Many UK pet owners prefer to hug their animals rather than a close relative when feeling low, a poll for a social networking website suggests.

BBC: Pet poll reveals owners' devotion

In 2005, the 15- and 16-year-old duo decided to trade the paper version of the regular high school yearbook for the digital one. myYearbook was born, a social networking website that the brother and sister team worked with throughout high school.

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Another flicker of hope is the bicommunal campaign on Facebook, a social-networking website, to protect the island's wild donkeys, ten of which were mysteriously shot dead recently.

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Supporters of the new laws say they are needed to protect employees, even when their employer may be the subject of tweets or other messages made using an employee's personal account on a social-networking website.

WSJ: Wall Street Battles States on Social-Media Protections

The upcoming BSR Conference 2011 features a secure, participant-only social networking website that allows attendees to connect and collaborate before, during and after the event.

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Thursday's demonstration - which was organised through the social networking website Facebook by a group calling itself Youth of March 24 - saw student protesters joined by leftists and members of the Islamist opposition.

BBC: Clashes break out at Jordan anti-government protest

So when I got an invitation from Badoo, which bills itself as Europe's hottest social-networking website, to attend their American launch in SoHo a few weeks back, I hesitated before hitting the delete button.

WSJ: Social-Media Face-Off

Be sure to put a link to your website in your e-mail signature, on your resume and cover letter, and on social networking profiles such as LinkedIn.

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