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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech is pleased to announce that we have finalized a contract with the Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation (CAVR) of Timor-Leste (East Timor). Our analysis will complement the CAVR's legal, qualitative and historical findings.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Counting the Human Cost in East Timor Our Human Rights Group just released the statistical report detailing widespread and systematic violations in Timor-Leste during the period 1974-1999. The data. This report provides additional detail to the Timorese truth commission's recently released report "Chega!" ("Enough!").

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Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor enters Indonesia

TechNode

As a result of the move, GWM now has a presence in every country in the ASEAN region except for East Timor, the carmaker said in a statement. Official data from GWM shows that the companys overseas sales reached 27,007 units in July this year, representing year-on-year growth of 83.6%. [ GWM statement, in Chinese ]

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

Candid

Accelerating extreme weather events have inspired creative solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on physical infrastructure: Copenhagens permeable tiled roads absorb stormwater, Timor-Lestes vetiver grass plantings prevent landslides, and New York Citys reflective cool roofs reduce urban heat capture.

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