During this time, Captain Paul Watson would remain isolated in prison, awaiting an extradition that would be tantamount to a death sentence.

The Taiwanese Shark Fin Mafia has had a $20,000 bounty on his head for years. We know the arm of the Taiwanese Shark Finning Mafia reachs not just to the illegal fishing industry in Costa Rica, but also to the prison system there. Sea Shepherd fears that not only would Captain Paul Watson not receive a fair trial in Costa Rica, but he would likely not survive jail long enough to see the inside of a court room.

One brave judge is all that lay between us and a law that would have given the president power to detain US citizens indefinitely

„If Greece believes that we can find more stimulus in Europe in addition to the Memorandum (the deal stuck with the Troika), then we have to talk about that,“

Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, is in danger of isolation at this weekend’s G8 summit as other world leaders push her on measures to stimulate growth in Europe.

Explaining his desire to host both the G8 and the Nato summits in Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, the city‘s mayor told an aide: „It‘s just like the Olympics, only easier to get.“

“The eurozone is not in danger because of Greek resistance, but because of the bankrupt policies of the memorandum, of yesterday’s political system,” he said.

Tsipras accused PASOK and New Democracy of planning to privatize the entire public sector and complete their “disastrous work,” arguing that the left was the only power capable of putting an end to this.

“We want to change the austerity measures in Greece, also in Europe. We want to do this with the incorporation of other forces and people of Europe, the people who want a big change. Because everybody now understands that with this policy we are going directly to the hell. And we want to change this way.”

„They are trying to terrorize the people to make SYRIZA cave in. We will never compromise,“ the ex-Communist student leader told his party‘s lawmakers, often addressing them as „comrades“.

Der Großteil der 347.000 Aktieninhaber der Bankia sind private Kleinanleger, weil große Finanzinstitutionen das Risiko einer Beteiligung an der Bank richtig eingeschätzt hatten und sich nicht am Börsengang beteiligten.

Prime minister to urge president not to pull out French troops two years early in talks ahead of G8 summit

In a BBC interview, Mr Tsipras said if the „disease of austerity destroys Greece, it will spread to the rest of Europe“.

Banks were profiting at the expense of thousands of Europeans – in Spain and Italy, as well as Greece – left in poverty and hardship, he said.

„Therefore the European leadership and especially Mrs Merkel need to stop playing poker with the lives of people,“ Mr Tsipras said.

Der griechische Linksaussen spricht von der «Krankheit des Sparens» und meint, Merkel müsse aufhören, «Poker zu spielen». Gleichzeitig wurde bekannt, dass die EZB gewissen Banken kein Geld mehr gibt.

„Wenn die Krankheit des Sparens Griechenland zerstört, wird sie sich auf ganz Europa ausbreiten“, sagte Alexis Tsipras am Mittwoch dem britischen Rundfunksender BBC. Die Banken verdienten Geld zulasten der Bürger. „Daher müssen die europäische Führung und besonders Frau Merkel aufhören, mit dem Leben der Menschen Poker zu spielen“, sagte Tsipras.

Seit Jahren fordern Strafverfolger, darunter zum Beispiel das US-amerikanische FBI, die Internet-Verwaltung ICANN auf, Änderungen in den Akkreditierungsverträgen mit den Domain-Registraren aufzunehmen, die ihnen künftig mehr Einblick sowohl in die Bestands- als auch in die Verkehrsdaten gibt. Dieses Verlangen hat man nun in einem Forderungskatalog konkretisiert, aus dem heise.de zitiert.

there‘s an element of madness in claiming that the 2008 PRO-IP Act authorizes ACTA. ACTA was announced in 2007. How can Congress pre-authorize the negotiation of a treaty that was announced in 2007 through a law enacted in 2008?