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Choking off Internet won't stop Arab Spring: US official
AFP, Published on 14/07/2011
» Regimes that choke off citizens' access to the Internet to try to quash pro-democracy movements in the Arab world are running scared and fighting a losing battle, a US diplomat said Wednesday.
EC: Major decisions (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/07/2011
» Both Yingluck Shinawatra and Abhisit Vejjajiva must have been a little nervous yesterday as the EC decided whether or not to endorse them as MPs.
Indonesia urges Asean to harness Twitter, Facebook
AFP, Published on 19/07/2011
» Asean must maximise the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media to engage the region's citizens, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday.
Government returns to rice trade
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/07/2011
» Will active government buying, storing, selling rice, using it as collateral for state bank loans, avoid the corruption of the past?
Egypt's revolution not just about tweeting: bloggers
AFP, Published on 25/07/2011
» Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page on the Internet to overthrow a dictator.
Charges filed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/07/2011
» Agents of the National Anti-Corruption Commission haul in a truckfull of evidence to the Supreme Court, supporting charges against five people including former Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin in the 2004 Bangkok City Hall purchase of firetrucks and boats.
Kicked out of the forest
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/07/2011
» Farms, resorts, property of influential people, built in protected forests, revealed by aerial photos, all to be demolished.
China to censor outspoken crash coverage: analysts
AFP, Published on 28/07/2011
» Chinese journalists and web users have defied censors with scathing criticism of the state after a deadly high-speed rail crash, but analysts predict the government will soon clamp down.
Mubarak blames Egypt new chief for Internet cut
AFP, Published on 05/08/2011
» Ousted president Hosni Mubarak, convicted for having cut Internet services during the revolt which toppled him, has pinned part of the blame on his successor as Egypt's ruler, a defence lawyer said on Friday.
Egypt military quizzes activist after 'defamation'
AFP, Published on 15/08/2011
» Egypt's military prosecution on Sunday detained activist and blogger Asma Mahfuz for questioning for allegedly defaming the military council on Facebook and Twitter, the official MENA news agency reported.