links for 2007-11-18

• Afghanistanica | Lonely Planet Afghanistan
  “I consider this book as a public service by Lonely Planet (and their new BBC overlords). I doubt the Afghanistan guide will be a big money-maker like their guides to France, USA, Spain, etc… “
  (tags: afghanistan lonelyplanet books blog bbc)
• BBC | Radio 4 – Thinking Allowed
  “Each social group really has a collective inclination for the act of suicide that is quite it’s own, it is made up of the currents of egoism, altruism or anomy running through the society under consideration..” Emile Durkheim 1897
  (tags: bbc thinkingallowed suicidebomber sociology)
• International Herald Tribune | Hong Kong democracy icon says increasing signs of self-censorship in the territory
  “Anson Chan, formerly a top government official under both British and Chinese rule, said press freedom was being eroded in Hong Kong..”
  (tags: ap hongkong censorship journalism)
• IWPR | Georgia: Misha’s Challenge
  “Why did Georgia’s young president respond so brutally to opposition protests, and what are his prospects now?” New elections in January 2008. From, Sopho Bukia, IWPR’s Georgia editor in Tbilisi.
  (tags: iwpr georgia mikheilsaakashvili stateofemergency)
• IWPR | CCJN: Cross Caucasus Journalism Network.
  CCJN working with “50 Journalists, representing a group of newspapers..spanning the North and South Caucasus”, will use a new website, “the heart of the CJNN” to bring “journalists together virtually” & enhance regional collaboration.
  (tags: iwpr ccjn caucasus interactivity journalism training crossborder)
• New Statesman | Nietzsche and nihilism
  (tags: newstatesman nietzche superman philosophy)
• The Media Line | Dubai Shuts Down Pakistani TV Stations
  Geo and Ary One, “Two private Pakistani TV stations based in Dubai have been shut down due to pressure from the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, the television networks said on Saturday.”
  (tags: musharraf pakistan censorship tv medialine dubai)
• BMJ | Public information needs after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210 in London: Cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis
  “Certain scenarios tend to be associated with increased perceptions of risk, with substances that are manmade, have dreaded consequences, involve involuntary exposure, are hard to detect, or cause disagreement among experts..”
  (tags: bmj litvinenko information healthrisk survey)