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La Reunion: Women's Day and Women's Magazines
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p>Blogger Pierrot Dupuy comments [Fr] on a local women's magazine's Women's Day issue: “One of the main articles is titled Mentalities Must Change . Sure, no doubt. But why then do all the ads featured in the magazine contribute in conveying a negative image of women? “ ... more
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Reunion: Mild earthquake felt on the island.
Global Voices Online - Friday, August 24, 2007
p>At. 15:17 local time, an earthquake (3.6 on the richter scale) was felt all around the island of Reunion today. There is no report of major damages as of yet. Jonathan Gravier said he was driving in St-Denis at the time but did not feel the earthquake (Fr).... more
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The face of racism in Reunion
Global Voices Online - Sunday, May 20, 2007
p> Rachiri Mayotte writes about racism in Reunion (Fr) as politics on the island move toward the right.
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Reunion: New Community Political Blog
Global Voices Online - Saturday, April 28, 2007
p>Éric Fruteau announces (Fr) the launch of echosale.com , a community blog run by the local opposition in Etang-Salé , Réunion that aims to serve as a forum for debate and a political organizing tool.
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The French Presidential Election: A View From Outside the Metropole
Global Voices Online - Thursday, April 26, 2007
p> This weekend, more than 60 million French cast their ballots in the first round of the French presidential election, narrowing the list of candidates to two: conservative UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal . Both face a run-off vote on... more
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Reunion: Diagonale des Fous
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> LSZ Blog describes (Fr) La Diagonale des Fous , [Diagonal of the Crazies] an annual hike across the local volcano. He explains that every year “they assemble in a small town in the southeast of the island, with the obsessive idea of reaching the other... more
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Reunion: Blogging to Decrease Elected Official Impunity
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Prolific Reunion blogger Pierrot Dupuy is happy to see a proliferation in his mostly local audience (Fr): “We beat our last record [in the number of hits] yesterday … by more than 17%! … I am happy to know that you are thousands to read the... more
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Reunion: Moslems and Music
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Zarabes.info, the blog of the moslem community in La Reunion, rounds up (Fr) various recent articles about moslems and music and asks: “What is the real relationship between Reunion moslems and music? What will happen during Sharukh Khan’s next concert?”
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Indian Ocean: Bloggers Feel Connected to the World Through Global Voices
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>‘Bloggers of relatively remote countries in the Indian Ocean such as Madagascar and La Reunion have noticed recent GV articles on their blogospheres and expressed enthusiasm about GV’s work and about the spotlight on their countries.
‘Proof that We Can Make a Difference’
France-based Malagasy... more
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La Reunion: Controversial President
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>La Reunion is an overseas department of France situated in the Indian Ocean. Of the department’s President , Nassimah Dindar, blogger Pierrot Dupuy writes that (Fr): “she is capable of cynicism and has a propensity for sitting on rules and laws.” He then relates anecdotes that illustrate his... more
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Reunion: Sarkozy and Nassimah Dindar
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Pierrot Dupuy writes (Fr): “I am learning from different sources, some of which are close Parisian relations of [French Interior Minister] Nicolas Sarkozy, that if he is elected President, he will offer a minister job to Nassimah Dindar … Is the best way to avoid Nassimah the minister... more
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Reunion: Crisis in the University
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Pierrot Dupuy writes (Fr) about the crisis in the local University : “The State, politicians, economic and social actors cannot let the status quo prevail. Things are falling apart at the University: each file is affected, each meeting turns into a power struggle, each decision is subject to calculations... more
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La Réunion: After Decolonization, Responsibility
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>La Réunion local official Eric Fruteau writes (Fr): “After the end of slavery in 1848, after departmentalization in 1946 and all the other fights to end colonial misery, instaure the great social laws that have marked our island, after the achievement of social equality, we must now anticipate... more
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La Reunion: Women’s Day and Women’s Magazines
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Blogger Pierrot Dupuy comments [Fr] on a local women’s magazine’s Women’s Day issue: “One of the main articles is titled Mentalities Must Change . Sure, no doubt. But why then do all the ads featured in the magazine contribute in conveying a negative image of women? ” ... more
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Indian Ocean: Bloggers Feel Connected to the World Through Global Voices
Global Voices Online
- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
8216;Bloggers of relatively remote countries in the Indian Ocean such as Madagascar and La Reunion have noticed recent GV articles on their blogospheres and expressed enthusiasm about GV’s work and about the spotlight on their countries.
‘Proof that We Can Make a Difference’
France-based
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Reunion: Chikungunya Plagiarism
Global Voices Online
- Monday, October 30, 2006
Scientist blogger LSZ Blog complains (Fr) about the widespread non-attributed reproduction of litteral portions of an article he recently posted on his blog about chikungunya fever. His unattributed work has appeared on other websites but also in an article by Reunion colleagues in a
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Reunion: 15 minutes of Fame on Global Voices
Global Voices Online
- Saturday, October 14, 2006
About Global Voices’ r ecent article on the Reunion blogosphere, Reunion Permanente writes (Fr):” The event of the year is obviously the 15 minutes of fame of Reunion’s blogosphere on the American participative journalism site GlobalVoices: not to be missed.”
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Reunion: Tsunami Predictions
Global Voices Online
- Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Dijoux.Re writes (Fr): “Scientific experts gathered on our island for a seminar on natural disasters. According to them, Reunion is not immune to the possibility of a devastating tsunami with gigantic 100 meter waves. After chikungunya, let’s hope that this theory will not scare even
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Reunion: Ambroise Vollard in Slate.com
Global Voices Online
- Monday, September 25, 2006
Reunion-USA2 is excited about coverage of La Reunion celebrity Ambroise Vollard by Slate.com (Fr): “Ambroise Vollard was born in La Reunion in 1866. He is one of our celebrities. A museum took his name in St Denis. Slate features a photo report about
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Reunion: On Bisexuality
Global Voices Online
- Monday, September 25, 2006
About the topic of bisexuality , Resh4Ever writes (Fr):”Today bisexuality is talked about as if it was still a taboo of Western society, but in 10 years I’m pretty sure that everyone will want to talk about their first bisexual experience.”
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