Millions of Californians would not be able to smoke tobacco inside their own homes under new legislation that would raise the bar nationwide for fighting secondhand smoke.
Daily Archives: 2. März 2013
Eurozone crisis: Portugal protests against austerity
Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in cities across Portugal against government austerity measures.
Huge crowds gathered in the capital Lisbon to demand the government resign.
Politics at play in Sea Shepherd-Japan whaling wars
To the Japanese government, they are terrorists. To a US federal appeals court, they are pirates.
Turkish captives to be released by Kurdish rebels: agency
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels are planning to release a group of captured Turkish officials within the next 10 days
Guinea says investigating shootings as protest death toll mounts
the government said it was investigating whether security forces used live rounds against civilians.
Sea Shepherd: We are in the Southern Ocean, Admiral, because you are not
According to retired Australian Rear Admiral James Goldrick, the campaign by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to defend whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary from Japanese whalers may lead to a Japanese-Chinese war in the East China Sea.
Central banks snap up Aussie
RESERVE Bank documents released last week under Freedom of Information laws indicate as many as 34 central banks around the world, from Kazakhstan to Peru, have been snapping up Australian securities to bolster their foreign exchange reserves.
Aust troops ‚kill two Afghan children‘
„I offer my personal apology and condolences to the family of the boys who were killed,“ General Joseph Dunford, commander of ISAF, said in a statement.
Federal spending cuts could leave military school districts scrambling to finish school year
Walker anticipated an Impact Aid cut as the country flirted with the „fiscal cliff“ in January, so delayed repairs on school roofs and air conditioning systems. But the coming funding reductions look worse than he prepared for — likely meaning living with longstanding school plumbing problems
US faces huge job losses as Obama orders $85bn cuts
Barack Obama warned on Saturday of a „ripple effect“ through the US economy that would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs after he reluctantly signed an order to begin a huge $85bn (£56bn) programme of government cuts.
U.S. secretly trains Syrian opposition fighters: report
The United States, which pledged on Thursday to provide the Syrian opposition with food rations and medical supplies, is reportedly involved in a “covert program to train rebel fighters” in areas near Syria, according to the New York Times.
John Kerry visits Cairo as Egyptian police use tear gas on protesters
US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Egypt, as major protests take place in several cities. Egyptian police have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who stormed a security building in Mansoura, Al Arabiya reported.
Obama kommt im September zu G20-Gipfel nach Russland
„Präsident Barack Obama besucht Sankt Petersburg, um am G-20-Gipfel im September teilzunehmen“, heißt es in einer offiziellen Mitteilung des Weißen Hauses.
Telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama
The two Presidents agreed to work closely on hot-button international topics pertaining to Syria, the Middle East peace process, Iran, North Korea, and ballistic missile defence plans. In discussing the Syrian crisis, the President of Russia noted the need to rapidly bring an end to hostilities. The leaders instructed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry to continue active contacts and to focus on developing possible new initiatives aimed at a political settlement of the crisis.
Readout of the President’s Call with President Putin
The Presidents welcomed the substantive and constructive consultations held by Secretary Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov earlier this week in Berlin on implementing the Geneva Action Group framework to enable a political transition in Syria. The two Presidents agreed on the need to advance a political transition to end the violence as soon as possible and the importance of Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov continuing their engagement on Syria. (…)
Finally, the Presidents agreed to hold a bilateral meeting in conjunction with the June G8 Summit in Northern Ireland and President Obama said he looks forward to visiting St. Petersburg for the G-20 meeting in September.
Putin und Obama vereinbaren Schritte für friedliche Lösung in Syrien
Bei dem Telefonat betonte Putin die Notwendigkeit, dass die Kampfhandlungen in Syrien schnellstmöglich beendet werden. Darüber hinaus einigten sich die beiden Präsidenten darauf, die Zusammenarbeit bei den internationalen Angelegenheiten wie der Nahostregelung, dem Atomstreit mit Nordkorea sowie der Raketenabwehr zu verstärken.
