Mount Everest, the Mississippi, the pyramids at Giza and the Berlin Wall are really just stories, told and retold every day.

A graph showing how the Internet was strangled being widely circulated on Twitter

Given the complex context and the obscure rationale behind August s attack in Sinai, all sorts of conspiracy theories are afloat, argued Egyptian blogger The Arabist, continuing

At the moment, the Court is deliberating on two cases against Uganda and Rwanda in which the Democratic Republic of the Congo contends that it has been the victim of armed attack.

And, if the diamond industry can put itself on an ethical footing, it might send a message to other industries that deal in resources that are effectively being stolen from some of the world s poorest people.

Networks based on strong ties produce the power of loyalty, but may become cliques that re circulate conventional wisdom. They may succumb to group think.

Despite these efforts, in early 2004 media reports began to circulate alleging widespread sexual exploitation and abuse by MONUC personnel in Bunia.

The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2000 as amended (GMO(CU)) require all premises handling GM biological agents to be registered with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulation 9.

CAMBRIDGE America s long controversial Glass Steagall Act of 1933, which separated deposit taking commercial banks from securities trading investment banks in the United States, is back in the news.

Meanwhile some speculate that the true reason for blocking Google has more to do with promoting the so called Iranian national Internet which was supposed to become operational on 22 September, but has so far not appeared.

(b) To continue to provide the Secretary General, in time for deliberation by the General Assembly at its sixty fourth session, with their views and suggestions on ways and means to strengthen and broaden participation in the standardized reporting system, including necessary changes to its content and structure