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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore student said on Monday he has shut
down his blog and apologized unreservedly after a government agency threatened
to sue for defamation. Chen Jiahao, a 23-year-old graduate student in
[...]
The always amazing Rebecca
MacKinnon points to an excellent
essay by Xiao Qiang originally
written for the Wall Street Journal, about the role of technology in
China’s recent anti-Japanese protests.
Rebecca opines: "The [...]
Mother Goose Killed
ATTLEBORO
(AP) — A Rhode Island man charged with stomping to death a Canada goose
and
five goslings said he did it because he felt threatened
[...]
The scariest part of yesterday’s
demonstration was not the anorexic
anarchists or the facetious fascists, but the smooth and tightly controlled
force displayed by Boston police. It was a coordinated [...]