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[ "Which is a shame, because that's what we ignored during the ramp-up to war with Iraq.\"" ]

[ "Thailand: Book on Democracy Banned · Global Voices" ]

[ "Bangkok Pundit writes about a book ban in Thailand." ]

[ "The banned book contains writings from a respected Thai scholar." ]

[ "(Via Thailand Jumped The Shark)" ]

[ "Egypt: Drug Epidemic? · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"The concept of a drug epidemic in Egypt might be news to you but its been floating around for a while now." ]

[ "Egypt's National Council for Fighting and Treating Addiction released a study reporting 8.5% of Egypts population or 6 million people are addicted to drugs,\" writes DB Shobrawy in Mideast Youth." ]

[ "Jordan in Pictures · Global Voices" ]

[ "Jordanian blogger Ebrahim Owais posts images of Jordan in this post." ]

[ "Algeria: Why are Syria and Iran close? · Global Voices" ]

[ "Algerian blogger Nouri draws attention to multi-billion industrial relations between Syria and Iran - two countries under the US blockade." ]

[ "Zimbabwe: What is 200,000 Zimbabwean dollars? · Global Voices" ]

[ "Edward Popoola asks, \"how much is $200,000 worth?\": The same amount in Zimbabwe (the Zimbabwean dollars) is nothing but a worthless, piece of paper that amounts to like a 100 Nigerian Naira." ]

[ "Well, maybe not so worthless, it would get you a drop of water in a country plagued by lack of water….nah…go find out about Zimbabwe yourself." ]

[ "China: Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 · Global Voices" ]

[ "The Chinese Blogger Conference 2007 is opened for registration now. This year, it will take place in Beijing, Nov 3-4. There are already 163 people registered for the conference (zh)." ]

[ "Japan: Sumo Wrestler Bullied To Death · Global Voices" ]

[ "Recently a Sumo wrestler was beaten seriously by his colleague and the wrestler eventually died. W. Anthony Malcolm from Japan Probe tried to give more background on Sumo training in Japan." ]

[ "Russia, UK: RIP, Dainton Connell · Global Voices" ]

[ "Russia Blog writes about the death of the Pet Shop Boys' manager Dainton Connell in a car crash in Moscow on Oct." ]

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[ "Iran:Britannica blog has launched \"target Iran?\" forum · Global Voices" ]

[ "Britannica blog has invited several American scholars,writers and journalists to comment on Iran and USA relations.Ervand Abrahamian,historian, says a war with Iran is possible and disastrous." ]

[ "Syria: more victims of Internet repression · Global Voices" ]

[ "A new report released by Human Rights Watch reveals that two persons are being held in incommunicado detention at an undisclosed location in Syria. Karim ‘Arbaji (29) and Tarek Biasi (22) were arrested in June 2007 by Syrian Military Intelligence for expressing online views critical of the Syrian government." ]

[ "A third person, Ali Zein al-’Abideen Mej’an, arrested for posting online comments attacking Saudi Arabia, was sentenced by the Supreme State Security Court to two years in prison." ]

[ "Iran:Mehrnoush Solouki in trouble · Global Voices" ]

[ "According to freeSolouki, French-Iranian film director,Mehrnoush Solouki, is accused of making propaganda against Iranian government.Solouki came to Iran after receiving permission to make a documentary.She was arrested without being accused of any wrongdoing." ]

[ "Zimbabwe: malnutrition on the rise · Global Voices" ]

[ "Dzimba post an article from Zimbabwe online about the worsening food situation in Zimbabwe: Most families of Harare’s nearly two million residents were surviving on one meal a day and malnutrition is on the rise in the Zimbabwean capital, a city nutritionist said on Tuesday." ]

[ "Lebanon: Amnesty on Palestinian rights · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"Amnesty International has published a damming report on the rights of Palestinian refugees (or lack of) in Lebanon,\" writes Sursock, who posted parts of the report." ]

[ "Iran:Paris Marashi writes about Pop!Tech · Global Voices" ]

