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Pakistani journalist found dead

Hayatullah Khan, who reported last year that an al Qaeda commander died in a U.S. missile strike and not as a result of a bomb-making accident (the Pakistan government's story), has been found dead. An excerpt from the BBC story: “He was shot in the back,” an official, Fida Mohammed, told AFP news agency. He [...]

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Sat, June 17 2006 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off

Wikipedia imposes some editing restrictions

Want to tweak the Albert Einstein or Christina Aguilera entries on Wikipedia? Too bad, they are in the “protected” category. This NYT article explains: At its core, Wikipedia is not just a reference work but also an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts — one that, in response to well-publicized problems [...]

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