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

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Global Voices blogged yesterday about a project funded by the State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, DOTCOM , and its recent progress. Reaching out to youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan, DOTCOM. Hopefully this project will be a success and can be replicated in the many conflict/post-conflict zones in the world.

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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. Chris reports that TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative is now open to public libraries. In case you missed it, here's what we've had to say over the past week. Tools Using the Web and Internet.

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Art, Social Change & Young Women Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

During the week the young women in the program from Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia wrote their own posts answering the question, we commented on their posts and they commented on each other's posts. Here is Beth's post and here is mine. On Friday our mentor cycle ended and a new one will begin with a new mentor blogger tomorrow (Sunday).

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

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Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If spanhidden'

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