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A sports reporter for Australian public broadcaster SBS has been sacked after using Twitter to criticise Anzac Day, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand commemorating Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.
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As the death toll has risen and people are trying to cope with regular strong aftershocks, trauma, anxiety, rain and a government that is not prepared for such a disaster, people are using social media to provide vital information outside of the traditional phone or media networks.
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More than a thousand are estimated to have drowned, 800 alone in the April 19 after several boats carrying migrants with hopes of reaching Europe sank in the Mediterranean. In the wake of the ongoing tragedy, a “die-in” took place on April 25, 2015 at Place Kléber, the main square in Downtown Strasbourg, France
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The following letter (link below) is addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry, and was written by economics student Natnael Feleke, in December 2014. A founding member of the Zone9 blogging collective and a Global Voices author, Natnael has been in prison for one year.
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