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March, 2005


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March 31st, 2005

Malaysian Minister VOWS faster and cheaper broadband

A small portrait of the translator Mack Zulkifli · 00:30 · East Asia
The Colours of a Little Part of Asia - A South East Asian blogging story by Mack Zulkifli It appeared shortly after Rebecca MacKinnon interviewed Jeff Ooi and this blogger in IRC. One of the things I had remarked upon was that the rate of infrastructural development for internet services, was ... 0 comments  · read »

March 30th, 2005

Sokwanele Blog in Zimbabwe

A small portrait of the translator Ethan Zuckerman · 17:30 · Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe is preparing for parliamentary elections tomorrow. The outcome is hardly in doubt. Most observers expect Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party to win in a landslide, garnering at least 75% of votes. This is not because Zanu-PF is especially popular, but because the election process is believed to be so ... 5 comments  · read »

Elina Karakulova in Bishkek

A small portrait of the translator Ethan Zuckerman · 13:33 · Kyrgyzstan
The recent events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, have been somewhat difficult for outside observers to understand. Unlike the Orange revolution in Ukraine, where sustained, widespread opposition protests led to the overturning of fraudulent election results and a new government, a very rapid series of events following parliamentary elections caused Askar Akaev's ... 3 comments  · read »

Freedom to Connect

A small portrait of the translator Rebecca MacKinnon · 09:20 ·
I'm currently in Washington D.C. at the Freedom to Connect conference. There is a live audio stream and live chat, linked from the top of the conference website. The conference tagline: "The future of telecommunications is in play. Freedom to Connect will shape the debate." I'll be speaking on Global ... 1 comment  · read »

March 29th, 2005

Blogger Profile: “Owukori”, aka Sokari Ekine

A small portrait of the translator Ethan Zuckerman · 12:00 · Sub-Saharan Africa
It's easy to get the impression, reading most popular weblogs, that all bloggers are white American males obsessed with technology. If that's your impression of the blogosphere, you're reading the wrong blogs. A good place to start your re-education is "Black Looks - Musings and Rants by an African Fem", ... 14 comments  · read »

March 28th, 2005

Global Voices Brainstorm: live webcast & IRC

A small portrait of the translator Rebecca MacKinnon · 18:22 · Schedule update , Projects
UPDATE: THE WEBCAST WILL BE AT: rtsp://h2odev.law.harvard.edu:554/global.sdp The IRC channel is #globalvoices on irc://irc.freenode.net Ethan Zuckerman and I will hold a brainstorming session about Global Voices here at the Berkman Center tomorrow at 12:30pm Eastern time (17:30 GMT). If you can't be here in person, please join us remotely. We ... 3 comments  · read »
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