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25.08.2010, 18:19
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To many people, Julian Assange, 39, is the personification of people power, brought to the very door of the powers-that-be with the introduction of the omnipresent Internet.
06.08.2010, 16:10
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A new Russian Law on the Police has been opened for nationwide discussion on the Internet. The unprecedented project was proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev.
26.05.2010, 17:29
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Russian lawmakers might face harsh punishment for not attending parliamentary sessions without a good reason. The issue came to surface following a scandalous video report shown by a Russian TV channel.
02.08.2009, 20:45
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Russian citizens will soon be able to vote with their mobile phones, according to the country’s Central Election Commission.
23.09.2010, 15:09
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President Dmitry Medvedev has summed up the results of the first ever nationwide discussion of a draft Law on the Police and vowed to consider most crucial amendments suggested by Russian citizens.
12.10.2010, 03:07
US President Barack Obama dodged a paperback book and encountered a streaker looking to make $1 million dollars while speaking recently in Philadelphia, PA.
27.07.2010, 17:46
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In an effort to distract attention from the release of thousands of secret documents on the Afghanistan War, the US rounded up 11 Russian “spies” according to internal sources.
19.08.2010, 17:38
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Former Cuban President Fidel Castro continues to taunt the West, this time with an article that accuses the ultra-secretive Bilderberg Group of conspiring to create a one-world government.
04.05.2010, 18:04
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Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov has criticized the organization Reporters Without Borders for describing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an enemy of a free press.
28.07.2010, 17:58
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The key to waging a successful war is to prevent secret information from falling into the hands of the enemy, yet it must be done without keeping the native population in the dark as well.
Published: 31 August, 2009, 09:31
Edited: 03 January, 2010, 07:32
File sharers beware! The British government's proposing a radical new way to punish those who freely swap music and films over the web: cutting off their internet access.
Well said JG.
The unelected politician, who was previously sacked on two separate occasions, may be keen to help out another rich guy who bought him lunch but this concept is doomed to failure. The EU has already made it clear that removing someone's Internet connection without due process (i.e. a day in court and a chance for the victim to defend themself) would represent a serious breach of their human rights. The next problem is that, when cutting off an Internet connection, several family members may be affected despite only one being responsible. Such group punishment is also not legal. The reason this idea has been floated is precisely because the copyright holders have failed miserably when they have had to take these issues before a court. The biggest mistake has been to identify and accuse the wrong people as illegal file sharers. Now, because they know they cannot win in court, they would like a method which forgoes the legal niceties of a court and the right of individuals to defend themselves.