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Egypt: Using Twitter to Help a Cairo Community

This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Revolution 2011.

After seeing the huge impact of social media on the Egyptian revolution, Egyptian blogger and Twitter user, Mahmoud Salem (@SandMonkey) decided to collaborate with a local non-profit organisation to help them raise funds using the power of Twitter to offer basic services in an impoverished neighborhood of Cairo.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 9:59am

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Bangladesh: 40th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangladesh

Ever since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure arranged Live Aid, a dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine on 13 July 1985, which was aired to 2 million viewers from 150 countries, such benefit concerts have become widely popular in the world.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 1:38pm

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Chile: Nurse Expedites Organ Transport Using Twitter

Cristina Bizama (@cristi_enf), nurse at Talca hospital in Chile, was able to speed up the transport of organs for transplant from Talca to the capital, Santiago, some 260 kilometers away (162 miles).

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 1:06pm

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Serbia: Gaddafi's Cyber Army Oppose Rebels and NATO

Written by Sasa Milosevic

This post is part of our special coverage Libya Uprising 2011.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 10:51pm

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China: Messages behind the flowers to the Shanghai fire victims

By Oiwan Lam

Yesterday, thousands of mourners in Shanghai flocked to the 28-storey apartment block that was gutted by a tragic fire on November 15 to pay their respects for the 58 residents who perished. Much of China's headlines today focus on the collective mourning, but few have highlighted the messages behind citizens' insistence in offering flowers at the disaster site.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Sun, 11/21/2010 - 9:40pm

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