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HOW MAURITIUS GOT A COMPUTER REVOLUTION
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With an initial input of just $2,500 - the price of a second-hand Toyota
car - Mauritius has set up a computer network aimed at transforming the
tiny Indian Ocean country into a cyber island.
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75820/1138/909 

ONLINE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION UNDER THREAT IN VIETNAM
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A report indicates that recent actions by the Vietnamese government have
left online "freedom of expression under threat." The Amnesty International
survey cited a number of reasons to be "increasingly concerned about human
rights in cyberspace for people in Vietnam, especially the fundamental
rights to freedom of expression, information, peaceful assembly and the
right to privacy."
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75749/1138/909 

RADIO SERIES MAKES THE LINKS
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This week, Making The Links Radio and the Canadian International
Development Agency released Common Voices, a 10-part series exploring
development issues that connect Canadians to people and struggles across 
the globe. All available online. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75748/1138/909 

CHINESE CYBERDISSIDENT ARRESTED
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Computer firm employee Zhang Shengqi has been arrested for publishing
articles on the Internet in support of the banned Christian church. Robert
Ménard, secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders, said, "He has been
accused of divulging state secrets, when in fact he only published articles
on the government crackdown on his religious community." 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75657/1138/909 

UK WANTS INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL BY 2008
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UK Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced a plan
pledging that every home in Britain will have access to online services
within the next five years. Currently about 50 percent of UK households
have access to the Internet, mainly through dial-up connections. The
government is planning to form a digital Inclusion Panel consisting of
members of the private and public sectors to advise the government on ways
to meet the target. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75654/1138/909 

ARMED WITH FACTS, NIGERIA VILLAGERS WORK TO HALT SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS 
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No one is sure just how many people have died due to HIV/AIDS in the
Nigerian town of Mgbala Agwa, but to the 15,000 people who live here, the
deaths are adding up. The rising death rate here, as well as across
sub-Saharan Africa, convinced a Lagos-based businessman and coordinator of
the community's Youth Forum, that people needed to get the facts about the
disease. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75563/1138/909 

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Special Coverage: Information Society & WSIS
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/dochannel/wsis 
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POSTCARD FROM WSIS - EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
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The WSIS process was born in 1998 at an ITU plenipotentiary meeting where
it was nodded through as the last item on the agenda. Few can have imagined
that it would result in a meeting of the kind that has just
  taken place, writes Russell Southwood from 
http://www.balancingact-africa.com/. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75656/4732/909 

SHAPING INFORMATION SOCIEITES FOR HUMAN NEEDS
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This is the 'alternative' declaration adopted by civil society
representatives on the sidelines of the World Summit on the Information
Society in Geneva. The declaration was needed because the official process
had constantly been disillusioning and frustrating, said civil society
representatives at a conference. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75577/4732/909 

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DONATE TO HELP PAMBAZUKA NEWS CHANGE AFRICA
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Pambazuka News, a weekly electronic newsletter for social justice in
Africa, is seeking donations from its patrons. Five US dollars pay for an
organisation in Africa to receive free the newsletter, which is published 
by Fahamu in association with SANGONeT.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75571/1112/909 

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Partner News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4678 
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REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
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The Damocles Network, the legal arm of Reporters Without Borders, is
launching a new site in French and English entitled Toolbox. Designed for
professionals but also for the use of anyone interested in freedom of
expression, www.damocles.org carries basic texts that guarantee press
freedom, along with extracts from codes of ethics. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/75655/4678/909 

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