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    It’s tricky for wikis and online encyclopedias in China
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    CNN – "It’s been a year since China’s government lifted its ban on the Chinese version of U.S.-based Wikipedia yet it remains unclear whether Wikipedia has gained any share of the country’s massive Internet readership." Comments for this post will be closed on 13 January 2010. Full Article at Library Stuff
    It’s been a year since China’s government lifted its ban on the Chinese version of U.S.-based Wikipedia yet it remains unclear whether Wikipedia has gained any share of the country’s massive Internet readership.
    SOURCE: Library Stuff 1 month ago

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  2. SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 06: Udonis Haslem #40 of the Miami Heat drives to the basket during their game against the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena on December 6, 2009 in Sacramento, California.
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  18. U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, center, leaves after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac as chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Sung Kim, right, looks on at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Bosworth arrived in South Korea on Sunday en route to North Korea for a rare meeting aimed at bringing the communist country back to international nuclear disarmament talks.