Topic: POLITIK - on November 21, 2011 at 8:51:00 PM CET
Egypt Live Blog Nov
Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments in Cairo, as protesters take to the streets in the Egyptian capital to voice their dissatisfaction with the pace of reform following an uprising several months ago.
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Topic: History - on November 21, 2011 at 8:48:00 PM CET
Die Radikalisierung der "Nazi-Mädels"
In der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung ist rechte Gewalt männlich - bis jetzt. Mit der Terroristin Beate Z. wird nun die weibliche Seite des braunen Netzwerks sichtbar. Tatsächlich sind immer mehr Frauen der Szene gewaltbereit. Sie wollen nicht mehr nur die "Mädels" sein, sondern "politische Soldatinnen" mit der "naturgegebenen Verpflichtung" als deutsche Mutter.
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Topic: health - on November 21, 2011 at 8:46:00 PM CET
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses'
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids
The world's major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations.
They are accused of violating more than 20 instruments of international human rights law through promoting reliance on the sale and use of dangerous and unsafe pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 21, 2011 at 10:10:00 AM CET
The Surveillance Catalog - Where governments get their tools
Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments to break into people’s computers and cellphones, and "massive intercept" gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country.
The documents—the highlights of which are cataloged and searchable here—were obtained from attendees of a secretive surveillance conference held near Washington, D.C., last month
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