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BRITAIN’S secret service has begun a drive to recruit a cadre of Mandarin-speaking spies to counter the growing Chinese influence in the oil-rich regions of central Asia and Africa.
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Iran's president has launched a blog. It's available in Persian, French, English and Arabic.
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The most popular podcasts could be making their producers more than $1 million a year. Research released by Nielsen Analytics reported some podcasts are downloaded 2 million times a month.

Interesting article. particualrly so as since they launched www.sis.gov.uk, MI6 claimed it would be moving into mainstream recruitment and away from the 'tap on the shoulder'. In fact, my sister was (recently)told by her Cambridge college dean that the Dean's 'contact' had emailed thanking for the college's help in the past but that in future could they direct all potential candidates to the website!
Posted by: Simon Collister | August 14, 2006 at 09:53 AM
Interesting article. particualrly so as since they launched www.sis.gov.uk, MI6 claimed it would be moving into mainstream recruitment and away from the 'tap on the shoulder'. In fact, my sister was (recently)told by her Cambridge college dean that the Dean's 'contact' had emailed thanking for the college's help in the past but that in future could they direct all potential candidates to the website!
Posted by: Simon Collister | August 14, 2006 at 09:53 AM