Archive for May 9th, 2005

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Student Kills Blog After Threat from Singapore

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
[...]

China Internet Sleeping Giant

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 [...]

Goose Stepping Spreads Across Mass

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
[...]

Comic of the Day

Terror Town Prepares for the Inevitable

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 [...]


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