Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 July 25

25 July 2011

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Stories from 25 July 2011

Sri Lanka: Latest From The Lankanosphere

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Bangladesh: Financial Inclusion Of The Poor Via Mobile

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Belarus: East and West and Nothing in Between?

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Eastern & Central Europe

"East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." This chronically misused Kipling phrase seems to catch the realities for an increasing number of Belarusians, who,...

Uruguay Wins 2011 Copa América

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

Bolivia: What needs to improve in La Paz?

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

Mexico: The Knights Templar, Violence and Norway

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

Caribbean: Commonwealth Stories for Online Time Capsule

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Tunisia: Time to Register for Elections

Written by Lina Ben Mhenni · Middle East & North Africa

Registration for electoral lists in Tunisia started on July 11 and will be closed on August 2, but statistics have shown that Tunisians are reluctant to register on the lists....

Brazil: “A Serbian Film” Banned from RioFan Festival

Written by Sara Moreira · Quick Reads · Latin America

Botswana: Ocean in the Desert

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

Zimbabwe: Video: Zimbabwe's Alternative Hip Hop Scene

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

Jamaica, Haiti: On Creole Language

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados: Where's the Integrity Legislation?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival is Business

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Africa: Participate In Photo Competition And Join NEPAD’s 10th Anniversary

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

St. Lucia: Jacques Compton Dies

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Reggae Sumfest

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Africa: Africa Cartoon Stirs Famine Pornography Debate

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

Russia: Upsides to Tandemocracy

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

Hungary: Nation or State?

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