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Taiwan: Construction of ethnic identity

Posted by David Reid on 09/03/2010

Taiwan in Cycles comments on how a man's choice to identify himself by saying, I am not an Aborigine! reveals about the construction of ethnic identities in Taiwan.

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Nigeria: Jos erupts in violence again

Posted by Eremipagamo Amabebe on 09/03/2010

In Jos, conflict seems to recur in ever-narrowing cycles: deadly riots rocked the city in 1994, 2001, 2008 and not even two months ago in January 2010. The current conflict is said have started in reprisal for the destruction that occurred in January, and, like the previous riots, has been fought al ...

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Russia: Most of Media Practice “Copy-Pasting”

Posted by Gregory Asmolov on 08/03/2010

Russian magazine Kommersant Money published an analytical investigation on plagiarism in online media. It suggests that the majority of media content in Russia is based on “copy-pasting” practice usually done by special software that substitutes original words with synonyms to pass the p ...

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Russia: Authorities to Eliminate Digital Divide in 2010

Posted by Gregory Asmolov on 07/03/2010

High Internet access prices in remote regions of Russia significantly slow the process of broadening Internet availability in the country. But it seems that Russian authorities are determined to fight the digital divide and get more people online by the end of 2010.

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Myanmar: Government companies for sale

Posted by tan on 05/03/2010

Bi-weekly News reported that 70 percent of state-owned companies and housing estates in Yangon, Myanmar has been auctioned off to private entrepreneurs.

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