Nir’s Notes

  By Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck Published June 28, 2004 Although it often seems like a solitary outpost of democratic sanity, the United States is not alone in waging the war of ideas. Since September 11, more than a dozen privately ownedpro-democracy radio stations have emerged in freedom-starved countries like North Korea, Syria, Iran [...]

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  July 13, 2004, 8:57 a.m. Radio Free World Liberty-starved countries see a boom in clandestine radio. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck Although it often seems like a solitary outpost of democratic sanity, the U.S. is not alone in waging the war of ideas. Since 9/11, over a dozen privately owned, pro-democracy radio stations [...]

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