Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 June 17

17 June 2008

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Stories from 17 June 2008

Jordan: Queen's Message

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

China: A glimpse at Olympic garden sculptures

Safin at FunEnclave posts a series of photos of artistic garden sculptures done in Chinese and Socialist style in preparation for the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

With the world going digital, many newspapers are meeting the challenge by making their news pages accessible online. The Arab world is no different. Moroccan blogger M S Hjiouij [Ar]...

Zimbabwe: WOZA members released

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

India: Clothes and Women

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

India: Watching the News

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Sri Lanka: A Revolution

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bangladesh: Meeting Dr Yunus

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Togolese singer Vanessa Worou

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso: Highway banditry

Written by Jennifer Brea · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Trinidad & Tobago: Pot Hounds

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti: Small Shoes

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Review of Sanctions

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Latin America

Barbados, Venezuela: Maritime Claim

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Reggae Sumfest

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Japan: Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

On June 14, an inland earthquake reaching M7.2 on the Richter scale struck the Tohoku region of Japan. In Iwate and Miyagi, the hardest hit prefectures, 10 have been confirmed...

Kazakhstan: Living Under Cult

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

The main discussion this week in Kazakhstani blogosphere was caused by the suggestion that was voiced by a number of MPs to rename the capital city Astana to Nursultan, in...