Global Voices · 23 January 2012

23 January 2012

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Stories from 23 January 2012

Video: One Year, One World and 52 Different Stories

Latin America23 January 2012

Video journalist Maggie Padlewska will travel alone for one year, visiting a country each week for a total of 52 countries. During her journey she'll be recording, editing and producing...

Iran: Sanctions Bite, and the Iranian Currency Falls

Middle East & North Africa23 January 2012

Iranians are facing a financial tsunami as the national currency (Rial) loses value day by day as sanctions against Iranian oil and the banking system get tougher.

Guatemalans Climb to Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence

Quick Reads · Latin America23 January 2012

Zambia: Netizens Abuzz Over Senegal's Loss at AFCON 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa23 January 2012

When Zambia beat Senegal at one of the two opening games of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on January 21, Zambian netizens went abuzz on Facebook and Twitter to...

South Korea : Pizza Appears in Lunar New Year's Ancestral Worship

Quick Reads · East Asia23 January 2012

North Korea: Kim Jong-Un Looking at Things.

Quick Reads · East Asia23 January 2012

“Russia Without Fools,” a Crowdsourced Feedback Portal Launched

Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe23 January 2012

Cuba: More on Wilman Villar Mendoza

Quick Reads · Caribbean23 January 2012

Cuba: “Intolerance for Dissent”

Quick Reads · Caribbean23 January 2012

France, Turkey: Retaliations Expected for Controversial Law on Armenian Genocide

Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus23 January 2012

Haiti: Leadership Triangle

Quick Reads · Caribbean23 January 2012

Cuba: The Loss of a Decent Man

Quick Reads · Caribbean23 January 2012

Barbados: Excuses for Crime?

Quick Reads · Caribbean23 January 2012

Fourth Friendship Lao-Thai Bridge

Quick Reads · East Asia23 January 2012

East Timor: Monitoring the 2012 Elections

Quick Reads · East Asia23 January 2012

Madagascar: Exiled Former President Ravalomanana Refused Return

Sub-Saharan Africa23 January 2012

Since January 18 2012, former president Marc Ravalomanana has announced that he would return to Madagascar soon after being in exile in South Africa for three years. On January 21,...