Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 February 20

20 February 2009

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Stories from 20 February 2009

Worldwide: 2,500 Languages Disappearing

Written by Simon Maghakyan · South Asia

An interactive map of endangered languages, showing 2,500 out of 6,000 tongues at risk, has been released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The international organization...

Indigenous Activists Seek New .indigi Domain

Written by Simon Maghakyan · New Zealand

Marginalized and oppressed for centuries, indigenous peoples – native communities around the world often considered minorities by states – are seeking Internet autonomy. Encouraged by the opportunity to create new...

Exposing Egypt's drug trade

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Egypt: The 64th anniversary of “the princess of the mountain’

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Egypt: Because he is Japanese

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Martinique: President Sarkozy

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Egypt: Comedy Channels Disgraceful

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

Algeria: Elections Forecast

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

Africa: Journalists Blogging From Africa

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

Guadeloupe: Local media under pressure

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Guadeloupe: Where is it exactly?

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Guadeloupe, Corsica: Same situation? Same claims?

Written by Fabienne Flessel · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Change? Really?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados: Hotel Construction Stopped

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Bahamas: Say “No” to Violence vs. Women

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Women in Jazz

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

Bermuda: Budget Day

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: The Power of Words

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Paraguay: Mistake During Her Time as Nanny

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Armenia: Remembering the Budapest Murder

Written by Simon Maghakyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of 26-year old Gurgen Margarian, an Armenian officer attending a NATO Partnership for Peace program in Budapest, Hungary. Killed in his sleep...