Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2009 August 27

27 August 2009

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Stories from 27 August 2009

Hong Kong: “Compensated Dating” and the use of Pejoratives

Written by Henry C. · East Asia

The life imprisonment of the “girl butcher” might have halted the case against “compensated dating” in Hong Kong for a while, but what have Hong Kong people learned from the...

Japan: Hazy yet Familiar IT Vocabulary

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Iraq: Death Of Shi'ite Leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives), died of lung cancer on August 26...

Bahamas, Jamaica: Thoughts on the IMF

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Ecuador: The National Festival of Music

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

Martinique: Dance the Bèlè

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Argentina: The Passing of a Fellow Twitterer

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: R.I.P. Walter Porter

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Pakistan: Bloggers Vs. The US Citizenship And Immigration Services

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Trinidad & Tobago: Productivity

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Japan: What to do with “Media Arts”

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

For a nation working to capitalize its “soft power”, what is the role of anime and manga culture in governmental policies? The official answer is that anime, manga and digital...

Jamaica: Making It Last

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Sri Lanka: Video Evidence Of Extra-Judicial Killings Sparks Debate

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Ted Kennedy And The South Asian Immigrants in the USA

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · North America

Bangladesh: Mourning Senator Edward Kennedy

Written by Rezwan · North America

Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009), the second most senior member of the US Senate, died of cancer last Tuesday. Bloggers recall him as...