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Armenia: Blogs as the New Printing Press

Thursday, February 15th, 2007 @ 12:31 UTC

by Nathan Hamm

Countries:: Armenia
Topics:: Politics

The CRD/TI Armenia Election Monitor 2007 writes about blogs as the new printing press, discussing experiences with blogging and politics in other countries and how those experiences are worth paying attention to in Armenia.

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[…] The CRD/TI Armenia Election Monitor 2007 writes about blogs as the new printing press, discussing experiences with blogging and politics in other countries and how those experiences are worth paying attention to in Armenia. […]

# 2007-02-15 at 20:44 pm

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