[ "Paris Marashi,Iranian-American vlogger/blogger,has been invited to Pop!Tech conference.She writes:\"On Wednesday, a series of sessions were hosted with topics ranging from Slow Food, Mobile Empowerment, The oceans, and Islam." ]

[ "Mobile Empowerment: Dialing Social Change was a Wednesday session with EPROM, Mobile Active, and Nokia.\"" ]

[ "Iran:Save Oceans · Global Voices" ]

[ "Three speakers spoke about saving oceans in Pop!Tech conference.Paris Marashi,Iranian-American blogger says that Claire Nouvian, a filmmaker, journalist, explains how deep sea creatures are a mystery to many, and the major threats that occur as a result of deep sea mining, dumping, and trawling." ]

[ "Morocco: Seven Women Ministers · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"Morocco got a new government on Monday after nearly a month of tough negotiations, with seven women among the 34 ministers - and none from the Islamic party that placed second in parliamentary elections last month,\" announced Moroccan blog The View From Fez." ]

[ "Afghanistan:Video films from war front · Global Voices" ]

[ "Vaughan Smith has published several video films about war in Afghanistan in From the Frontline." ]

[ "Japan: Employers to start reporting non-Japanese employees · Global Voices" ]

[ "Debito reports that Japanese employers have been forced to start reporting all their non-Japanese workers to the government, in an attempt by the government to crack down on illegals." ]

[ "Armenia: Rally Against Poverty · Global Voices" ]

[ "Transitions Online's The Armenian Patchwork posts a photo story with accompanying text on a rally held in an outlying district of Yerevan to protest global poverty." ]

[ "The event was ironically held in an area known unofficially in Armenia as Bangladesh." ]

[ "Russia: Mosques for Moscow Region's Muslims · Global Voices" ]

[ "Window on Eurasia writes about the lack of mosques for the growing Muslim population of the Moscow region and the reluctance of the governor to build new ones." ]

[ "Africa: Militarization of Africa by USA · Global Voices" ]

[ "Alex analyzes the push by the US to re-militarize Africa: \"Now in the age of a supposed 'war on terror' the US is propogating the re-militarization on Africa." ]

[ "Back in January I wrote about the birth of the African Command and past US/ CIA ventures in Africa.\"" ]

[ "Iraq: No to Split Up · Global Voices" ]

[ "Blogger and journalist Christopher Allbritton reads into the news about the latest from Iraq. \"(A) large majority of Iraqis today don’t want the country to be split up. Arabs across the region see any attempt to do so as Zionist plot to divide and conquer the Arabs..\" he notes." ]

[ "Afghanistan: Exports Go Up · Global Voices" ]

[ "Afghanistan Watch reports that the country's exports, which are 10 times lower than imports, have shown the upward trend this year." ]

[ "Bulgaria: No Fear of Iran? · Global Voices" ]

[ "The Balkan Yankee thinks that, contrary to what George W. Bush may want to believe, \"the last thing on anyone’s mind in Bulgaria is the looming fear of an Iranian attack.\"" ]

[ "Saudi Arabia: Drunk Drivers · Global Voices" ]

[ "Saudi blogger Saudi Jeans discusses the perils of drunk drivers in a country where alcohol is illegal." ]

[ "China and Japan: Dali Lama · Global Voices" ]

[ "Angry Chinese Blogger wonders how China would respond to Dali Lama's visit to Japan: China's two big hates set to come together." ]

[ "Zimbabwe: Eyes On Zimbabwe · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"Eyes on Zimbabwe is a new feature on Zimbabwe on the Open Society Institute website. They are trying to raise awareness about the crisis in Zimbabwe in advance of Parliamentary, Presidential and local government elections to be held next year,\" via Kubatana blog." ]

[ "Kazakhstan blocks opposition websites · Global Voices" ]

[ "On October 18, 2007, Kazakhstan has blocked access to a number of independent websites switching off main opposition outlets including kub.kz, geo.kz, zonakz.net and inkar.info" ]

[ "Japan: Veggie Characters · Global Voices" ]

[ "You can take a look at the Japanese vegetable packaging culture from Pingmag." ]