This Week in Civil Liberties (03/01/2013)
What types of data can be pulled off of a seized iPhone by law enforcement agents using forensic analysis tools?
The U.S. Marshals Service experimented with what new surveillance tool, according to documents released this week?
Ex-Korruptionsstaatsanwalt: Warum das Amtsgeheimnis fallen muss
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Walter Geyer war Leiter der Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft Wien.
Empörung in Argentinien über holländischen Botschafter
Das Verfahren untersucht die Straftaten während der Diktatur, die im Zusammenhang mit der ehemaligen Marineschule ESMA stehen. Sie gilt als das größte geheime Foltergefängnis des Militärregimes.
Draft Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline `Devastatingly Cynical`
Since the project was first proposed by a Canadian company, TransCanada, in 2008, it has been beset by local and national opposition in both countries, including drawing some 40,000 protesters to Washington last month.
Nato apologises after two Afghan boys killed
The Nato-led Isaf force has apologised for the deaths of two Afghan boys, killed when a helicopter fired on them, mistaking them for insurgents.
The boys, aged under seven, were killed last month in rural Uruzgan province.
Russia exported 15 bln dlrs worth of arms 2012
Russia is the world’s second largest arms exporter after the United States.
Beppe Grillo is a wise clown saving Italy with satire, says Dario Fo
Fo, 86, is best known for his play Accidental Death of an Anarchist, inspired by the death of a man in police custody in 1969, and has long been a leftwing hero in Italy. He publicly backed Grillo this year, co-writing a book on the comedian‘s fledgling political movement and giving him a ringing endorsement at a packed rally in Milan‘s Piazza Duomo days before the election.
Handliches kleines Wallpaper in Zeiten der totgeschwiegenen Spionage durch elektromagnetische Abstrahlung
Radio Utopie hat bereits vier Artikel der Serie “DER MOBILE TELEVISOR” zum Thema Spionage mittels elektromagnetischer Strahlung bzw Abstrahlung, auch “Störstrahlung” oder “kompromittierende Strahlung” genannt, veröffentlicht. Da seitens der Prostituierten im Bundestag, der in der Enquete-Kommision unter den Boden gesäuselten angeblichen “Bürgerrechtler” und natürlich auch seitens der selbsternannten “Experten”, Akademiker und anderer Fachnutten (wie z.B. denen aus dem Chaos Computer Club) weiter jedwede verifizierbaren und relevanten Äußerungen (geschweige denn Maßnahmen) gegen diese seit Jahrzehnten unter allgemeiner Omerta betriebene alltägliche skrupellose, kranke und obszöne Verletzung aller verfassungsmäßigen Rechte der Menschen in dieser Republik ausbleiben, habe ich mal eben schnell ein kleines handliches Wallpaper für den Desktop des arbeitswut-unbürgerlichen und von der Stasi 3.0 genervten Dissidenten entworfen.
Kenyan campaign marred by accusations of rigging
Kenya‘s top two presidential candidates held their final rallies Saturday before large and raucous crowds, but it was an interview with a British newspaper that upended the campaign‘s final days, with the prime minister quoted as saying violence could be worse than 2007-08 if he loses because of rigging.
SDOE gives names of Lagarde list΄s 49 biggest depositors
The Parliamentary Investigation Committee looking into possible penal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou for his involvement and handling of the so-called β€˜Lagarde list΄ affair, was on Thursday gave a list containing the names of 49 depositors – taken from the Lagarde list, by witness Panagiotis Mantouvalos.
Ich weiß, was du diesen Sommer twittern wirst
stellen wir uns einmal vor, die Befürworter des Leistungsschutzrechts hätten die Mittel und das Know-how, um die Verhaltensmuster der lautstärksten und einflussreichsten Kritiker auszuwerten und davon ausgehend auszurechnen, wann welche taktischen Schritte am sinnvollsten sind, um den Widerstand möglichst gering zu halten.