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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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Raffi Meneshian, a blogger at Life in the Armenian Diaspora, writes about joining Yeraz Art, a nonprofit that assists young Armenian musicians in finding venues to perform internationally and helps fund their education.
Oneworld Multimedia has plenty of discussion of talks in France between Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a settlement over Nagorno Karabakh, including that a US military presence in the region may be key to lasting peace.
Riverbends neighborhood and home was raided by the police. She provides a detailed account of what happened: “One of them stood with the Klashnikov pointed at us, and the other one began opening cabinets and checking behind doors. We were silent. The only sounds came from my aunt, who was praying in a tremulous whisper and little B., who was sucking away at his thumb, eyes wide with fear.”
In a somewhat enigmatic, but very informative series of four posts, S. Artesian of The Wolf Report describes, “The Importance of Being Ecuador.”
Costa Rica en el Presente has unofficial election results which are being thrown around as the Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE) continues to hand count ballots. In what Bob Glass calls a “fitting end,” those 7.7 million paper ballots may end up recycled as toilet paper.
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 :)