Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 January 29

29 January 2009

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Stories from 29 January 2009

After two days of upheaval that resulted in an estimated death toll at 80 nationally, and the looting of dozens of stores, a day of relative calm greeted a stunned...

Jordan: The BBC and Gaza

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

UAE: Snow in Ras Al Khaymah

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

Greece: Economy and Protests

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Western Europe

Egypt: What Next After Guantanamo Bay?

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

Jordan: 7iber wins award

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

Paraguay: English Words in Advertising

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

India: Questioning The Satyam Probe

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Colombia: Ex-Mayor Sentenced for Ordering the Murder of Journalist

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

India: Tamil Wikipedia Academy

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

China: Plateau in Peril

Written by Juliana Rotich · China

A newly launched interactive site ‘China Green’ focuses on China's environmental and climate issues. The first project is about Tibetan Plateau, shows how the effects of global warming on the...

Guadeloupe: A new social movement

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Caribbean

Guadeloupe has been in a state of social unrest for about a week now as record numbers of trade unions, cultural and political associations have united around a motto: "Lyannaj...