Posted by Tharum Bun to Global Voices Online Rising serious tension between Cambodia and Thailand started when UNESCO, on July 7, 2008, declared temple of Preah Vihear as a World Heritage site. The 11th century temple has long been a subject to dispute between the two nations; in 1962, Hague-based International Court of Justice ruled […]
Controversy Erupts Over Al Jazeera in Vermont
Posted by Jillian York to Global Voices Online When Al Jazeera announced its plans to release English-language channel in 2005, the announcement was met with both support and protest in the United States. And so, although the US government doesn’t prevent access to the channel, many cable companies are reluctant to carry it; after all, […]
Fishing Boat Accident Increases Tension over Disputed Islands
Posted by Portnoy to Global Voices Online On June 11st, a Taiwanese recreational fishing boat United sank following a collision with a Japanese coastguard vessel 11km off the disputed Diaoyutai (Japan:Senkaku) islands, an island chain claimed by Taiwan, Japan and China. Passengers and crew on the sinking boat picked up by Japan. Shortly, Taiwanese […]
Xenophobia Plagues South Africa
by Muhammad Karim Extremely violent attacks on foreigners in South Africa in the last days have stirred the entire South African media and of course… blogs. Individual bloggers question whether the government is right to call these attacks “xenophobic”, and criticize the media for being too event-driven to address the causes behind the violence. Here’s a […]
Peru: Puno Leader Seeking Greater Autonomy for Region
by Juan Arellano The Regional President of Puno, Hernán Fuentes, is seeking that the region become an autonomous or federated state, in which it is given financial, administrative and political autonomy. This announcement attracted a lot of interest in the media, as well as in the blogs. Bernd Krehoff of Perú Politico [es] writes in […]
Awake During Surgery
The pain was incredible, like nothing he had ever felt in his life. Searing, crippling, excruciating, pain, as if someone were sawing through his sternum – which, it turns out, someone was. Worse, he was incapable of stopping the pain because a breathing tube kept him from speaking; paralytic drugs made him unable to move; […]