Stories from 18 July 2008
Turkey:Ants and Earthquakes?
Metroblogging Istanbul reports on a Turkish researcher who believes that by observing ant behavior that earthquakes can be predicted up to 24-hours in advance.
India: Married in the Gulf
Achelois writes a poignant post on young South Asian women who marry men in the Gulf and end up losing their identity.
Sri Lanka: The SAARC summit
groundviews has a strong take on the Sri Lankan government's decision to host the SAARC summit, highlighting that SAARC hardly benefits the country and the money is better used elsewhere.
Sri Lanka: Violence and the Media
Free Media Sri Lanka urges the government to live up to its recent commitment to investigate acts of violence directed toward members of Sri Lanka’s media community.
Pakistan: Violence against Women
The Pakistani Spectator on the increasing levels of violence against women in the country.
Korea: Chopsticks… Rather Complicated…
Why does Korea use iron for chopsticks while other chopsticks countries use wooden materials? What is the history of the use of chopsticks? When do kids learn how to use it? Hyejin Kim answer these and other questions about this ancient eating utensil.
Environment: Updates from African Bloggers
In this edition of Global Voices environment we check in with the African environment bloggers, who have fascinating pictures to share, discussions on solar technology, concerns about forest re-allocation and updates on past stories.
Iran: Bloggers campaign to save wetlands
The great and diverse Iranian wetland ecosystems could disappear in the near future. To increase public awareness of the problem, several green bloggers launched a campaign, which run from July 5 through 10, to show people the beauty of these places in contrast to the critical condition they face.
Jamaica: Patois Parlance
Transition Sunshine says that “all Jamaicans are multilingual, and while some may not speak patois, they all understand it”. Posted with video to prove her point.
Dominica: Tattoo You?
“An adult’s desire for body art should be respected. However a misinformed obsession for tattoos, especially among Dominican and other Caribbean teenage girls…should be a cause for deep concern”: Dominica...
Jamaica: Stolen Beach
“Apparently, some ‘enterprising’ Jamaicans have figured out a solution to the growing problem of private ownership of our beachfront lands”: Long Bench reports on the stealing of a beach, adding:...
Jamaica, Guyana: “Small Boys”
Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp features a poem by Guyanese writer Marc Matthews.
Macedonia: American Girls Gone Global
The American authors of the travel blog Girls Gone Global received much attention from Macedonian readers (including those who use the link sharing service Kajmak.ot), who praised their insightful observations...
Japan: Facebook Will Fail?
Akky Akimoto from Asiajin looks into the obstacle of facebook's development in Japan.
Brazil: Urgency requested for Cyber-Crime Bill
Sérgio Amadeu [pt] raises an alert related to the 13 new cyber-crimes bill: it has been requested that the bill was treated as urgent. “Approving this request means that the...
Azerbaijan: Homophobia, Politics & Corruption
Unzipped: Gay Armenia continues to detail the ongoing saga of Agil Khalil, an opposition reporter in Azerbaijan, who was recently stabbed. Although the authorities in Baku continue to maintain that...
Armenia: Gay Rights
Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on letters published in the Boston-based The Armenian Weekly discussing gay rights and same-sex marriage. The blog says the letters set an important precedent for fighting...
Armenia: Cigarettes & National Identity
Stuff Armos Like, a new irreverent look at what makes Armenians tick, says that unlike many parts of the world where the anti-smoking lobby has made significant progress, cigarettes are...
Iran:”Alone in Paradise”
Kosoof, an Iranian leading photo blogger, has published a fascinating photo from “Shoormast lake” in the north of Iran. He calls the photo “alone in paradise”.
China: Mass Incident in Huizhou
Buxi blogs some images about the most recent mass incident in Huizhou.
China: Olympic Intellectual Property Right
Two cold gets the information that in order to protect intellectual property right, bloggers can't do live video cast nor post Olympic photos on their blogs. Moreover, there are other...
