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MEDIA-THAILAND: Blogger Gets 10 Years for Insulting Thai Monarchy
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Suwicha Thakhor's nightmare in a Thai jail is set to continue after a court delivered a harsh verdict this week that contained a unequivocal message - the Internet in this country is being policed with the aim of limiting free expression.
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INDIA: 'Satyam Scam Tip of Corporate Fraud Iceberg'
By Praful Bidwai
NEW DELHI - Three weeks after the Satyam Computer Services promoter-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju confessed that he had cooked the information technology (IT) company's books, the scam continues to send shock-waves through Indian business and industry.
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MEDIA-BRAZIL: Free Speech and an Open Mic
By Mario Osava
SAO LUIS, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva "betrayed" community radio stations, said Magno Cruz, the head of Radio Conquista, speaking at a round table discussion at the International Laboratory for Free Media, held in the capital of the northeastern state of Maranhao.
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EL SALVADOR: Central America’s Leader in Cell Phone Use
By Raúl Gutiérrez
SAN SALVADOR - By the end of 2008, El Salvador had the largest number of cell phones per person in Central America, with 6.6 million for a population of 5.8 million.
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INDIA: Satyam Scam Questions Corporate Governance
By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
NEW DELHI - India’s government, its corporate sector and its people are stunned after the founder-chairman of one of the country’s largest information technology (IT) services companies admitted to years of falsified profits and an audacious financial fraud worth 1.5 billion dollars.
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LABOUR-INDIA: Getting 'Bangalored' Back
By Keya Acharya
BANGALORE - The term 'getting Bangalored' , or having jobs outsourced from the West to this international IT hub, looks set to acquire another connotation - this time of professionals being fired right here.
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BRAZIL: War Against Child Pornography on the Internet
By Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government has announced the creation of a web site to centralise the reception of complaints about child pornography on the Internet, as a further step towards fighting the phenomenon which is growing globally, alongside child trafficking and sex tourism.
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Q&A: "Freedom of Expression Goes Hand in Hand with Justice"
Interview with Frank La Rue Lewy, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
CARTAGENA, Colombia - Social inequality is "the main" problem for freedom of expression in Latin America, said Frank La Rue Lewy, who was named United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on Aug. 1.
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HEALTH-MEXICO: Internet Can Be a Dangerous Pharmacy
By Diego Cevallos*
MEXICO CITY - Mexico is drafting measures to regulate the sales of pharmaceuticals over the Internet: reforms have been announced for laws dating back to the 1980s, when the world wide web did not yet exist, and new monitoring systems are in the works to track the who, how and what of online sales.
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BRAZIL: Delivery Boy Newshounds Show Life in Sao Paulo
By Mario Osava
RIO DE JANEIRO - Cleyton Perroni’s motorbike has been a part of his life since he was 12. But 19 years later, its role changed from recreation to an essential working tool as, equipped with a cell phone, he became a reporter of daily life in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.
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MEDIA-SINGAPORE: Restrictions Follow Critics to Cyberspace
By Lin Quan Zhong - Asia Media Forum
SINGAPORE - When Lee Hsien Loong became Singapore’s prime minister after his father, Lee Kuan Yew, four years ago, he encouraged citizens to "feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas, or simply be different". Today, these hopes for a city-state that can be more relaxed about criticism and more open to frank debate appear to have been too high.
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MEDIA: Midwife for an Inclusive Society
By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA - Changing society to bring about greater respect for diversity requires the participation of the mainstream press, despite the combination of alternative media and the various forums, blogs and networks on the Internet that promote a more democratic flow of information.
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ARGENTINA: Multimedia Youngsters not Isolated
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Many parents in Argentina, like their counterparts in developed countries, worry that their teenage children spend too much time on their computers and cell-phones, with little real-life interaction with others, and devoting hardly any time to reading. But a new study shows that such beliefs are partly based on preconceived notions that do not stand up to scrutiny.
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