Earlier this Tuesday, Nissan offered an interview to the press in which it announced that it is indeed interested in bringing autonomous cars to the public and that they have already taken the required efforts to make this happen by 2020. With this pledge, Nissan is currently the only manufacturer on the planet to take […]
Ceasefire Liberia In the News
Here we are about to start a new year and I am sitting at my computer reflecting on how far the Ceasefire Liberia project and website have come over the last nine months. Since we received the first small grant from Global Voices to start our website in April, we have had over 180 posts […]
A Cancer Called Terrorism
The terrorism which has been spreading fast across the globe and created fear psychosis among the peace loving people throughout the world was primarily being associated with a particular community. It can not be denied that the fundamentalist forces are the man perpetrators of the terror business which has caused huge losses of innocent lives […]
Bolivian President Calls for Legalization of Coca Leaves
Bolivian President Evo Morales asked the UN to remove the coca leaf from its banned drugs list, saying that it is part of his country’s culture and identity. Morales Pushes for Legalization of Coca In a speech Wednesday to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Bolivian President Evo Morales chewed a coca leaf and […]
Jerusalem Suffers Copycat Bulldozer Attack
Posted by Maya Norton to Global Voices Online Breaking news in the Israeli mainstream news and blogosphere reports that a man driving a bulldozer ploughed down the streets of Jerusalem in a mad rampage, mimicking the tractor attack of 20 days past. An estimated 24 people were wounded and three killed when armed civilian […]
Kyrgyzstan: Fed Up With Protests?
by Asel Kyrgyz bloggers have been actively elaborating on the Kyrgyz government’s initiative to make March 24 – the day of popular uprising in 2005 – a national holiday. The amendment was made to the Kyrgyz Labor Code, according to which from now on March 24 will be officially celebrated as a Day of People’s […]