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Seven hostages 'killed' as army storms Algeria gas plant
Seven hostages were killed by militants during an army assault at the In Amenas gas plant, according to Algeria's state news agency. Special forces also killed 11 Islamist militants after a four-day standoff, it said.
Africa
West African bloc calls for international support in Mali
West Africa's main political bloc has called for more international support, as it prepares to join the French intervention in Mali. Paris has said that African troops must lead the fight against the Islamists.
Balkans
Gun pointed during Bulgarian party rally
A veteran Turkish minority party leader in Bulgaria has escaped unharmed after a gunman took close aim during a televised speech in Sofia. Guards tackled the 25-year-old assailant whose gun did not discharge.
United Nations
UN achieves treaty to limit mercury
More than 140 nations have adopted the first treaty to reduce mercury emissions. The agreement will set limits on emissions of the highly toxic metal that is widely used in chemical production and small-scale mining.
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School tones down plagiarism claims against minister
The University of Düsseldorf is toning down its allegations of plagiarism against Education Minister Annette Schavan, according to a German newspaper. Claims she had plagiarized parts of her doctorate emerged last year.
Agriculture
Berlin protest slams industrialized farming
Opponents of industrialized agriculture have converged on Chancellor Angela Merkel's chancellery. A lead speaker slammed Berlin's current "Green Week" trade fair as a façade for "million-fold" animal suffering.
Diplomacy
Falkland Islanders to vote in referendum on future
Residents of the Falkland Islands are set to vote in a referendum on whether they wish to remain a UK territory. The move comes amid renewed tensions over Argentina's claim to the islands.
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Seven hostages 'dead' as army storms Algeria gas plant
Seven hostages were killed by militants during an army assault at the In Amenas gas plant, according to Algeria's state news agency. Special forces also killed 11 Islamist militants after a four-day standoff, it said.
Diplomacy
Falkland Islanders to vote in referendum on future
Residents of the Falkland Islands are set to vote in a referendum on whether they wish to remain a UK territory. The move comes amid renewed tensions over Argentina's claim to the islands.
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United States
Nothing quiet on the domestic front
The reform of US gun and immigration laws, a weak economy, an unresolved Middle East conflict and the looming withdrawal from Afghanistan – President Obama's challenges are manifold.
Economy
The USA's hollowing middle class
For decades, the US middle class could count on a good and improving standard of living. But the financial crisis has laid bare shifts in America's foundation, which suggest the middle class is being squeezed out.
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silenc: Removing the silent letters from a body of text

silenc: Removing the silent letters from a body of text

Jan 18, 2013 10:09 am

During a two-week visualization course, Momo Miyazaki, Manas Karambelkar, and Kenneth Aleksander Robertsen imagined what a body of text would be without the the silent letters in silenc.

silenc is based on the concept of the find-and-replace command. This function is applied to a body of text using a database of rules. The silenc database is constructed from hundreds of rules and exceptions composed from known guidelines for "un"pronunciation. Processing code marks up the silent letters and GREP commands format the text.

So nothing too fancy on the analysis side, but the experimental views are kinda interesting to see. [via @alexislloyd]