{"id":700,"date":"2006-11-02T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2006\/11\/02\/deaf-candidates-the-serbian-deaf-community\/"},"modified":"2006-11-02T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2006-11-02T15:45:16","slug":"deaf-candidates-the-serbian-deaf-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2006\/11\/02\/deaf-candidates-the-serbian-deaf-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Candidates + the Serbian Deaf Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Articles are free to access, no registration required.] <\/p>\n<p>This week on i711.com: <\/p>\n<p>CULTURAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>(New) VOTING THE CULTURAL LINE. Should deaf candidates receive rubberstamp approval from us in the voting booth? Or, are there other, more important considerations? 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Dusan Nikolic leads a coalition of deaf youth in the former Yugoslavia. Karina asks him about challenges he experienced growing up, life for a deaf person in Serbia, his vision for more accessibility in his and neighboring countries.<br \/>\nVisit: http:\/\/www.i711.com\/my711.php?tab=2&amp;cat=international <\/p>\n<p>DEAF IN A WAR ZONE: Air raid sirens. Nearby rocket explosions. Loudspeaker updates and television news alerts. Spoken directives from government officials. Karina Chupina interviews deaf and hard of hearing Israelis, and highlights their extreme difficulties in staying informed and surviving during the recent war.<br \/>\nVisit: http:\/\/www.i711.com\/my711.php?tab=2&amp;article=111 <\/p>\n<p>DEAF LIFE IN WEST AFRICA. For many, Burkina Faso, a country of more than 13 million people, is itself a new discovery. But what&#8217;s it like to be deaf in a nation where accommodation and awareness of deafness is scarce? 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