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30.12.2005 Taking the world wide web to the rural masses, the Haryana government is setting up 'e-Chaupals' (cybercafes) in 150 villages of Sirsa district. The e-chaupals would initially be set up in villages with populations of 5,000 under the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY) for the eighth lakh people that reside in 323 villages of Sirsa district.

29.12.2005 Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited N.R. Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said corruption has become pervasive in institutions in the country and there is a strong incentive for politicians to keep people ignorant and illiterate.

29.12.2005 The former Secretary to the Government of India and Trustee of the Catalyst Trust, A.K. Venkataubramanian said that unless there is overwhelming participation from the citizens, the Right to Information Act would not succeed.

21.12.2005 Më shumë se gjysma e popullatës në Serbi (55 për qind) përdorë kompjuterë, përderisa rreth 300,000 qytetarë përdorin internetin në baza ditore, tregon anketa e kryer nga Telekomi Serb dhe Qendra për Zgjedhje të Lira dhe Demokraci - CESID.

21.12.2005 Sipas një njoftimi të AGPK-së, 22 gazetarë dhe xhirues kanë qenë të detyruar ta lëshojnë punën. Situata është drastike në TV Men të Gjilanit dhe në gazetën e përditshme "Kosova sot", ku presionet politike, gjegjësisht shpërfillja e kërkesave për kushte për punë profesionale kanë rezultuar me lëshime masovike të punës...

20.12.2005 Lidhja e internetit për të gjitha shkollat e vendit do të përfundojë deri në vitin 2008. Ky është synimi sipas masterplanit, prezantuar dje nga ministri i Arsimit dhe Shkencës, z. Genc Pollo, me prani edhe të kryeministrit z. Sali Berisha. Në vitin 2006 synohet të mbulohen me shërbim informatik 75% e nxënësve të shkollave të mesme dhe rreth 10% e nxënësve në shkollat 9-vjeçare.

15.12.2005 Estelle on reilun vaihdon purjerahtilaiva, jonka periaatteina on ympäristöystävällisyys, ekologisuus, reilusta kaupasta tiedottaminen sekä kehitysmaakysymysten esilletuominen. Tasan 20 vuotta sitten Estelle siirtyi kansalaisjärjestöjen laivanvarustamon Eestaas Oy:n omistukseen.

14.12.2005 Our members of Parliament actually touch money with their hands! That MPs soil their hands with small change was established by a sting operation that caught 11 MPs accepting money to ask questions in Parliament. Till now, only a few perverted minds ever imagined that MPs could be bribed.

14.12.2005 New York, December 12, 2005 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that two more journalists have been jailed on criminal charges that have been revived since a crackdown on the press in November. The convictions last week relating to articles published up to seven years ago bring the number of journalists now behind bars in Ethiopia to at least 15, according to CPJ research.

12.12.2005 Drago Hedl, caporedattore del settimanale di Spalato "Feral Tribune" e corrispondente dell'Osservatorio sui Balcani è stato minacciato di morte per i suoi articoli sulle torture e gli assassini di civili serbi a Osijek nel 1991. Martedì 6 dicembre, nella sua cassetta della posta, Hedl ha trovato una lettera con un messaggio composto con lettere ritagliate da un giornale, dove si affermava: "Ammazzeremo te e il tuo Levar". Anche l'indirizzo sulla busta era ricavato da lettere ritagliate da titoli di giornali, e stando al timbro postale la lettera di minaccia è stata spedita il 5 dicembre dalla città di Osijek. Una storia inquietante all'indomani dell’arresto di Ante Gotovina: in diversi articoli Hedl ha raccontato i crimini commessi contro civili serbi a Osijek e Vukovar.

08.12.2005 Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) will showcase the work of 70 of its research partners from developing countries at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia, 16–18 November 2005.

08.12.2005 Ogni giorno che passa cresce la domanda proveniente dalla società civile di un’informazione vera e credibile. Per questo, la Tavola della pace, il Coordinamento nazionale degli Enti Locali per la pace e i diritti umani, la Federazione nazionale Stampa Italiana e l’Usigrai – Sindacato Giornalisti Rai hanno deciso di organizzare una Giornata nazionale dedicata alla promozione di “un’informazione e comunicazione di pace”. L’iniziativa nasce da un ampio confronto fra operatori di pace e operatori dell’informazione che si è sviluppato alla vigilia della marcia per la pace Perugia-Assisi dello scorso 11 settembre. Enti Locali, scuole e organizzazioni della società civile saranno invitati a promuovere iniziative di riflessione e mobilitazione sui problemi dell’informazione e della comunicazione di pace.

07.12.2005 Microsoft founder chairman Bill Gates has brought good tidings to the country on his fourth visit to India. The chairman of the software major on Wednesday announced that the company plans to increase its headcount in India by 3,000 over the next three to four years.

06.12.2005 India's largest cable Internet network, has slashed prepaid broadband prices to as low as Rs 200 a quarter or Rs 450 annually.

06.12.2005 "Over 70 per cent of India's 1 billion-plus population lives in villages and considering that telephones have not yet reached most of the villages, this is where the scene of action is going to be. The challenges are many, but the rewards would also be high," Benhur Mesfin, director (wireless broadband - Asia Pacific, government & enterprise mobility solutions), Motorola, told Business Standard, during his recent visit to India.

05.12.2005 All the 12 chief information commissioners appointed so far under the newly enacted Right to Information (RTI) Act, whether at the centre or in the states, have turned out to be IAS officers, serving or retired.

02.12.2005 Fondacija CURE Sarajevo realizira kampanju 16. dana aktivizma protiv nasilja na osnovu roda/spola u Bosni i Hercegovini. Od početka kampanje, 25. novembra do danas odvijalo se mnoštvo edukativnih i kreativnih akcija koje se realiziraju volonterski i u saradnji sa mnogim civilnim inicijativama koje djeluju u BiH.

01.12.2005 El pasado 4 y 5 de noviembre se llevo a cabo en la ciudad de San Salvador el encuentro “Evaluación y reflexión sobre la defensa de periodistas y de la libertad de expresión". Al encuentro asistieron representantes de la Asociación democrática para la defensa de los derechos humanos (ASDEH) de Colombia, Centro de Reportes informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA) de Guatemala, El comité por la libre expresión C-Libre de Honduras, El Centro nacional de comunicación social (CENCOS) México, Trust por the Americas, Fundación Raíces de El Salvador y Probidad.

01.12.2005 "I've lived in four different countries in my life, but I've never left home." It sounds like a riddle of the Sphinx, but the quote from Homeland - about Ruthenian villagers who share language, culture and history but are divided by a fence - is typical of the real-life experiences vividly captured by young film-makers for the One World Broadcasting Trust’s student bursary scheme. Gareth Benest reports.