Global Voices Online

The Lebanese blog Ramzi's Blah Blah looks at the prostitution problem in Beirut.

Inside PCIJ reports that a recent poll indicate that 70% of Filipinos believe that President Arroyo's call to amend the Constitution is unnecessary. On the flip side, however, roughly the same percentage admitted that they had little or no knowledge of the Constitution.

Boli-Nica has the low down on Bolivian Finance Minister, Luis Carlos Jemio who was supposedly forced to retire for some anti-leftist comments in what seems to be a ever more leftist Bolivian political atmosphere.

The Marmot's Hole reports that an anti-Korean comic book is the #1 bestseller at Amazon Japan.

Marisa of It Takes Two to Tango has a great collection of photographs from Recoleta Cemetary in Buenos Aires.

Eduardo of Barrio Flores recommends Los Tiempos Politics Forum to discuss the upcoming election … at least until the trolls take over.

Matt Lawrence has an .update on Cuba's electricity woes at Havana Journal.

Black Looks reports that Congolese human rights activist Pascal Kabungulu was murdered this weekend.

Ideant visits Indonesia and examines how Indonesians practice Islam compared to the Middle East.

One of the more surprising twists in the on-going saga of imprisoned dissident journalist Akbar Ganji is the news that the judge in his case was murdered today in Tehran. Iranian blogger Mr. Behi wonders what this turn of events means in the larger scheme of things while webgardian links to a Farsi news account of the killing. Ganji has been on a hunger strike for more than a month; his condition has deteriorated to the point where he was transferred to a hospital last week.

Webbed Feet, Web Log provides an excellent overview of open-source attempts to create a Khmer-language software suite.

Registan.net wonders who'll take over the Karshi-Khanabad airbase in Uzbekistan that the US will vacate shortly.

EastSouthWestNorth translates a Sing Tao article on how Asian regional rivalries play out in the world of on-line gaming.

Syria's first private TV channel is scheduled to go on the air on September 1, reports the Syrian News Wire. It should be noted that the channel's broadcast facilities are actually located in Dubai.

Taiwan Tiger reports on a gambling scandal that's roiling Taiwanese baseball right now. Unfortunately, it looks like the press is scapegoating foreign players who have been implicated in the scandal while whitewashing Taiwanese involvment.

Colleges turn into protest-fields and battleground reports United We Blog!, with photographs that speak a thousand words.

DeshCalling links to an article on the profile of terror and Muslim groups in Britain.

Sepia Mutiny on the question of identity for Pakistani English writers.

Dina may have missed BlogHer, but is there in spirit and writes on blogging, and women's blogging experiences.

A wonderful photo-post on It Isn't, capturing Dadru (Himalayas) on lens.