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President Vladimir Putin watched as Russia’s first rocket from a new cosmodrome finally took off on Thursday. It came a day after a technical glitch thwarted the much-publicised launch. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Fears that land will be taken from the people and sold off to foreigners or moneyed elites are fueling a rare and growing protest movement in Kazakhstan. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.rferl.org

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The recent debate surrounding Apple’s defiance of the FBI’s request to provision a back door into an iPhone has done something that few other news events could have done; it significantly raised the general public’s awareness of the degree to…