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	"WAVE" No.33 July 2009 Editorial Topic of the Issue 25th Summer Universiade, Suma Sumarum You're welcome to come again! The sports fields in Belgrade, Vršac, Inđija, Smederevo, Novi Sad and Zrenjanin, saw 8,600 student athletes from 128 countries competing for medals in 15 sports, or 203 sports events. The total of 1,146 medals were awarded, with 200 hours of television programme broadcasted in 60 countries and more than 500 thousand viewers watching the events... >> The 25th Universiade in Belgrade brings the Head of Algerian delegation back to Serbia Taking the athletes to try chilli pepers with garlic The Head of Algerian delegation, Mokhtar Hefaja, has already been to Belgrade. Not only did he visit the capital of Serbia several times during Tito's Yugoslavia, he also took to the cuisine, and he has promised his athletes to introduce them to it as well Contest for the most attractive athletes at Universiade 2009 Serbian girls the most beautiful, Italian guys the most attractive Guys from Italy were the most handsome at the Universiade village, by the opinion of the majority female Universiade participants. On the other hand, it is difficult for the male participants to choose between so many beautiful female athletes. They finally voted for Serbians and other girls with exotic looks Politics Iranian elections and citizen journalism The era of I-witnesses When Ayatolla Ali Khameni, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in the due course of events forbade public criticism and journalists found it increasingly hard to cover the protests, global media had to turn to DEMOTIX for footage, while unprofessional eyewitnesses were sending out thier observations through networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Google's instant messenger tool and others for covering the events in the streets. I-reports, I-witnesses, street journalists and amateurs made it obvious that journalism can reach beyond boundaries, limitations and restrictions of freedom of speech... >> Society International Danube Day The River of Life The International Danube Day is product of signed Danube River Protection Convention in 1994 in Bulgaria. This year's theme "Shared Waters - Joint Responsibilities" is defended by increased number of countries celebrating this day and organized events. This gives hope that people in the future will be more aware that nature can strike back and that joint life with it is necessary... >> The International Conference of Diaspora Youth Leaders "Building Bridges through prepare Tomorrow's leaders Today" The organizer's main idea was the exchange of ideas and experiences, making stronger friendships between young people in Serbia and diaspora and spreading of cultural identity. Participants agreed that differences should be overcome and an image of new and prosperous Serbia created. The best way for reaching that point is via young people full of energy and anxious to succeed and prove themselves... >> Economics Young Entrepreneurs Programme in Jamaica YEP, you can! Many Jamaican companies have carried out downsizing and redundancy exercises. Jamaican youth, as a result, have found it increasingly difficult to access jobs when they graduate from secondary and tertiary educational institutions. Within Government's YEP programme, JA$200 million will be allocated as loans for graduates with viable business ideas... >> Culture & Arts Telenor's Start up City SMS mural in Sombor "Start up City" is great because of involving young Serbian artists. Selected young artists established themselves on artistic scene by hard work and investments in their own exhibits and projects shown to narrow circle of experts. This is a kind of reward for all of them as well as opportunity to show and even donate the public their crafts - Marko Stojanovic, author... >> Review: Terazije Theater, Belgrade Hot revival of the "Grease" The evidence of the neverending popularity of Grease in Belgrade, mostly because of its singable melodies, waving rhythm, attractive choreography and timeless teenage themes, is the third set of this very musical in the last twenty years and constant drive of the audience... >> Science & Tech Twitter as a communication tool Beyond "What Are You Doing" Created in 2006 by Obvious Corp., Twitter user base has grown a lot since then. There are millions of users worldwide - in Brazil, for example, it is the second most popular social network (just behind Orkut). In the last couple of months, Twitter has appeared on several magazine covers (like Time) and on TV (Oprah's show is just one of the examples), which only increased its popularity and reach... >> Animal conservation mostly based on look Is charisma all in this decisive beauty contest? Iconography linked to pandas symbolizes all that is wrong in the typical human approach to nature, in which the animals that interest in preserving are the 'cute', 'huggable' and charismatic. The species we recognize as worthy of priority attention are not necessarily those whose extinction would produce a dire unbalance on earth. We are damning innumerable other species and entire ecosystems simply because the general public does not gravitate towards them at the zoo. If this continues at the scale of one hundred and fifty species going extinct per day, this planet will soon be home for only a few species. To achieve the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss, governments and communities should change and broaden their conservation programmes. But are they?... >> Sport Wimbledon 2009 15 The obligatory question about Rafael Nadal's absence from the draw was bound to come up, and when it did, Roger said he didn't feel the situation diminished his achievement by one iota. "I don't think it should," he said. "Everybody expected (Andy) Murray to be in the finals. He wasn't there. It's not the mistake of the one who wins in the end... You never know how he (Rafa) would have played, but it's sad he couldn't even give it a fair chance. Tennis moves very quickly, you know"... >> Entertainment Pamela Anderson in Montenegro Business and Pleasure My manager has already been in preliminary visit to Montenegro and, as a skeptical Englishman who rarely shares compliments, returned with excellent feedback. The decision was made that this country and company are those we need to operate with. This is a company with excellent future! - Pamela Anderson... >> 100 years of Audi Audi - a premium brand with a proud history The company underwent a change of name from Audi NSU Auto Union AG to AUDI AG in 1985. Ever since then, the company and the products it builds have shared the same name. The company's headquarters were moved back to Ingolstadt. Audi's subsequent progress has witnessed a sensational range of technical innovations... >> and much more in all sections... explore!