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Afghanistan: Counting the cost of war
23 Nov 2009 17:28:42 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Nick Fielding reviews The Cost of War: Afghan Experiences of Conflict 1978-2009, a report by nine NGOs working in Afghanistan analyzing 30 years of war and a devastating impact they had.

 
Mongolia: Edurelief project “Laptops for Teachers”
23 Nov 2009 17:00:03 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Radigan Neuhalfen writes about new program Laptops for Teachers, aimed at promotion of education in Mongolia.

 
Yemen: A Civil or Proxy War?
23 Nov 2009 08:42:48 GMT
Author: Global Voices

The ongoing war in Yemen certainly warrants coverage on Global Voices Online, but I was really shocked when I realized that there werent many bloggers interested in the conflict. Here are some scattered extracts from post written by bloggers from different countries.

Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabye keeps a dairy of his coverage on Blogspot. Last August, he wrote about the military actions between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels:

The Yemeni government said Thursday it would take a military actions to liberate schools and government buildings used as barracks by Al Houthi rebels in Saada, north of the country.

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China: Death as business
11 Nov 2009 08:40:10 GMT
Author: Global Voices

ESWN puts together local reports and commentaries on the tragic case of three university students who died while trying save others. The tragedy involves a moral debate over the business of body retrievers.

 
China: Protest against government “hook” by chopping little finger off
09 Nov 2009 15:34:48 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China blogs about a 18-year-old man Sun Zhongjies act of chopping off his little finger off to protest against the Shanghai Traffic Management Bureaus hook on black taxi driver.

 
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