January 25, 2012
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Stop NATO News: January 25, 2012
25 January 2012 — 012 Fifth Generation Warplanes And U.S. Global ‘Domain Dominance’ Ex-President: Saakashvili May Draw Georgia Into War With Iran U.S.-Japan Military Exercises Underscore New Strategy Guidance Focus Pakistan: Opposition Parties Stage Walk-Out In Senate Over U.S. Drone Strikes U.S., Czech Defense Chiefs Discuss ‘Unequivocal’ NATO Ties Defense Minister Wants Czech Troops In Continue reading
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What is ACTA? – Max Keiser
Although the proposed treaty’s title might suggest that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines) what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have a far broader scope and in particular will deal with new tools… Continue reading
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Meet ACTA- PIPA and SOPA’s Big Brother
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international treaty that threatens free speech and your privacy online. Imagine if your ISP could censor their networks, police what you did online, and with greater ease turn your information over to authorities. That’s the danger that ACTA poses, and it’s got to be stopped. Continue reading
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UK: PAVEMENT INJUSTICE – CAMPAIGN AGAINST ON-THE-SPOT FINES
Public spaces have become increasingly policed by unaccountable officials bearing open-ended powers. Criminal offences that would have been tried in court are now often dealt with on the spot. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Silence Of The Lambs
One of the original aims of Media Lens, when we began in 2001, was to engage in honest, open and rational debate with journalists working for major news organisations. It wasn’t about ‘bashing’ them or trying to make them look bad. We wanted to examine media assumptions, challenge journalists’ arguments and find out more about… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Selective Outrage – Iran And Libya
News that a fourth scientist in two years, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, had been assassinated in Iran by an unknown agency generated minimal outrage in the press. Continue reading
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SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA Newslinks 19-24 January 2011
25 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012 As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet Max Keiser and Stacy HerbertYesterday at 17:57 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 January 2012: Witnesses: In Palestine, to Exist Is to Resist
24 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Residents Detained in Hebron IMEMC – On Tuesday Morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Hebron residents near Ibrahim Mosque, and moved them to undisclosed location, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, reported. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 24 January 2012: Stop the Madness
24 January 2012 — Information Clearing House Stop the Madness BY YOUSAF BUTT Despite all the hype, Iran‘s nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It’s time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30344.htm Continue reading
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An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web
As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet. Continue reading
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