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Global Voices Online » East Asia - 3 hours ago
U.S. elections matter to many people in Southeast Asia. Both U.S. presidential candidates – John McCain and Barack Obama – are popular in the region. McCain was a former Navy pilot during the Vietnam War; he spent five …
Also tagged: politics, weblog, media, vietnam, élections, cambodia, philippines, indonesia, singapore, malaysia, governance, east asia, laos, international relations, u s a
Global Voices Online » Energy - 5 hours ago
Dr. Sean's Diary comments on Lithuania's parliamentary elections and the tendency towards populism in Baltic politics, whereas The 8th Cricle adds a discussion on the concurrent referendum, approving a prolongation of …
Also tagged: politics, energy, élections, roundups, lithuania, eastern and 038 central europe
Global Voices Online » Americas - 5 hours ago
Miguel Buitrago of MABB introduces us to Fidel Surco, who “might turn out to be one of the most powerful people in Bolivia.” Surco is the head of a collective of social movements that has inside access to President Evo …
Global Voices Online » Music - 5 hours ago
Viola in Vilnius posts a snapshot of the organizational disharmonies of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra wholly compensated by musical excellence.
Also tagged: music, roundups, lithuania, eastern and 038 central europe
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USA: Homeland GuantanamoGlobal Voices Online » Racism - 6 hours ago The American dream has turned to nightmare for thousands of documented and undocumented immigrants in the United States, who sit incarcerated for months and years in immigration detention facilities across the country … Also tagged: racism, human rights, americas, video, weblog, diaspora, saint lucia, u s a, cyber activism |
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Caribbean: Remembering Alton EllisGlobal Voices Online » Arts & Culture - 6 hours ago “Alton Ellis”, photo by: Eric Oliviera, used with permission. Visit Eric's flickr photostream. Alton Ellis, the Jamaican musician who was a major pioneer of rocksteady music in the 1960s, died last Friday, 10 October … Also tagged: music, americas, weblog, jamaica, arts and 038 culture |
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Remembering Alton EllisGlobal Voices Online - 6 hours ago “Alton Ellis”, photo by: Eric Oliviera, used with permission. Visit Eric's flickr photostream. Alton Ellis, the Jamaican musician who was a major pioneer of rocksteady music in the 1960s, died last Friday, 10 October … Also tagged: music, americas, weblog, jamaica, arts and 038 culture |
Global Voices Online » Cyber-Activism - 6 hours ago
Raisa Rasheeka has been studying the lives of the tea plantation workers in Bangladesh for a while and shares the findings in her blog.
Also tagged: south asia, bangladesh, roundups, industry, indigenous, cyber activism
Global Voices Online » India - 7 hours ago
Pastor Arnold Conrad termed “Hindu” as a God at a rally for John McCain in Davenport, USA. Varnam reacts: “Our God, Hindu, is not interested in a sophomoric ‘mine is bigger than yours' competition. Mostly it is because …
Also tagged: south asia, india, religion, élections, roundups, protest, u s a
Global Voices Online » Roundups - 14 hours ago
From Trinidad & Tobago, My Chutney Garden takes us into “the strange and wonderful world of orchids.”
Also tagged: americas, environment, photos, roundups, trinidad and 038 tobago