Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 April 29

29 April 2009

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Stories from 29 April 2009

The UN's Special Tribunal for Lebanon today ordered the release of all four suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on February 14th, 2005, in Beirut....

The Conflict In Sri Lanka And The Indian Elections

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Taiwan: Participating in the World Health Assembly

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

China: Growing climigration

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

China: Year of the solar

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

China: Green stimulus omissions

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

Antigua & Barbuda, U.S.A.: Kincaid Honoured

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Path to the Future

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

Jamaica: Mad Tax

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Career Crime?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Calabash Countdown

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Guyana: e-Waste

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Egypt: Plans for Sexual Harassment Film Unveiled

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

After the success of Egypt's Anti-Harassment Day, Egyptian blogger Asser Yasser invited women to share their personal experiences with this issue. Women and young women will be filmed going about...

Bubisher: A Bus of Books for Children in Western Sahara

Written by Renata Avila · Middle East & North Africa

Do you want to go to the Sahara desert and read for children living in the refugee camps? Bubisher is a mobile library being driven across Western Sahara refugee camps....

UAE: Torture video sends shock waves around the world

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Last week, a grainy video from 2005 made headlines, shaking up viewers around the globe. The video, first shown on U.S.-based ABC News, showed Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan -...