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Obama, Climate Change, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

There is growing pressure on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline extension, which, when complete, will transport crude oil from tar sands in Alberta down to various refineries in the United States. On February ...

by Urban Times

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Former President of Google China Reveals Censorship Statistics

Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, published a chart on Twitter showing how often his micro-blog was deleted by the Chinese government’s censorship arm. Lee regularly blogs about cultural and technology issue...

by Global Voices

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Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq

On Saturday 12th another car bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Samarra killing at least 14. Civilians, and more recently school children, have been deliberately targeted in attacks. The fact that the car bomb exploded in a sh...

by Michel Scholer

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What We Know About The Internet And Political Protest (II)

I left you with a point in the previous article: it is unlikely that the Internet will lead to liberation – or oppression – all around the globe, just because of its inherent features. What usage of the Internet can...

by Daniel Cavanillas

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The Struggle Of Security And Development In Somalia

In early October, a Somali online newspaper, Hiraan Online, interviewed Hiba Nura, a popular Somali singer who left the country for nearly 22 years to live abroad when the Somali Civil War ensued. Nura, who came back to Somal...

by Likhitha Palaypu

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An American In Palestine: The Power Of Positionality In Understanding Conflict

There is an urban legend within the US State Department of a US Senator who, upon his first trip to Jerusalem, was so shocked by the violence between Palestinians and Israelis within the holy city that he demanded a briefing fr...

by Andrew Ferguson

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Read All About It

With the rise of information technology, the media has become almost impossible to escape. It is everywhere: billboards, magazine, TV, and radio. Gossip magazines have become more and more popular, usually by propagating inform...

by Camille Bigot

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WATCH: Weren’t planning to vote in the Indian elections? This will change your mind

India is hosting the world’s biggest democratic elections this year, with nearly 100 million newly eligible voters since the last election and about 814.5 million voters in total. India is also filled with a lot of people...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Nigel Farage’s UKIP And The Mainstream Media – Preventing An Honest Debate On The European Elections?

Nigel Farage and his party UKIP (UK Independence Party) have a point about the EU (European Union) being a flawed institution. It is definitely undemocratic. The influential technocrats in the EU’s executive branch, the Europ...

by Rahul Desai

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Obama, Climate Change, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

Former President of Google China Reveals Censorship Statistics

Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq

What We Know About The Internet And Political Protest (II)

The Struggle Of Security And Development In Somalia

An American In Palestine: The Power Of Positionality In Understanding Conflict

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WATCH: Weren’t planning to vote in the Indian elections? This will change your mind

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