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Global Voices Online » Roundups - Jun 15, 2008
Azerbaijan — A Part of Europe examines the extent of alcohol dependency among youth in the country. The blog comments on new trends in social drinking and alcoholism which can be linked to the situation of young people …
Tagged: english, roundups, youth, azerbaijan, central asia and 038 caucasus
Global Voices Online » Human Rights - Jun 15, 2008
The verb “To disappear” became a commonly used noun when describing the sad situation across Latin America. “The disappeared” referred to forgotten names or the body never found of those that victims of armed conflicts …
Tagged: human rights, americas, english, weblog, guatemala, protest, spanish, arts and 038 culture, war and 038 conflict
Global Voices Online » Cyber-Activism - Jun 15, 2008
EmPivot is a website made for sharing videos with a specific theme: environment. This green-related media content is added to the website so that people, organizations and companies can connect with each other with …
Tagged: americas, video, general, humor, film, languages, weblog, environment, agriculture, china, chinese, spanish, east asia, el salvador, cyber activism
Global Voices Online » Software & Tools - Jun 15, 2008
Liam of Políticamente Incorrecto [es] reflects on the state of the Paraguayan educational system and cites a recent interview conducted with Bill Gates. The interviewer asked him whether he would have had the same …
Tagged: education, americas, roundups, spanish, software and 038 tools
Global Voices Online » Environment - Jun 15, 2008
Jamshidi,an Iran based blogger, reports [fa] that security forces shutdown illegal buildings and business in Sorkh Hesar, a national protected jungle. Watch the photos here.
Tagged: environment, photos, roundups, iran, governance, middle east and 038 north africa
Global Voices Online » El Salvador - Jun 15, 2008
The presidential candidate for the FMLN party in El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, continues to lead by nearly 19 percentage points over ARENA candidate Rodrigo Ávila. Hunnapuh [es] notes that this latest survey took place …
Tagged: americas, élections, roundups, spanish, el salvador
Global Voices Online » Iran - Jun 15, 2008
Several Iranian news sites and blogs including Moeini reported [fa] that Hassan Madadi,Vice president of Zanjan University, was caught on film by students as he was taking off his shirt and allegedly about to take …
Tagged: education, video, roundups, iran, cyber activism, middle east and 038 north africa
Global Voices Online - Jun 15, 2008
In the Brazilian version of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), in São Paulo, nudism was ruled out: “According to the a lieutenant who was patrolling the demonstration, the order was to arrest anybody who displays their …
Tagged: americas, freedom of speech, roundups, brazil, portuguese
Global Voices Online - Jun 15, 2008
Anglo-Libyan , who lives in the UK, celebrated Father's Day today. “Today in Britain we celebrate Father's Day,while I think everyday should be fathers & mothers day but still it is nice to have a special day …
Tagged: libya, english, ideas, roundups, gender, middle east and 038 north africa
Global Voices Online - Jun 15, 2008
Palestinian Rebellious Arab Girl announced that she will not be blogging for a while. “I don’t know when I will come back,” she adds.
Tagged: english, palestine, roundups, internet and 038 telecoms, middle east and 038 north africa