Global Voices has put up a new search box that uses Google Co-op so you can search the 4,800 regional, non-European, non-US blogs the editors of Global Voices follow. So, now you can find out what bloggers outside of Europe and US are saying about, say, the Iraq study group, global warming, or Mel Gibson… [Tags: globalVoices blogs search ]

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Jose Luis has posted what looks like a useful portal into the Spanish-speaking blogosphere. [Tags: spanish blogosphere gv jose_luis]

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Global Voices has a feature on left-wing Iranian bloggers writing about Hugo Chavez, and Madonna in Swahili blogs. The Swahili roundup also covers issues more trivial than the Madonna adoption controversy—and, really, isn’t everything trivial when compared with Madonna?—such as corruption in Tanzania and the fact that Tanzania is down to providing electricity only at night.

Where else than in Global Voices? [Tags: gv globalvoices venezuela iran ]

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Global Voices rounds up the reaction of Iraqi bloggers to the Lancet‘s article claiming 650,000 deaths due to the violence in Iraq… [Tags: iraq global_voices gv ]

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They turned off the Internet when Ethan left Zimbabwe. Here’s Ethan’s conclusion

I find it hard to believe that a government which can’t pay its bandwidth bill is systematically monitoring the internet communications of half a million people. But threatening to monitor those communications creates a panopticon effect – by telling people they’re under observation, many (most?) will behave as if the government’s watching. And in a country where transgression can mean indefinite detention and abuse while in custody, it’s hard to blame people for wanting no remain firmly on the right side of authority

This is just one of five affectionate, frustrated posts Ethan’s done from Zimbabwe:
My Holiday in Harare
You Might Be Having a Currency Crisis If… (Hint: The currency has an expiration date. For real.)
Photos from Zimbabwe
Reading Between the Lines.

This is terrific reporting. (Some great photos, too.) If the MSM think they can do better, then they damn well should send someone to Zimbabwe and do it. (If they were smart, they’d send Ethan.)

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Congratulations, mazel tov, and a smooshy kiss to the folks of Global Voices for winning a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism:

The Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism spotlight news and information that is more than multimedia journalism. They reward novel efforts to involve citizens actively in public issues, to invite their participation and create entry points that stir their imagination and engagement.

Sounds about right to me. (Here are the other winners. Congratualtions to them, too.) [Tags: global_voices gv media journalism]

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Global Voices is running a Chinese protest video that the Chinese government doesn’t want you to see.

Digital Rights Ireland has started legal action against the Eueopean data retention laws. [Tags: digital_rights china global_voices ireland]

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To mark the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Global Voices yesterday pulled together reactions of bloggers from around the world—especially the parts of the world that are not the US or Europe. Fascinating, touching, discomforting…just what we want from the blogosphere. [Tags: 911 terrorism global_voices]

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I can’t say as I understand this, but Hanan Cohen has set up a “WorldGame” page, the point of which is to get one visitor from each country to visit it and sign in. Just one.

It’s not too thrilling at the moment, but I can see a certain excitement building as we head toward the last couple of dozen countries… [Tags: worldgame games hanan_cohen]

Related only in the Wittgensteinian family resemblance way, at CreatureBreeder you can engineer your own virtual pets in a shared environment. Aim: Pass along the genes.

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Ethan is heading out on the road, which means we can expect some especially good blogging from him (assuming he’s within Net range). In fact, today Ethan unpacks the Wonga Coup, which “sounds like the plot of a spy novel. And it is…” [Tags: ethan_zuckerman global_voices]

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