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Twitter Frees Jailbird From UC-Berkeley

Posted by The Astute Fem 05/09/2008 08:46 AM
Tags: Egypt, Twitter, James Karl Buck, Mohammed Maree
Twitter Frees Jailbird From UC-Berkeley
UC-Berkeley graduate student James Karl Buck was covering anti-government protests in Mahalla, Egypt when he was arrested with his translator, Mohammed Maree, on April 10th.

Buck quickly used his cellphone to send "Arrested" through Twitter, a social networking and microblogging site he learn... MORE »
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