Global Voices: Daily Digest - Nov 19-20th 2011

Saturday and Sunday, November 19-20, 2011

Egypt: Ultras Push Police Back as the Battle for Tahrir Continues
Police and protesters spent a day battling over Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the Egyptian revolution. A few minutes ago thousands of football fans, known as ultras, descended upon the square pushing back the police. Here are reactions from Twitter. read>>

See also: Egypt: Have Activists and Journalists Been Targeted in Tahrir Square Clearing?
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China: US Begins 'Pacific Century', Online Nationalism Follows
Most of China's popular blog portal sites have sections for military news, often buried below panels for entertainment and love/relationship stories. Starting roughly in October with the quiet story that India continues to build up its presence along the border with China, posts on military topics seem to have grown in number and prominence on major blog hosting sites, reaching a peak this past week with reactions to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US President Barack Obama's Pacific swing, which wrapped up in Indonesia on Saturday. read>>

Brazil: Students' Eviction Strengthens Movement Against Militarization of University
In the morning of November 8, the Brazilian Military Police evicted University of Sao Paulo's Dean building which had been occupied by around 70 students in the end of October, in protest against the security model adopted by the University and calling for more transparency in the administration. read>>

Ukraine: Starbucks, Social Media Marketing, and "Language Issue"
Tetyana Bohdanova writes about social media marketing and the "language issue" in Ukraine - and a recent scandal caused by what turned out to be a fake Facebook page of Starbucks. read>>

UAE: Female Twitter User Rowda Hamed Summoned for Interrogation
Female Twitter user Rowda Hamed, from the UAE, tweeted saying that she has been summoned for interrogation. She is one of the few Twitter users from the country who support five detained activists who recently went on hunger strike read>>

More posts on Global Voices today...
Philippines: Former President Arrested
Spain: Creative Counter-Campaign Spreads On the Net
Israel: Netanyahu Threatens to Replace Interns with Indian Doctors
Interview with Izumi Mihashi from GV Lingua Japanese
Tunisia: Execution of a Tunisian in Iraq Divides Netizens
Liberia: Giving Free Press a Second Chance

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