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India’s Modi spoofed over doctored photos of Chennai flood visit

December 4, 2015 publisher against-privacy, became-the-butt, from-expressing, india, jeremy-wagstaff, kong-based, militant-groups, narendra-modi, nsa, peering-through, press, prime-minister, speaks-during, strongest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the butt of online jokes on Friday when it turned out an official photo showing him surveying flood damage in southern India through a helicopter window had been doctored. The picture showed Modi peering through the round window at a dramatic view of flooded city streets in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, after the strongest rains in a century there killed more than 280 people in a month and displaced thousands of residents. Social media lit up with users accusing the official Press Information Bureau (PIB) of faking the scene.

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Cambodia PM starts to ‘like’ Facebook as opponents woo voters online

October 20, 2015 admin 2013-election, account-bearing, cambodia, catching-fire, facebook, force, government, hunger-games, opposition, phnom, platform, prime-minister, said-on-tuesday

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is taking a belated leap into the digital age in a bid to court young, urban voters as he tries to fend off unprecedented competition from the opposition after three decades in power.

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Canada’s strategic voters lean Liberal as vote nears

October 17, 2015 admin conservative, conservatives, julie-gordon, lead-the-ruling, liberal, liberals, organizers, prime-minister, stephen-harper, support, the-center-left, their-support, vote-together

By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Organizers of two key strategic voting campaigns in Canada are throwing most of their support to the center-left Liberals, who lead the ruling Conservatives in polls and may also benefit from a bandwagon effect in the final days of the tight campaign. Both Leadnow, a non-profit group funded through individual donations, and website strategicvoting.ca have seen support grow as sentiment against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his 10-year-old government builds and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau opens up a lead in opinion polls.

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India’s Modi set to woo tech companies in Silicon Valley

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By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has documented his push to bring U.S. investments and jobs back to India on his Facebook and Twitter pages since landing in the United States this week, posting photos with the likes of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and group shots with Fortune 500 CEOs.

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Modi trip gives Facebook, Google chance to press on Indian expansion

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By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip this weekend to Silicon Valley gives Facebook and Google the chance to press him on issues that have bedeviled them in that country, a market they see as vital to their aggressive global expansion. For Facebook and Google, India is a crucial market. With 1.3 billion people, it is the world's second most-populous country – and they are blocked from China, the most populous, making success in India even more critical for their global growth.

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Pandora says has paid $500 million in artist royalties in past year

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(Reuters) – Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc said it paid nearly $500 million in artist royalties over the past 12 months, bringing the total to more than $1.5 billion in about 10 years. “It took us nearly nine years to generate the first billion dollars in royalties, and just over a year to increase that total by 50 percent,” Chief Executive Brian McAndrews said in a statement on Wednesday. Pandora gets revenue from advertising and paid subscriptions

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Uproar over Indian encryption law forces government to retreat

September 22, 2015 publisher logo-hangs, market-position, narendra-modi, preserve-copies, prime-minister, risked-marring, speed, such-as-twitter, tech

India's government on Tuesday withdrew a draft law on encryption technology that critics called draconian and unworkable, after complaints from internet freedom activists risked marring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley this weekend.

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Malaysia to block websites promoting anti-government rally

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Malaysia will block websites attempting to spread information about a two-day rally due to be staged in three cities this weekend by a pro-democracy group demanding Prime Minister Najib Razak's resignation.

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Gunman in Virginia TV shooting had history of workplace issues

August 27, 2015 creative annual-leaders, been-sent, bersih-najib, former-employee, internet, market-power, najib, posts-on-social, prime-minister, shootings, the-slain, under-the-name, vester-flanagan

While authorities said they had not determined a motive, perceived racism appeared to be a factor in the shootings, according to posts on social media attributed to the shooter and a fax that ABC News said had been sent by the gunman.

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Thailand to teach journalists how to ask inoffensive questions

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday he was not afraid of the press, days before the government is to hold a meeting to teach journalists how to ask questions that won't offend him. Gaffe-prone Prayuth has had a love-hate relationship with the media during the year since he seized power, at one point saying he would probably “just execute” journalists that “did not report the truth”.

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