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Syria's Uprising Escalates, World Mulls Options
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Acta, l'accord international qui fait pol mique en Europe
L’Acta, c’est quoi? Il s’agit d’un traité international commercial à vaste portée visant à renforcer la lutte contre la contrefaçon. Son acronyme signifie en anglais «anti-counterfeiting trade agreement».NEARLY four years ago, a web-based political movement set itself the modest task of “closing the gap between the world we have and world most people everywhere want”. Calling their group Avaaz, which means “voice” in several languages, the founders aimed to reproduce globally some of the success which their progenitors—like America's Moveon.org, and Australia's Getup!—had enjoyed in national political arenas. By its own lights, the movement, using 14 languages and engaged in a mind-boggling list of causes, has had some spectacular successes.
Technology and protest: A town crier in the global village