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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, January 23-29

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Kevin examines the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs' use of new media to empower youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tools Using the Web and Internet. In case you missed it, here's what we've had to say over the past week. From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. Jim shows off a few more green gadgets from CES 2009.

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Post-conflict Reconstruction: Disarmament, Reconciliation, and Blogging?

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Reaching out to youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan, DOTCOM. Tools Online Activism Using the Web and Internet. Global Voices blogged yesterday about a project funded by the State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, DOTCOM , and its recent progress. Check out DOTCOM's Facebook group as well.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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Release all journalists and Internet users detained in China for exercising their right to information. Suspend the '11 Commandments of the Internet,' which lead to content censorship and self-censorship on websites. Reporters Without Borders is asking China to do nine things before the Games start: "1.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

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But first, some context: Let's start with a volatile mix of Syrian refugees, border conflicts paired with complicated politics , protests, Internet censorship, and a youth unemployment rate of 20 percent. In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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