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The purpose and function of university education has been a highly debatable topic both in the East and the West. In China, people strongly believe that education is a route...
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“There is a growing seed of discontent that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has planted through its actions and lack of action. There are more people…being vocal through weblogs and other social media, and it doesn't take a licensed geologist or former trade union leader or economist to know that it will continue growing”: KnowProSE.com takes heart in knowing that at least one mainstream media journalist “gets it”.
The Havana Times blog celebrates its first anniversary - Circles Robinson reflects on the accomplishments of the past year: “Contrary to what some might think, I didn’t ask anyone for permission to put out HT, and have never had anyone from…the government directly telling me what I should or shouldn’t publish.”
As controversial dancehall artist Buju Banton meets with gays in the U.S., Jamaica Salt thinks it's a step in the right direction, but adds: “I don’t think he’s ever going to be able to turn things around…he’s too good a target for the gay rights campaign to get attention to the very big and very real problem of homophobia in Jamaica.”
The African Elections Project (AEP) www.africanelections.org will be covering Botswana’s 10th general election, taking place on October 16 2009.
Tor was partially blocked in China end of September. The graphs posted at the blog of torproject show that in response to the blocking of tor, the number of bridge users has grown significantly in China.
Miran, I love this post. I live in Qatar and to be honest, all you...
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I strongly believe this is the real reason for the Mauritanian government striking a deal...