Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2008 August 25

25 August 2008

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Stories from 25 August 2008

Palestine: A New Blogging Revolution

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Blogger Times, a blogging magazine written by Arab bloggers, covering new developments and current issues within the Arab blogging world, has published a new story called Blogging.. a Palestinian revolution.”...

Iran:Award-winning documentary about murdered bishop

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

Ukraine: More on Independence Day Parade

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

Ukraine: Independence Day Parade and Tymoshenko

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

Georgia: Pepsikolka's Dispatches From Poti

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Cambodia: Sex workers, 100% condom use and human rights

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia

Cambodian sex workers have taken to the internet to make their plight and fight for human rights better known. In Cambodia, a 100% condom use law which states that sexual...

Brazil: An Olympic balance

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

For a country whose best record was its 15th place in Athens last time, Brazil's 23th medal table position in the Beijing Olympics, with only 3 gold medals was not...

World: Dolls of the world

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Quick Reads · Oceania

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: People Power

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba: Olympic Medals

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Patwa Power

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bermuda: War on Drugs

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bahamas, Guyana: Walcott's Warning

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Anguilla, Bermuda: Parental Liability

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Georgia: Russian Parliament Recognizes Abkhazia, South Ossetia

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Georgia: Dispatches

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Cape Verde: Counting the Olympic medals for Africa

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Brazil: Longer maternity leave causes media outcry

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Latin America

Brazil: Exploring the “New MPB”

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Latin America

Pakistan: Keeping One's Word

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia