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Jul 11 2009 1:10AM
8July protests in Tehran

Viedeos from 8 July protests in Tehran in which scores of people were beaten up and injured, many were unconsious due to inhaling teargas which was thrown indiscriminately. The number of people detained is unknown. http://www.youtube...

Jul 10 2009 1:15PM
Under the skin of night a coup was carried out in Iran

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adQe1CBmSc&feature=email There was presidential elections. There were candidates and there were the people who were preparing themselves to vote for their selected candidate. Out of over 400 candidates 4...

Jul 10 2009 9:36AM
Haircut 101: the case of José and his subversive haircut

A personal anecdote. It’s 1984 and I’m walking in the city centre of Sheffield on a Saturday afternoon, having just been browsing in Virgin Records looking at stuff I couldn't afford to buy because I’m on the dole. When …. wham! A man...

Jul 10 2009 7:23AM
Hi-tech advert challenges domestic violence

Amnesty International is using the latest in advertising technology to challenge the scourge of domestic violence. This Amnesty bus stop advertisement, recently erected in Hamburg, changes whether or not someone's looking at it. Using...

Jul 9 2009 3:50PM
Uighurs not allowed to protest

In the north-west region of Xinjiang the Uighur people are angry that the Chinese authorities did not act to protect migrant Uighur workers in the south-east of China. That seems to have been the spark that ignited the recent protests...