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Barack Obama is shot to death in Iowa
July 04, 2011
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- US President Barack Obama had been shot and killed in Iowa. The Twitter feed said "@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead."...
Middle East: Lots of challenges; one big opportunity
March 10, 2011
Something big is happening in the Middle East—precisely what is yet unclear. Unfolding developments and thoughtful analysis will no doubt tarnish some of the instant western labels affixed to the unrest—democratic wildfire, first Twitter...
US wants Twitter details of Wikileaks activists
January 09, 2011
The US government has subpoenaed the social networking site Twitter for personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, court documents show. The US District Court in Virginia said it wanted information including user names, addresses, connection...
US judge orders twitter to turn over Wikileaks documents
January 09, 2011
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the social networking website Twitter to turn over documents linked to WikilLeaks to the United States government. The documents include information associated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and U.S. Army computer...
Clinton reaches out to several countries about Wikileaks
November 27, 2010
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached out to several countries ahead of the controversial website WikiLeaks imminent release of millions of secret and potentially embarrassing diplomatic cables. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley...
Afghan government, Taliban meet in Maldives
May 20, 2010
By Katherine Tiedemann Killing rivals At least 17 people have been killed in the last day in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi as rival ethnic-based political factions clashed, reportedly sparked on Tuesday night when an office of the Awami...
Russia's Twitter diplomacy
February 10, 2010
By Luke Allnutt Not only does Russia's ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin tweet his holiday photos or thoughts about homosexuals in the armed forces, but he also seems to be conducting his country's diplomacy through Twitter. Russia's ambassador to...
Moldova keeps fighting for attention
November 11, 2009
By Vlad Spânu The Republic of Moldova surprised many in April when youths took control of Chisinau’s main square, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale (or "PMAN", which became one of the most "wanted" words on Twitter during...
European Fact-Finders Cite 'Horrible Violence' Against Protesters
April 30, 2009
CHISINAU -- A fact-finding mission from the European Parliament has said in Chisinau that "acts of horrible violence" were committed by police against young people after postelection protests in the Moldovan capital in early April, RFE/RL's...
Moldova's 'Twitter revolutionary' speaks out
April 25, 2009
The Moldovan capital, Chisinau, was rocked by protests earlier this month amid claims that an election which returned the Communist Party to power was rigged. The BBC's Oana Lungescu spoke to Natalia Morar, the journalist accused of masterminding Moldova...

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