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Guardian March 18, 2009

In pictures:Keep calm and put up your poster.

It’s the pin-up of the post-war age, gracing homes, shops – even a US embassy in the UK. Jon Henley talks about the poster the Britons just can’t stop buying.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/18/keep-calm-carry-on-poster

Keywords: Posters, economic downturn, UK, WWII, appeasement.

The New York Times February 20, 2009

Chicago connects the city’s surveillance camera network with the 911 emergency services to increase security and fight street crime.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/us/21cameras.html

Keywords: CCTV, 911, surveillance, security.

Defected North Korean artist makes parody of the state’s propoganda.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/asia/21painter.html?_r=1

Keywords: North Korea, art, Communism,

Guardian February 21, 2009

Underwater museum to be built to view Cleopatra’s sunken treasures off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/20/alexandria-sunken-treasures-underwater-museum

Keywords: Alexandria, Jacques Rougerie, tourism regeneration

Readers send in photos on the theme of surveillance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/feb/20/weekend-readers-pictures-surveillance?picture=343544857

Keywords: surveillance

  1. Very impressive!

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