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Giants, Hackers, Trolls: Where Mythology and Online Activism Meet

Netizens have come to know a “troll” as ”someone who posts a deliberately provocative message” to fuel an argument online. That these inflammatory net users were labeled as “trolls” was no accident. The original m...

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‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media

In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it. We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal�...

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Daily News Roundup – 10 January 2013

Asia India rape case: Defence claim police brutality A potential defence lawyer in the India rape case has said his clients have been tortured into plea bargains. Three of the six men pleaded guilty to the charges of abduction,...

by Tom Dunbar

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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 3 SEPTEMBER 2012

Europe International uproar as Azeri Murderer released The Azeri, Ramil Safarov, has been released after being deported to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he killed an Armenian in 2004. Local media reports say Safarov was welcom...

by Tom Dunbar

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Daily News Roundup – 15 October 2012

Europe Pakistani girl shot by Taliban travels to UK for treatment Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban last week for her pro-education campaigning, is being flown to the UK for medical tre...

by Richard Scott-Jones

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Daily News Roundup – 20 August 2012

Europe Czech police charge man over “Breivik-style” plot Police in the Czech Republic have charged a 29-year-old man, suspected of planning attacks similar to those by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway, with unlawful ...

by Richard Scott-Jones

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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 26 July 2012

Europe Diplomatic blunder as Olympics begins The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have apologised to North Korea after showing a South Korean flag next to their athletes on the first day of the Olympics. The blun...

by Tom Dunbar

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Environmental education in the U.S.: A work in progress

Knowing about the flora and fauna of the natural world has always been a part of the scientific curriculum in schools; however, a more nuanced field of environmental education that includes climate issues is growing for a few r...

by Brian Watts

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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 14 SEPTEMBER 2012

Middle East and Africa Protests spread to Sudan with anger of ‘anti-Islam’ film Protests have erupted in the Sudanese capital Khartoum where both German and British embassies have been attacked after anger was fuelled by a ...

by Tom Dunbar

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Giants, Hackers, Trolls: Where Mythology and Online Activism Meet

‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media

Daily News Roundup – 10 January 2013

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 3 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily News Roundup – 15 October 2012

Daily News Roundup – 20 August 2012

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Environmental education in the U.S.: A work in progress

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