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I am an idiot.

Posted by Dennis on 25/04/2008

I am an idiot, according to my colleagues here at GlobalGiving. That is because I am clueless about a lot of popular celebrities who are in the news these days.But my cluelessness reached a new low (high?) this past week at the excellent Fortune Magazine “Brainstorm Green” conference, wh ...

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Lusosphera: Remembering the Carnation Revolution

Posted by Paula Góes on 25/04/2008

On April 25 1974, 34 years today, Portugal's 40-year fascist dictatorship, the longest in the history of Western Europe, came to an end with the Carnation Revolution, which also brought independence for the remaining colonies in Africa and Asia. Today Portuguese speaking bloggers from all over t ...

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Russia: “Chernobyl's Other Victims”

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 25/04/2008

Window on Eurasia writes about “Chernobyl's other victims” - “the thousands of people who exposed themselves to extraordinarily high levels of radiation while taking part in the clean up” and who now “find themselves not only sick as a result but largely forgotten b ...

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Lebanon: Roumieh Prison Mutiny II

Posted by Moussa Bashir on 25/04/2008

“The prisoners handed over the seven warders they were holding hostage and returned to their cells after having negotiated and handed over demands to the chief of internal security,” reports Lebanon News Network on the peaceful ending of the prison mutiny.

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Lebanon: Roumieh Prison Mutiny

Posted by Moussa Bashir on 25/04/2008

“….of interest to the laymen, Roumieh prison is where the 4 Generals, Assayed, Azar, Hamdan; Hajj are kept … and where many of the Fath El Islam elements are imprisoned … I remain suspicious,” noted GPC on the mutiny taking place at the Roumieh prison in Lebanon.

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