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Could a Syria-style Internet blackout happen in the US?

Source: MSNBC, Nov 30 2012, 6:53pm CST

11 min. Devin Coldewey , NBC News The ongoing Internet blackout in Syria this week, like the one that occurred in Egypt early in 2011, prompts curiosity as to whether such an event could happen in one's own country. Here's one me ...

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Egypt: From Tehran with Love

Source: Real Clear World  |   May 21 2013, 5:15am CDT

Iran, with its nearly 76 million people, is the second-most populous country in the Middle East after Egypt, while its level of education and bureaucratic institutionalization is higher. The U.S. estrangement from Iran has... more ›› Syria ...

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2 days ago

Leaked List of All Blocked Web Sites in Syria

Source: Hacker News  |   May 19 2013, 9:10am CDT

It is very well known that Syria has the worst profile in blocking websites world wide, but who are these websites that are blocked? Syrian online magazine the-syrian.com/ has received a leaked document about the blocked web sites in Syria by o ...

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5 days ago

Anonymous And Telecomix Solicit Volunteers To Help Syria During Internet Blackout

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 16 2013, 10:17am CDT

Syria faced an Internet blackout for eight hours on Wednesday, its second one in the past week and the sixth one of the two-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a U.S. web trafficking firm reported . Phone lines into Damascus w ...

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5 days ago

North Africa: ANHRI - the Attack On the Freedom of Expression Is the Most Important Step of the Arab Governments to Siege the Arab the Revolutions

Source: AllAfrica.com  |   May 16 2013, 9:11am CDT

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), announces the issuance of its annual report for freedom of expression in Egypt and the Arab world for 2012. It monitors the violations to the freedo ...

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6 days ago

Internet services shut down in Syria

Source: IndiaVision  |   May 16 2013, 1:27am CDT

In a huge sigh of relief for Indian boxer Vijender Singh, National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) announced on Tuesday that the boxer has tested negative in the drug test. Damascus - Internet services in Syria have been off since early Wednesday, whi ...

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6 days ago

Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch  |   May 15 2013, 11:53pm CDT

BEIRUT Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria’s largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists said. The ...

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6 days ago

Commentary: Unbalanced UN resolution may complicate situation in Syria

Source: SINA English  |   May 15 2013, 9:52pm CDT

Internet services off in Syria DAMASCUS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Internet services in Syria have been off since early Wednesday, which appears to be a second blackout in a week, a pro-opposition activist website "SANA Revolution" and the ...

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6 days ago

Assad regime to refuse 'dictate' at peace meet

Source: Middle East North Africa Financial Network  |   May 15 2013, 9:02pm CDT

(MENAFN - Arab News) The Syrian regime and its allies will refuse any "dictate" at an international peace conference, particularly concerning the departure of President Bashar Assad., a minister said. "Syria will not accept any dic ...

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6 days ago

Iran calls for peaceful Syria solution

Source: Press TV  |   May 15 2013, 5:44pm CDT

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei made the remarks on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, where an Arab-backed resolution against Syria was approved by 107 member states. Khazaei criticized the resolution for not referring to Isr ...

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6 days ago

Are Syria's Internet Outages Increasing in Frequency?

Source: techPresident  |   May 15 2013, 5:04pm CDT

Visualization of the most recent power outage in Syria, courtesy of Arbor Networks At 3:30 Wednesday morning, Jim Cowie received an automated text message: Syria's Internet was down, again. The eight hour outage ...

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