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Facebook Becomes an Israeli-Palestinian 'Battleground'

Boston Phoenix | January 14, 2009

The war in Israel and Gaza has quickly expanded to Facebook, where backers of both camps are using many of the social networking site's features to voice their opinions in graphic and sometimes absurd ways.

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Tags: media, Middle East, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Facebook, international, computers & technology, war & peace

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The Army's Controversial Anthropology Programnew

The US military embeds cultural anthropologists in war zones in hopes of easing relations with native populations. The scientific community wants the program brought into line and are demanding a place at the policy-making table.

Boston Phoenix | Peter Piatetsky | 03-12-2009 | War

Tags: WAR, Army, Anthropology

From Russia, with Vlognew

Russia, a country not exactly renowned for its press freedoms, has prosecuted bloggers in the past, but last month, the country acquired a new uncensorable voice online -- President Dmitry Medvedev's. He joins other world leaders in the blogosphere.

Boston Phoenix | Peter Piatetsky | 11-26-2008 | Media

Tags: Barack Obama, politics, media, blogs, web culture, computers & technology, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Angela Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev

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