Stories from 13 May 2010
Pakistan: What Keeps The Terrorists Going?
Ethsam Waheed at Teeth Maestro analyzes the violence & conflicts in Pakistan and wonders what keeps the terrorists going.
India: The Curious Story Of The Hamilton Bridge
Maddy writes about the curious story of the Hamilton (Barbers) Bridge in Chennai, India.
Chile: Thoughts About the Earthquake and Reconstruction Process
The 2010 Global Voices Citizen Media Summit sought to engage Chilean bloggers through a blogging competition organized in collaboration with the organization OCD Iberoamérica. Here is a look at 4 of the 5 Chilean blogger finalists. The winning post will be featured in another GV post.
Quick Overview of Russian Blogosphere in 2009-2010
Russian Internet is becoming more politicised and more regulated place. Together with more trust and number of readers, bloggers gain more attention from the authorities. At the same time, the structure of the blogosphere tends to reproduce the offline social structure with its biases and hierarchy
Madagascar Leader Rajoelina Drops from Presidential Running
Madagascar transitional president Andry Rajoelina announced in a statement on national radio that he will not be a candidate for the presidential elections scheduled on November 26th, 2010 (fr). Achille in Madagascar hopes that this decision will help the international community decide to financially support democratic elections (fr).
Mexico: The Popularity of Local Wines
Lesley Téllez of the Mija Chronicles blogs about the increasing popularity of Mexican wine with more and more producers entering this market.
Costa Rica: Day Should Honor All Communicators
May 30 will be Day of the Journalist in Costa Rica. However, Adriana Vargas writes that the day should honor the work of all communicators [es] because of their contributions to the spreading of news.
Russia: Reaction on New Military Draft Initiatives
LJ user calabaxa ironically reflects on the new conscription initiatives that extend the draft age to 30 years: “…Actors will come [to the conscription offices – GV], artists, musicians, writers, which labour isn't bought by anyone… Everyone will come. They'll take the weapons and will end with this order forever.”
Russia: Hosting Providers Sued for Refusal to Block Web Sites
Three regional hosting providers “VyatKTV,” Kirov branch of “VolgaTelecom” and “Er-Telecom” are being sued by a regional prosecutor's office for refusing to block extremist Web sites with xenophobic content, Sova-center reported.
Russia: Opposition Blogger Missing
Alauddin Dudko, Moscow-based author and editor of ingushetia.org (and LJ mirror ingushetia_ru) was accused of possessing explosives and arrested on May 1. His wife said that for 12 days she didn't hear from him and did not know where he was. Dudko wrote for various Russian blogs and was connected...
