Avaaz faces questions over role at centre of Syrian protest movementAmid the mass of reporting and commentary around the bloody events in Syria this week, one aspect has largely gone unnoticed: the extraordinary role played by an online campaigning group that despite its infancy has managed to place itself at the centre of the unfolding crisis. Avaaz is only five years old, but has exploded to become the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network. I
