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Freelance charter

Social Media>> Constitution • Iceland

Writing, concealing

Simply Put: Weapons of mass destruction

No space for dissent

Newspaper>> Censor • Uzbekistan

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Court supports

Media>> Homosexuality ÔÇó Uganda

In media res

Moving images

Ultimate reality TV

Forget Survivor and Fear Factor. Thanks to embedded media you can now watch and read about the exploits of your favourite journalist in the midst …

Scientific research - Mutual admiration cycle

Scientists seeking the spotlight are adversely impacting the quality of scientific research, says a recent article in Nature magazine. Scientists …

NYT op-ed: Rift over green policy?

On January 12, 2004, the New York Times carried an op-ed article by former us Environment Protection Agency administrator Christie Todd Whitman. …

Mother tongue love

Protest>> Language • Belarus

Look who’s watching

Google>> PRIVACY • Europe

Father’s missive

Letter>> Genetics • The UK

Bad days for film

Contest>> Camera • Japan

All women press

Digital Media>> Women’s Rights • Chile

Art aid

Website>> Cartoons • Egypt

Billy Bragg's other riffs

At last

Vatavaran 2003

Into its second year as the exclusive National Environment and Wildlife Film Festival of India, Vatavaran 2003 will screen seventy films on …

Satirist Dario Fo sued

Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…

An unfair bar

Play>> Homosexuality • Uganda

Communist stocks

Newspaper>> Shares • China

Hysterical reaction

Radio>> Illness • Angola