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WPFD: Recognizing An Ongoing Struggle
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, conflict, ethics, europe, freedoms, government, HumanRights, humanrights, middle-east, politics, media, society, usa, world, NewTechnology, internet, investigation, safety, technology, tech )

JL
- 7 days ago - accessnow.org
World Press Freedom Day, a day to celebrate the fundamental principles of independent media. But WPFD is also an opportunity to pay attention to where press freedom is under attack around the world-and the increasing tendency of those attacks to occur on
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UN: Mobile Technology Essential in Conflict and Disaster Areas
Science & Tech  (tags: world, UnitedNations, unitednations, Refugees&Relief, Refugees&Relief, government, ethics, conflict, africa, asia, middle-east, society, technology, tech, NewTechnology, investigation, interesting, humans )

JL
- 39 days ago - daynews.com
In a recent event in New York jointly organized by the United Nations and the Government of Turkey, mobile technology was put on the spotlight. Rebecca Grynspan, the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme highlighted th
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Debunking the Myth of a Digital Cold War, Before It's Too Late
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, conflict, ethics, europe, freedoms, humanrights, HumanRights, news, middle-east, society, politics, world, usa, internet, investigation, interesting, technology, tech, NewTechnology )

JL
- 44 days ago - aljazeera.com
There is no digital Cold War. But perpetuating that myth could create one, and that's not a good thing, writes author.
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Middle East Food Security Tracking Tool Launched
Science & Tech  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, GoodNews, humanrights, HumanRights, palestine, politics, israel, iran, iraq, middle-east, society, world, Refugees&Relief, conflict, goodnews, ethics, technology, tech, NewTechnology, concept, health )

JL
- 67 days ago - irinnews.org
Now, aid workers and policymakers working on food security and looking for easy access to malnutrition data in Yemen, or how rainfall tends to vary in Syria, can turn to a handy web-based tool.
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How Agroforestry Schemes Can Improve Food Security in Developing Countries
Science & Tech  (tags: africa, asia, middle-east, society, government, ethics, world, UnitedNations, scientists, study, research, science, environment, climate )

JL
- 78 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Agroforestry has multiple benefits, it's important that they are raised in food security debates so that they can reach their potential
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Selling Spyware to Trap Dissidents
Science & Tech  (tags: middle-east, europe, ethics, freedoms, humanrights, HumanRights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, corporate, abuse, business, money, marketing, society, NewTechnology, technology, safety, computers, computer, tech, internet )

JL
- 79 days ago - presseurop.eu
He's regarded as one of the meanest Germans in the cybersphere: Martin Münch supplies police and secret services with spyware, which some dictators use to terrorize dissidents.
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Climate Conversations - Chickpea Genome Map to Benefit Poor Farmers
Science & Tech  (tags: africa, asia, middle-east, world, freedoms, ethics, death, GoodNews, goodnews, society, food, diet, prevention, protection, research, safety, science, study, environment, scientists, discovery, investigation, news )

JL
- 108 days ago - trust.org
A team of agricultural researchers from Asia, Australia, Europe& North America, led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has decoded the genome of the chickpea, a nutritious grain legume for many of the wor
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How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves
Science & Tech  (tags: africa, asia, world, middle-east, NewTechnology, design, concept, environment, science, society, technology, interesting )

JL
- 113 days ago - fastcoexist.com
Heather Fleming's Catapult Designs does innovative product design--but for the developing world.
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Temperature Rising How High Could the Tide Go?
Science & Tech  (tags: africa, world, usa, asia, china, middle-east, europe, climate, climate-change, climatechange, world, protection, oceans, water, globalwarming, globalwarming, weather, science )

JL
- 114 days ago - nytimes.com
BREDASDORP, South Africa -- A scruffy crew of scientists barreled down a dirt road, their two-car caravan kicking up dust. After searching all day for ancient beaches miles inland from the modern shoreline, they were about to give up.
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These Are The 61 Countries Most Vulnerable To An Internet Shutdown
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, corruption, freedoms, ethics, government, HumanRights, humanrights, politics, middle-east, world, usa, UnitedNations, society, computer, investigation, NewTechnology, research, internet, safety, science, scient )

JL
- 159 days ago - forbes.com
For 52 hours last week, Syria joined the unfortunate club of countries whose governments have chosen, however briefly, to return their citizens to the digital dark ages.
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Syria: Internet and Mobile Communication 'Cut Off'
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', ethics, conflict, freedoms, death, government, humanrights, HumanRights, media, politics, middle-east, violence, war, world, society, technology, study, safety, NewTechnology, internet )

JL
- 169 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The internet has been cut off and mobile phones have been disrupted in Syria, monitoring firms have said.
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Video: The Most Badass Tumbleweed I'Ve Ever Seen
Science & Tech  (tags: ethics, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', middle-east, politics, war, violence, world, society, humans, HumanRights, government, freedoms, humanrights, health, scientists, science, performance, technology, tech, NewTechnology, design, concept )

JL
- 173 days ago - upworthy.com
Massoud Hassani was smuggled out of Afghanistan when he was 14-years-old. Watch his story about returning to Kabul & putting his product design skills to work to build a tool for cheaply surveying & raising awareness about the hundreds of thousands of
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Trend: Digital & Communications Revolution
Science & Tech  (tags: economy, world, usa, NewTechnology, scientists, society, science, research, technology, study, investigation, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, usa, politics, middle-east, humanrights )

JL
- 183 days ago - reports.weforum.org
Over the past five years, 21% of GDP growth in mature economies came from the open Internet.
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Disruption at the Intersection of Technology and Human Rights
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, asia, middle-east, politics, government, ethics, HumanRights, humanrights, violence, usa, world, society, computer, computers, internet, investigation, research, NewTechnology, society, scientists, study, technol )

JL
- 184 days ago - forbes.com
more complex technology brings with it more ethical and moral questions. Innovation and ethics have clashed, particularly, in the past two years across North Africa and the Middle East
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Samaria in a Sewage Stalemate
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, healthconditions, water, pollution, palestine, israel, middle-east )

Fred
- 465 days ago - jpost.com
All but one of 22 Palestinian villages refuse connection to a sewage line, the Environmental Protection Ministry says. Instead, they will continue to let their sewerage flow into the aquifer below.
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