* China: Google may soon shutdown its Chinese site due to government censorship and strict government controls of the Internet.
* Nigeria: Violence continued today in the Niger delta area of Nigeria with the detonation of a pair of car bombs.
* Germany: Church officials suspended a German priest in the middle of a child sex abuse scandal that has affected Pope Benedict XVI.
* Thailand: Protestors backing ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have threatened with “pouring 1,000 liters of their own blood” in front of the Thai parliament.
Image – MSNBC
Online Sources- InformationWeek, Al Jazeera English, New York Times, ABC Online
Monday, March 15, 2010
World Watch: Information Society
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