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Krystal Myers, editor of the school paper at Lenoir City High School, has run afoul of school administrators because of her editorial entitled “No Rights: The Life of an Atheist.” Schools Director Wayne Miller said it was the decision of the school authorities not to allow publication of Myers’ editorial because of the potential for disruption in the school.
Via knoxnews.com

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Yesterday morning, journalist Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times of London was killed, along with French photographer Rémi Ochlik, in the beseiged city of Homs, Syria, where more than 400 people have been reported dead in recent weeks.   Disturbingly, the Telegraph, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and the AP all reported that Colvin and Ochlik were likely deliberately killed by the Syrian army and their location may have been tracked down through their satellite phones.
Via eff.org

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The 19-year-old university student and blogger’s attack may have been in response to a blog post she wrote a blog post (in Arabic) on February 19 addressed to Jordan’s Prince Hassan. In the post, Musallam criticized the Prince for comments he made about protesters in Amman’s Palm Tree Square (rough translation: “If I came down to Palm Tree Square, I would sift the lot of you”).
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In Argentina, measures to help the government fight terrorism, including the collection of biometric data, are drawing criticism.
Via miamiherald.com

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Internet researcher and former China correspondent Rebecca MacKinnon explains how China’s government has turned the Internet to its own advantage.
Via blogs.wsj.com

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Two days after the death of a Georgia man who was shocked with a police Taser – raising the known death toll from tasers to 500 in the United States – Amnesty International today repeated its call for tighter limits on police use of the weapons.
Via amnestyusa.org

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Officials in Kazakhstan are trying to listen to disgruntled residents of Zhanaozen, the scene of violent clashes last December that left at least 17 dead.
Via eurasianet.org

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CUPERTINO, California—February 13, 2012—Apple® today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.
Via apple.com

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Hamza Kashgari is under threat. The blogger and journalist fled to Malaysia from Saudi Arabia on February 8 after tweets he wrote about the Prophet Mohammed provoked clerics to demand he be tried for apostasy and members of the public to call for his murder.
Via eff.org