[GV Daily] Global: If there is no water, there is no life

Hello Readers! Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore. Visit Global Voices RSS Feeds About Us Our Sponsors More Languages Our Other Sites Monday, September 13, 2010 Global: If there is no water, there is no life The Twentieth gathering for the World Water Week (WWW) took place in Sweden's Capital Stockholm from the 5th to the 11th of September 2010 with the theme The Water Quality Challenge-Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement. According to the organisers, "urbanisation, agriculture, industry and climate change exert mounting pressure on both the quantity and quality of our water resources." >>Read more Armenia-Azerbaijan: Backseat musical musings... and ethnic conflict With the broadcast media heavily controlled in both Armenia and Azerbaijan there are few avenues left for independent journalists. Bloggers in both countries, however, react to a video posted online. >>Read more Russia: Paid and Unpaid Bloggers Against the Moscow Mayor An ongoing TV and online campaign against Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov is now one of the most discussed topics both in the mainstream and citizen media. Most bloggers appear to support the attack on the politician. Alexey Sidorenko analyzes the main patterns of the discussion. >>Read more India: Kashmir Is Burning...Again If you thought the the issue of burning the Qur'an would not have repercussions across the world then you may think again. Today's mayhem in Indian administered Kashmir was instigated by violent protests which ensued after the emergence of a report of a Qur'an desecration in Michigan, USA. The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet condemned the reported burning of the Qur'an and asked the people to stay calm. However, according to BBC, thousands of people defied curfews and took to the streets, chanting anti-India and anti-US slogans and burning effigies of US President Barack Obama. >>Read more Iran: Jailed Blogger Shiva Nazar Ahari is Freed on $500,000 Bail Shiva Nazar Ahari, a jailed human rights activist and blogger, was freed yesterday. According to several news websites, Shiva was released on $500,000 bail. She went to trial in handcuffs in early September and was accused of involvement with the organization, People's Mujahedin of Iran. >>Read more More posts on Global Voices today... Nigeria: Oil Wealth Flows, Hunger Persists Indonesia: Online rage over attack on church leaders Afghanistan: Kabul Bank on the brink of collapse Blog Carnival: Ecuador: Internet, Society and Participation Contact us if you would like to learn more about becoming a Global Voices author or translator.  Sincerely,   Deborah Dilley, Digest Editor Global Voices Online

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