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Seeded on Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:41 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Pertinent to the discussion 'What's wrong with Newsvine' (http://mutations.newsvine.com/_news/2006/07/11/283777-whats-wrong-with-newsvine) is this article from the Guardian about news aggregators and 'crowd editing'. Unfortunately the piece does not mention Newsvine.

google, technology, news, newsvine, digg, crowd-editing

Bush never knew his Sunnis from his Shiites

Seeded on Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:15 AM EDT (Salon.com)

In January 2003, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Bush met with three prominent Iraqi dissidents, who, in discussing scenarios of post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, "talked about Sunnis and Shiites. It became apparent to them that the president was unfamiliar with these terms."

bush, iraq, politics, sunni, foreign-policy, shiite

What's wrong with Newsvine?

Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:02 AM EDT

When I first heard about Newsvine I got all hot under the collar. The idea seemed bright and the implementation was beautiful. Newsvine, a perfect example of the much derided moniker of 'Web 2.0' seemed to be all about giving journalism back to the readers.

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technology, news, newsvine, blog, reporting, weblog

Outspoken Dutch politician Hirsi Ali ostracised, then expelled

Tue May 16, 2006 10:28 AM EDT

The shambolic immigration policy in the Netherlands has reached a new low point yesterday with the news that outspoken and controversial Somalia-born politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali faces losing her passport after a two day enquiry showed what everyone already knew, that she lied abou

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netherlands, europe, immigration, women, politics, islam, ali, verdonk, ayaan-hirsi-ali, ayaan