[ "Zambia: does Zambia-China relationship worry IMF? · Global Voices" ]

[ "Is IMF concerned about Zambia-China relationship?: \"This warning appears to reflect IMF concern about the blossoming Zambia-China relationship, and the investment conditions established for Chinese companies entering the recently announced ‘economic zone’ around Chambishi." ]

[ "The site is already a source of major conflict between workers and communities and the existing Chinese investors such as NFC-A, BGRIMM Explosives and Sinozam Hospital. The IMF's concerns may be quite genuine - after all it wants Zambian revenue streams to increase." ]

[ "At the same time, Western institutions have a number of reasons for fearing increasing Chinese investment and influence in Zambia, not least that it weakens their relative influence over the Government.\"" ]

[ "Armenia: Bad News Day · Global Voices" ]

[ "Raffi K at Life in Armenia says that Friday was a day full of bad news for Armenia." ]

[ "However, he doesn't know which was worse — former president Levon Ter Petrosian running again for office, the postponement of a bill to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the U.S. Congress, or attempts by Russia, Belarus, Armenia and four Central Asian countries to restrict the activity of international monitors during elections. The Armenia Election Monitor 2008 blog covers the latter news in more detail." ]

[ "Syria: Describing Damascus · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"How do you describe a city like Damascus?" ]

[ "It's like trying to describe the woman you love: you simply just can't,\" notes Syrian blogger Kinano." ]

[ "Japan: Racial profiling in the U.S. and Japan · Global Voices" ]

[ "Hasan at hasanhujairicom writes about his experience being a Middle Eastern foreign student in a post 9/11 world, subject to racial profiling first during his time in the U.S., and then again in Japan." ]

[ "Kazakhstan: \"Kazakhgate's\" start to be set this Friday · Global Voices" ]

[ "Steve LeVine informs that the court in New York should set a date for the start of so-called \"Kazakhgate\" trial over oil consultant James Giffen, accused of bribing higher officials in Kazakhstan." ]

[ "Turkmenistan: Independence day · Global Voices" ]

[ "Nara opines on the sixteenth anniversary of independence of the Turkmen state, bitterly noting that \"Turkmen government is the only institution to enjoy this privilige of independence, being very independent from the people’s voices and lives\"." ]

[ "Bolivia: Bars Burning · Global Voices" ]

[ "Mario Duran of Palabras Libres provides firsthand photos of bars and nightclubs in El Alto, Bolivia that were burned by neighbors, who accused the establishments of selling alcohol to minors and being centers of crime." ]

[ "Uzbekistan: Another Voice Silenced · Global Voices" ]

[ "Beaudi's Blog reflects on the brutal murder of the 26-year-old Uzbek journalist in the town of Osh in the neighboring Kyrgyzstan." ]

[ "He was remarkably well known and respected around Central Asia and openly questioned the policies and human rights violations of the Uzbek government." ]

[ "Chile: Bachelet's Approval Rating · Global Voices" ]

[ "Greg Weeks wonders how low Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's approval rating can go." ]

[ "According to the latest poll numbers, she has an 35.3% rating." ]

[ "Kuwait: Fifa Suspends Kuwait · Global Voices" ]

[ "\"The Kuwait Football Association has been suspended with immediate effect from all international football activities until further notice on account of government interference,\" writes Kuwaiti blogger Forza." ]

[ "Egypt: Darfur Letter to Arab League · Global Voices" ]

[ "Elijah Zarwan from Egypt posts a letter sent out by a coalition of Arab human rights organisation to the Arab League on Darfur." ]

[ "Afghanistan: Taliban Behead Two Civilians · Global Voices" ]

[ "Sanjar's post informs about the fact that Taliban insurgents have beheaded a man and a woman in Ghazni province, southwest of the capital Kabul, as reported by Afghani police." ]

[ "India: No Toilets · Global Voices" ]

[ "India Daily on how 80% of people in India have no access to a toilet. A sobering thought considering the World’s 7th World Toilet Summit is going to be held in India this week." ]