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Sexy sumo wrestlers
May 29, 2008In Canada, Subaru has followed the familiar ad formula of showing bikini-clad models hosing down a vehicle and each other in slow motion. But instead of models, there are sumo wrestlers flipping their hair, snapping towels and pouring buckets of soapy water onto each other as the song “Danger! High Voltage” by the rock band [...]
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AfriqueConnect
May 22, 2008The transformative potential of mobile phones in developing countries remains largely anecdotal but well-documented. Take the case of Andwele, a 22 year-old vendor of cattle and livestock in the Kariakoo market in Des es Salaam, Tanzania. Last year he managed to afford to buy a mobile phone (price roughly equivalent to the cost of a [...]