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India: Media turning people neurotic

Sans Serif quotes Prof U.R. Anantha Murthy, a writer and thinker from Kannada, India and questions: «the Indian media?s role in whipping up 'mass hysteria' through its breathless coverage of the recent terror attacks and the arrest of [...]

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Bangladesh: Right to Information Ordinance 2008

Tahmina Shafique analyzes the strength and loopholes of the recently drafted Right to Information Ordinance 2008 in Bangladesh and opines that it may require many years before the act can be put to real use.
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Southeast Asia: The Power of the Pontianak

One of the most enduring legends of South East Asia is the Pontianak, said to be a bone-white lady, with ruby-red eyes, who is borne from her death in birth-giving. The Pontianak, or sometimes called the \»Kuntilanak\», lives in almost all of South Eas [...]

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The Roots of the Darfur Conflict and the Chadian Civil War

This article takes issue with a number of key representations of the Darfur and Chad crises. It argues that the conflict in Darfur is to some extent the continuation of the civil war in Chad, not the opposite; the failure to acknowledge the regiona [...]

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