Topic: POLITIK - on August 20, 2010 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Wyclef Jean not on list for Haiti election for legal reasons, official says
The hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to become the president of Haiti appeared to be in doubt last night after an election official said he was not on the list of candidates for the 28 November poll.
The singer's presidential bid has electrified the earthquake-stricken country's election campaign. But yesterday a member of the country's provisional electoral council, who asked not to be named, told Reuters: "He is not on the list as I speak."
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 20, 2010 at 2:43:00 PM CEST
Wahlkommission schließt Hip-Hop-Star Wyclef Jean aus
Hip-Hop-Star Wyclef Jean wird offenbar nicht als Kandidat bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen in Haiti zugelassen. Laut einem Mitglied der Wahlkommission steht Jeans Name nicht auf der Liste der offiziellen Bewerber.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 5, 2010 at 12:19:00 PM CEST
Pentagon: WikiLeaks did not contact us
The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had not been contacted by WikiLeaks, despite claims that the whistle-blowing website sought its help reviewing thousands of classified Afghan war documents ahead of their release.
U.S. officials have appealed to WikiLeaks not to post any additional documents and accused the group of endangering lives of Afghan contacts named in its initial release of tens of thousands of classified U.S. military reports last month.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 5, 2010 at 12:16:00 PM CEST
FBI wants its seal removed from Wikipedia
Wikipedia has its critics, but now the Federal Bureau of Investigation thinks the online encyclopedia is breaking the law.
In a letter to Wikipedia (PDF) dated July 22 and posted by The New York Times, the FBI demands that its official seal be removed from a Wikipedia article about the FBI because the agency had not approved use of the image.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 2, 2010 at 12:23:00 PM CEST
State of shock: Sarkozy is dead
President Nicolas Sarkozy dies suddenly of a stroke after a tennis match against Carla. The secretary general of the Elysee tries to gain time, but the TV beats him. Obama is woken up in the middle of the night. A huge crowd gathers at the Place de la Concorde. The Pope gets ready for the funeral service. Terrorists take advantage of the chaos to prepare an attack in Paris…
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 30, 2010 at 10:44:00 AM CEST
Berlusconi-Buddy zu sieben Jahren Haft verurteilt
Er gilt als rechte Hand von Premier Berlusconi und soll dessen Partei Forza Italia mit Hilfe der Mafia groß gemacht haben: Jetzt hat ein Gericht in Palermo Marcello Dell'Utri zu einer langjährigen Haftstraffe verurteilt. Ein Meilenstein in der Rechtsprechung? Wohl kaum.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 15, 2010 at 9:56:00 AM CEST
The Mineral Miracle? Or a Massive Information Operation?
Were it not for the byline of James Risen, a New York Times reporter currently in a legal battle with the Obama administration over the identity of his sources, a second read of his blockbuster A1 story this morning, U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan, would engender some fairly acute skepticism. For one, a simple Google search identifies any number of previous stories with similar details.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 15, 2010 at 9:55:00 AM CEST
Angela Merkel's government threatened with collapse
German chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition government looked to be close to collapse today, weakened by a string of disagreements and intense infighting over austerity cuts, policy reform and the departure of senior conservatives.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 13, 2010 at 10:26:00 AM CEST
Turkish President Uses Twitter To Complain About His Own Gov't's Censorship Of Google
We've noted that Turkey has repeatedly banned YouTube, and more recently a bunch of other Google properties. The YouTube ban came from the courts. It's still not clear what resulted in the wider Google blocks. A bunch of reporters have protested the censorship, noting how bad it makes Turkey look.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 9, 2010 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Staat zahlt 442 Millionen Euro für Kirchengehälter
Die Bundesregierung spart und streicht, doch kirchliche Gehälter verschont sie. Die Bezüge werden seit 200 Jahren vom Staat getragen, und niemand scheint daran etwas ändern zu wollen - obwohl 2009 fast eine halbe Milliarde Euro gezahlt wurde.
Update: Hier hat mal jemand ausgerechnet, wieviel Subventionen die Kirchen so jährlich von uns kriegen. Es sind deutlich mehr als die 10 Milliarden, die der Staat gerade den Ärmsten in unserer Gesellschaft aus der Tasche ziehen will.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 3, 2010 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
Zum Zweiten: Zensursula
Urusla von der Leyen: Bundespräsidentin aller Deutschen?
Update - ARD: Von der Leyen aus dem Rennen um Präsidentenamt
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 25, 2010 at 9:36:00 AM CEST
China Decides Photocopiers Are Evil; At Least If They're In Tibet
It's widely known that China tries to widely censor political dissent online, but modern technology makes it possible to communicate widely not just on the internet. And, so, it appears that China is also looking to plug the "analog hole" in its Great Firewall -- at least in Tibet. The gov't is so concerned about photocopier machines, that printing and copy shops in Tibet will be required to take down detailed identifying information from everyone who uses the shops.
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