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Rebecca announces her new position with Hong Kong University. Congratulations, Rebecca
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A reminder from DanG that reporters (bloggers, cyberdisidents) are going to need to start getting smart about privacy and protecting their information
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A new player in the new great game? Chavez visits Benin and Mali, promising oil, to purchase bauxite and help in tapping local oilfields
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If Kabila and Bemba split the first round in the Congo elections, Dr. Oscar Kashala – a cancer specialist who’s been living in Massachusetts – might become the power broker, as he’s running in third place. But who does he support, without tainting his “cl
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Links to a couple of interesting articles on income distribution and inequality
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Carter Center acknowledges that DRC election wasn’t perfect, but gives it a generally clean bill of health
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“There was already a sense in the population that there is complicity between the international community and the Kabila camp, to maintain him in power, to serve Western economic interests in the Congo.” Concerns about opposition complaints about the poll
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Helpful overview of the ‘The Interception of Communications Bill’ , if a little breathless about the prospects of Chinese assistance in helping Zimbabwe eavesdrop on the Internet.
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On the one hand, this document is the first time anyone succesfully explained Cricket to me. On the other hand, the complexity of the game boggles my mind and makes baseball look simple in comparison…
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Observation that Israel/Lebanon is driving Iraq out of the news. True, guys, but the effects are broader than that – it’s driving most foreign news out of the news… as I made the case in a blogpost a couple of weeks back