Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 June 30

30 June 2009

Monthly archive

Stories from 30 June 2009

Myanmar: U2 Shows Support for Aung San Su Kyi

Written by tan · Quick Reads · East Asia

‘Buy Indonesia’ campaign

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Indonesia: Candidates seek support of bloggers

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Indonesia: Vice President Debate

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Malaysia: RM1 million payment as tourism ambassador

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Paraguay: The Possibility of a New Bullet Train

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Peru: Interview with Peruvian Books

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Saudi Arabia: Michael Jackson v. Elvis Presley

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

When Saudi blogger and journalist Yasser Al Ghaslan heard about Michael Jackson's death, he immediately remembered when he heard that Elvis Presley had died.

South Africa: To vuvuzela or not to vuvuzela?

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Discussions about the popular instrument called the vuvuzela blown by South African football fans have dominated the blogosphere since the beginning of Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa, which ended...

Palestine: Harsh Treatment By Egyptian Border Authorities

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain: Comparing Government Efficiency In Bahrain And Japan

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Pakistan: The Real Problem

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bahrain: The Failure Of Education

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Sri Lanka: No To Beef

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Sri Lanka: Post War Politics

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Russia: Another journalist death

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Egyptian Blogger Wael Abbas: Detained at Cairo Airport

Written by Marwa Rakha · Quick Reads · Egypt

Trinidad & Tobago: Memory Lane

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Puerto Rico: For Shame!

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

Haiti, U.S.A.: Danticat Cops Guillén Prize

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean