But as Vodafone reminded the world on Thursday, those new media can just as easily function as state-of-the-art propaganda.

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But instead of publishing the leaks on its site--a strategy that has made WikiLeaks the target of cyber- and legal attacks since it began posting a quarter-million secret cables from the U.S. State Department last month--OpenLeaks will function as a secure tip box that passes leaked files on to whatever media outlet or NGO the leaker chooses.

FORBES: Focus

The digital "eyebrow" display at the top of the instrument panel provides high visibility for the Eco indicator and speedometer, while the lower liquid crystal meter display houses the new percentage style state-of-charge meter, power meter, battery temperature gauge, multi-function display, remaining energy gauge, capacity level gauge and distance to empty display.

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The four-engine Yun-20, or Transport-20, is a huge, multi-function airfreighter that can perform various long distance air transport tasks targeting cargo and passengers, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.

CNN: China's new super cargo jet takes to the skies

Officials say that one function of party cells in the non-state sector is to help ensure that such enterprises uphold the law.

ECONOMIST: Economically, but not politically

It is hard to imagine a more devastating form of terror than that entailed in the dislocation, hardship and destruction that would accompany an America returned to a pre-industrial state - except now with its population crowded into cities that could not function, with a military unable to protect us or to maintain order.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The terror next time

It is quite evident that Cuban intelligence is extremely organized and sophisticated, and does not function like that of a typical isolated third-world rogue state.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Cuban Intelligence Operations in the US

In some such places, so-called non-state players (from warlords to private firms to religious leaders) are about the only things that really function at all.

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