14 July 2005
Stories from 14 July 2005
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“Making Things Shipshape” by Eileen Delhi
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“Making Things Shipshape” by Eileen Delhi
Am now following @globalvoices so tragedies like Ivory Coast don't take me by surprise anymore
In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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Jeff Barry points out that one of Argentina's most well known novelists, Julio Cortázar, is rarely known in the English literary world where “literature in translation [is] being constantly curtailed to make room for the Da Vinci Codes and Harry Potters.”
El Machete, written by a Mexican studying in Australia, weighs the pros and cons of the future continent-wide television network, teleSUR, in Latin America.
Group blog Sepia Munity points out that all the suspects in the London bombings were second-generation: they were born and raised in the country they attacked. In addition Rezwan of 3rd World View has a lengthy post pondering the motiviations of the bombers.
Tokyo Times highlights the case of a a businessman who turned to his business books to revive his troubled marriage, with great success.
Egyptian Person is dismayed by the public response to a proposal to let women volunteer for the Army draft.
The Lebanese Blogger Forum asks a number of Lebanese politicians (and one pop star) “Why did the chicken cross the road?” and compiles their reponses.
Black Looks, in the first of a series spotlighting important African women, profiles Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who is also a Dutch MP and the writer of the controversial film Submission.
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next year we see some recoreded...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...
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Next time we will be there again :)