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Posted by Jeff Jarvis on 27/03/2008

Brian Stelter has an excellent piece in today’s New York Times about young people and their different relationship with media in this campaign. As Pew has pointed out, young people especially (and people of all ages) act as conduits as much as consumers. And they expect to watch video themselv ...

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Ecuador: The Aftermath of the Border Crisis

Posted by Milton Ramirez on 26/03/2008

On the outside, it appeared as if the governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela reached an agreement over the border conflict that took place earlier this month. However, tensions continue to be high and diplomatic relations have not returned to normal, especially after a photograph was publis ...

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Kosovo, Serbia: Reactions to Del Ponte's Organ Smuggling Story

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 26/03/2008

Douglas Muir at A Fistful of Euros examines former Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte's story on organ smuggling in Kosovo and links to the readers' reactions at B92 site.

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Russia: Blogging Kozlovsky

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 26/03/2008

Grigory Pasko, over at Robert Amsterdam's blog, writes about the newest ordeal of Oborona leader Oleg Kozlovsky. Kozlovsky (LJ user welgar) reprints the text on his new English-language blog. Also, Kozlovsky has announced (RUS) the launch of his English-language column at Robert Amsterdam's ...

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Macao: Do politicians believe in the future of the country?

Posted by Paula Góes on 26/03/2008

Leocardo [pt] about the future of Macao and its present day politicians: “Can we believe in these “part-time” politicians who use an electoral system which is not even democratic to be elected, and then go to the Assembly to get on with their pet lives and business? Whose children ...

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