From Wired Magazine: "Journalist Tweets From Jail With Guard’s Phone"

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/tweet-of-the-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

This article does a great job of illustrating how uneven globalization's effects have proven.  Although Afghanistan is probably one of the most remote locations in terms of communication, there are people living there that have access to cell phone communication and the internet.  However, these technologies have not penetrated into the culture of the Afghans and thus allowed the journalist to give some notice of his location to others.