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Kazakh lawmakers back restrictive Internet law
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Kazakh lawmakers have approved Internet legislation that media rights activists say will limit freedom of speech in the Central Asian nation.
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The effect of 'in your face' political television on democracy
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Television can encourage awareness of political perspectives among Americans, but the incivility and close-up camera angles that characterize much of today’s “in your face” televised political debate also causes audiences ...
Political attitudes are predicted by physiological traits
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Is America's red-blue divide based on voters' physiology? A new paper in the journal Science, titled "Political Attitudes Are Predicted by Physiological Traits," explores the link.
Australia targets 20 pct renewable energy by 2020
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Australia on Thursday passed a clean energy law requiring the country to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020 in move that could draw billions of dollars of green investment.
Children's TV has questionable political themes, study shows
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Most parents know to screen television shows for sex, violence or other negative messaging—but what about children's shows themselves?
There is no such thing as 'the' Indian
May 08, 2008 |
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An increasing number of mayors in Guatemala are of Indian origin. Dutch researcher Elisabet Rasch went to find out what this development means and discovered that there is much more to building a multicultural democracy than ...
Japanese electioneering tiptoes into Internet age
Aug 04, 2009 |
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High-tech Japan is gearing up for elections, but you won't hear a tweet from Prime Minister Taro Aso or his main rivals.
Time Warner Cable shelves some Internet cap plans
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Bowing to mounting public and political pressure, Time Warner Cable Inc. said Thursday it was shelving plans in four markets to charge customers based on how much Internet traffic they generate. But tests of metered billing ...
Facebook decries Iranian ban
May 23, 2009 |
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US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as "a shame."
Obama announces $2.4 bln grant for electric vehicles
Aug 05, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a 2.4-billion-dollar funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans.
Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of ...
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