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Iranian Facebook activist Sattar Beheshti feared dead in custody

Tehran under pressure to issue statement on 35-year-old blogger amid reports of his death under interrogation The family of an Iranian blogger taken into custody accused of opposition activism on Facebook fears that he has died under torture.

via: www.guardian.co.uk

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8 Twitter essentials for PR

For today’s PR pro, the question is no longer whether to tweet, but what to tweet. This is, of course, a loaded question - akin to asking, what kind of pet should I buy? Happily, the answer need not be prohibitively complex. Although the specifics will depend on your specialty - crisis, public affairs, business to business, etc.

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Key Takeaways from Content Marketing World 2012 - #CMWorld

I just finished attending my first Content Marketing World (#CMWorld), and it was a great experience. My only regret is that I didn’t attend last year. The agenda was full (almost too full, as I had to constantly pit two concurrent sessions against one another and pick - luckily,…

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Social media for firms go pre-emptive

Social media for firms go pre-emptive Chief executive officers at high-profile companies would never pledge $2.5 million in support of same-sex marriage (as Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos did in July) or speak out publicly against same-sex marriages (as Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy did recently in an interview with Biblical Recorder).

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WASHINGTON - APRIL 3: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Associated Press luncheon during the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Convention at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel April 3, 2012in Washington, D.C. Obama criticized the Republican budget proposal during his remarks. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

ING Pays $619 Million to Settle Sanctions Evasion Case

ING Pays $619 Million to Settle Sanctions Evasion Case By The Associated Press Share By DANIEL WAGNER WASHINGTON (AP) - Dutch bank ING Bank NV will pay $619 million to settle charges that it secretly moved billions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on behalf of Cuban and Iranian customers, in violation of U.S. sanctions.

via: www.dailyfinance.com

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