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    South African woman fined $10,000 for racist Facebook rant

    AFP, Published on 11/06/2016

    » JOHANNESBURG - A South African court Friday fined a white estate agent $10,000 for comparing black beachgoers to monkeys in a Facebook post that sparked outrage over racist attitudes more than 20 years after apartheid ended.

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    Hamas closes offices of Gaza's only mobile phone company

    AFP, Published on 30/06/2015

    » GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas on Tuesday closed the offices of Gaza's only mobile telephone company after accusing it of tax-dodging, a move experts said could halt all cellular services in the Palestinian territory.

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    Facebook founder in Colombia to promote affordable Internet

    AFP, Published on 15/01/2015

    » Improved Internet access can be a force for peace, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said during a trip to Colombia to promote his project to boost web availability for two-thirds of the world not yet connected.

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    NCPO denies bid to muzzle media

    News, Published on 28/06/2014

    » The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) insists it is not restricting the fundamental rights and freedoms of the media with the formation of five panels to monitor media content and reports.

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    Anti-regime Cuban blogger back at it after arrest

    AFP, Published on 12/11/2012

    » Despite two arrests in a month, a defiant Cuban blogger is right back at it, criticizing the Havana government as part of a drive that has made her famous abroad even if she is little known at home.

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    Palestinian PM turns to Facebook for inspiration

    AFP, Published on 25/02/2011

    » Activists across the Middle East are using Facebook to bring down regimes, but Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad is using the site to seek input on his new government.

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    The waiting game

    Database, Published on 29/12/2010

    » The big news in Thailand in 2010 was 3G phone service, or rather the lack of it; but everyone knows that; first, though, the really big news in Thailand that almost no one noticed was that one Thai in 10 is now on Facebook, the social network announcing at year's end that it has 6.5 million registrations from the kingdom; in fact, Thailand was one of the world's fastest growing markets for the only network that had a movie made about it in 2010; for several years, Thais up to and including Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had scorned the US-centric networks to give their loyalty to Hi5, but they threw Hi5 under the bridge in 2010.

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    Keeping track of your wealth

    Database, Pee Kay, Published on 08/12/2010

    » There is a saying that "The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money". While such valuation may be difficult to measure, if you just want to measure and keep track of your monetary wealth, Splash Money from Splash Data certainly can help. In a nutshell, Splash Money lets you create accounts, enter transactions and review expense reports via both desktop and handheld devices. Creating an account is easy for Splash Money supports multiple account types, including checking, savings and credit cards. You can also create customised ones that suit your need.

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