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• Mass of Media: War in Georgia

  Saturday, August 9th, 2008

  Bush says attacks on Georgia “dangerous escalation”
  Reuters
  BEIJING (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Saturday said attacks by Russia on neighboring Georgia outside the war zone of South Ossetia marked a …
  Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia
  The Associated Press
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday [...]

• Imagine

  Saturday, August 9th, 2008

  (A video against the war, including the actual war in Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia)
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  Imagine there’s no Heaven
  It’s easy if you try
  No hell below us
  Above us only sky
  Imagine all the people
  Living for today
  Imagine there’s no countries
  It isn’t hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  And no religion too
  Imagine all the people
  Living life in peace
  You [...]

• Italy: Rome starts today fingerprinting the gypsies

  Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

  This is the first time after the World War II when a government initiate an ID action based on racial criteria. During the next 48 hours, Rome’s authorities will fingerprint about 10,000 gypsies, helped by the Italian Red Cross.
  In accordance with ANSA agency, about one hundred employees of the Red Cross [...]

• The digital Europe – i2010 Initiative

  Sunday, May 18th, 2008

  Preparing Europe’s digital future i2010 Mid-Term Review {SEC(2008) 470}
  INTRODUCTION

  Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) continue to be a major driver of economic and social modernisation. Today, businesses in the EU devote 20% of investment to ICTs, and the sector accounts for 26% of overall research expenditure. Moreover, 60% of basic public services [...]

• A new world?

  Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

  Is the capitalism able to overcome the actual crisis in the world?
  I talked some time ago about big changes in the geopolitics and economy due to the global warming and climate change. Now, it seems that the financial crisis and the food crisis make the changes. Is there any connection between the [...]