the Holland loves Muslims Petition” is launched.
Africa: A month into 2008: Hope, Dreams, Living
2008 is one month old. Different African women bloggers are going through different spiritual experiences. For many, this is just another year, exactly the same as 2007, and 2006, all the way back to the day they were born.
Armenia: Blogging Congressmen
The Armenian-American Political Action Committee, a new U.S.-based Diasporan lobbying group, has started its own blog. Unlike most Armenian blogs, however, those writing for it are two U.S. Congressmen, Frank Pallone and Joe Knollenberg. The first hasn't started posting yet, but Knollenberg has an entry on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Japan: Insider trading at public broadcaster NHK (Part 2)
The uproar last week about the discovery of insider trading at Japan's public broadcaster NHK has died down, with former Asahi Breweries advisor Fukuchi Shigeo having taken over for beleaguered NHK president Hashimoto Genichi, who resigned days ahead of his scheduled end-of-term. This week, more comments from bloggers on the insider trading scandal.
Saudi Arabia: Stop Organised Religion
“Organized religion is what takes the soul out of believers. Let's just put a stop to it,” writes Ubergirl87, who is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Come Explore New Videos at Rising Voices
The first round of Rising Voices outreach projects have already been training participants in underrepresented communities how to use the tools of citizen media for just over seven months now. Many of the projects are taking their media production skills to the next level by using Windows Movie Maker to produce short video documentaries that reveal the realities of the communities where they live.
