Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2011 November 23

23 November 2011

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Stories from 23 November 2011

The Amazon rainforest has been declared as one of the provisional 7 new wonders of nature, a recognition that is expected to benefit the Peruvian region of Loreto and the...

Ethiopia: Online Platform to Discuss Sustainable Technologies

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

Ghana: Startup Weekend Accra

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

Trinidad & Tobago: Water Not the Only Problem

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Ethiopia: Is Ethiopian Blogosphere the Smallest in the World?

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

Cuba: Giving Thanks, Cuban Style

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Video: Stop Motion using Google Street View

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Quick Reads · North America

Trinidad & Tobago: Anya's Designs for TRIBE?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cuba: Siding with Syria

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Miami Book Fair Meetup

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Video: Doctor Who Fans Walk 500 Miles

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Quick Reads · North America

Mozambique: More striking security guards

Written by Janet Gunter · Quick Reads · Mozambique

South Korea: Video of Protests against Free Trade Deal with US

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · Quick Reads · East Asia

Pakistan: Twitter Reactions to the SMS Filtering Announcement

Written by Sana Saleem · South Asia

The Pakistan Telecom Authorities' possible attempt at SMS filtering for abusive contents, had twitter timelines flooded with reactions; mostly humorous. Sana Saleem compiles Twitter reactions and provides update on the...

Pakistan: Plans to Filter Around 1,500 Words in SMS Traffic

Written by Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman · South Asia

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is the center of attention of the country's social media junkies and human right groups these days, for its infamous leaked list of banned obscene words...