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What are Flash Mobs?

Flash mobs: from the Haka Mob to the Arab Spring, using social media to stage large events is a 21st century phenomenon that is not going anywhere. This trend is especially true in the United States, where recent flash mobs in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa have turned violence and angry.

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Demonstrators take part in a protest against the high cost of living and for social justice in Tel Aviv

Israeli protesters face moment of truth

Israel's social protest movement faces its moment of truth on Saturday when the turnout for a March of a Million demonstration in Tel Aviv will show whether a popular push for reform can be sustained, a leading organiser said.
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Beyonce is Pregnant: She Wants a Boy

Now that it is confirmed that Beyonce is pregnant the question is, if the baby would be a boy or a girl. Fans have gone gaga over this on social networks, but the answer is not known. However, Beyonce has said she wants a boy.
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Facebook, LinkedIn Threaten to Slay Monster.com

Shares of the parent of online job board Monster.com are down nearly 70 percent this year, with most of that loss coming since early July. A company that once boasted a multi-billion dollar market valuation is now worth less than $1 billion.
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Flash Mobs: 5 Biggest Flash Mobs of All Time

Flash mobs are becoming an increasingly terrifying phenomenon in many American cities. But they have been used as a tool of political protest for a decade, and text messaging and social media have helped people communicate in many significant instances.
Supporters of veteran Indian

India protests swell as anti-graft activist fasts

Protests swelled across India on Wednesday in support of a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption campaigner fasting to the death in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's struggling government at a loss over how to end the standoff.
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Research Shows ?Facebook Fatigue?

New research from Global Web Index shows sharp declines among Facebook users in some of the world's biggest markets including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Supporters of Anna Hazare sign a banner with a portrait of Hazare outside the Tihar jail in New Delhi

Analysis: India Risks Facing Its Own Arab Spring

An anti-corruption movement led by a feisty 74-year-old social activist is snowballing into one of the biggest challenges in decades for the ruling Congress party and if not contained risks sparking India's own version of an Arab Spring revolt.
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Google+ Learns From Facebook Privacy Mistakes

When Google+ launched in late June, it instantly became the new cool place to be on the web. The hip factor associated with Google's new social networking venture very much stemmed from the fact that it was initially by invitation only. In the week before the 4th of July and the days that followed, streams on reigning social media giants Facebook and Twitter were full of users offering invites and even more people asking for them.
Police officers in riot gear are deployed in Eltham, south London

UK May Disrupt Social Networks During Unrest

Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.

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