Topic: POLITIK - on April 18, 2009 at 11:18:00 AM CEST
Swedish Pirate Party Gains 3000 Members In 7 Hours
Due to outrage over the verdict in The Pirate Bay trial, the Swedish Pirate Party has gained 3000 members in less than 7 hours. It is now bigger than 3 of the 7 parties represented in the Swedish parliament. 'Ruling means that our political work must now be stepped up. We want to ensure that the Pirate Bay activities — to link people and information — is clearly lawful. And we want to do it for all people in Sweden, Europe and the world, continues Rick Falk Vinge. We want it to be open for ordinary people to disseminate and receive information without fear of imprisonment or astronomical damages.
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Topic: POLITIK - on April 17, 2009 at 12:41:00 PM CEST
Wien: Unterlagen zu e-Voting aufgetaucht
Aus unbekannten Kreisen ist das Handbuch zur Administration der „e-Voting“-Plattform (Wählen von zuhause aus mit Chipkarte und Lesegerät) für die Wahlen der Österreichischen Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft (ÖH-Wahl) an die Öffentlichkeit geraten. Die 67-seitige Dokumentation ist nur für Mitglieder der Wahlkommissionen gedacht und beschreibt wie eine Wahl erstellt, der Zeitraum von e-Voting und Papierwahl festgelegt, die Wählerverzeichnisse konfiguriert, Kandidaten und Fraktionen eingetragen und die Unterkommissionen definiert werden. Darüber hinaus wird die gesamte Wählerevidenz online geführt.
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Topic: POLITIK - on April 13, 2009 at 2:41:00 PM CEST
Media crackdown by Fiji military
Fijians are feeling the force of a new military government with censors now controlling the media.
Under a 30-day state of emergency, newspapers and broadcasters are not allowed to carry stories critical of the army's grip on power in Fiji.
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Topic: POLITIK - on April 10, 2009 at 4:28:00 PM CEST
World’s first trillion dollar ad campaign
One of the most eloquent symbols of Zimbabwe’s collapse is the Z$100 trillion dollar note, a symptom of their world record inflation. This note cannot buy anything, not even a loaf of bread and certainly not any advertising, but it can become the advertising, it can be a powerful reminder about Zimbabwe’s plight and the need to hold someone accountable.
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Topic: POLITIK - on April 3, 2009 at 4:57:00 PM CEST
White House gives out number to sex line for Hillary Clinton conference call
US journalists got a shock when they dialled a toll-free number to join a conference call with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor James Jones in London.
The number turned out to be a sex chat line inviting callers to use their credit card numbers.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 23, 2009 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Dubai bans nudity, dancing and holding hands
Playing loud music, dancing, nudity, kissing and even holding hands in public is considered inapproppriate behaviour under new guidelines laid down by the authorities of Dubai.
The Dubai Executive Council had urged residents of Dubai, where foreigners make up more than 80 per cent of the population, to respect the customs of the Muslim majority country and avoid inappropriate behaviour.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 8, 2009 at 12:26:00 PM CET
Ex-UN prosecutor: Bush may be next up for International Criminal Court
An ex-UN prosecutor has said that following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, former US President George W. Bush could — and should — be next on the International Criminal Court’s list.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 4, 2009 at 12:15:00 PM CET
Obama unseals Bush-era wiretap memos
The Bush administration secretly concluded after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that it had the authority to wiretap the Internet and telephone calls with virtually no limitations, restrict free speech, and use the U.S. military domestically against suspected terrorists.
Those legal opinions came in a series of memorandums written by U.S. Department of Justice lawyers, including deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo, which were disclosed by the Obama administration on Monday.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 3, 2009 at 12:31:00 PM CET
Digital politics is different
In November 1988 Stuart Weir, at the time editor of the New Statesman, published a special edition of the magazine asking those concerned with the health of British democracy to stand up and be counted. The proposal, which he called 'Charter 88', called for a new constitutional settlement, one which would guarantee civil liberties and the rule of law.
Shortly afterwards 348 people paid for and signed an advert in the Guardian newspaper asking people to offer support, and a year later an organisation called Charter 88 was founded to take the campaign forward, with Anthony Barnett as its first Director.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 28, 2009 at 11:58:00 AM CET
Koalitionszoff um manipulierten Mais
Kein Verbot von Genmais: Die Europäische Kommission will den EU-Staaten nicht gestatten, den Anbau von Genmais zu untersagen. Bei der Abstimmung könnte Deutschlands Stimme entscheiden - doch die Bundesregierung sucht noch nach einer gemeinsamen Linie.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 24, 2009 at 10:46:00 AM CET
Stanford had links to fund run by Bidens: report
A fund of hedge funds run by two members of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's family was marketed exclusively by firms controlled by Texas financier Allen Stanford, charged by regulators with an $8 billion fraud, the Wall Street Journal said.
The $50 million fund was jointly branded between the Bidens' Paradigm Global Advisors LLC and a Stanford Financial Group entity, and was known as the Paradigm Stanford Capital Management Core Alternative Fund, the paper said.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 20, 2009 at 10:44:00 AM CET
Spain's Justice Minister admits he went hunting illegally
The Minister for Justice, Mariano Fernández Bermejo, has admitted that he took part in a weekend’s hunting in Jaén without the necessary licence from the Andalucian Government. Bermejo made the admission on the ‘Mirada Critica’ programme on Tele5 this morning, but claimed he thought that the land, close to Puertollano, was in Castilla-La Mancha.
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