Daily Archives: 15. März 2013


15.03.2013 - 21:04 [ ACLU ]

Victory in Court: CIA Can No Longer Refuse to `Confirm or Deny` on Drones

This is an important victory. It requires the government to retire the absurd claim that the CIA‘s interest in the targeted killing program is a secret, and it will make it more difficult for the government to deflect questions about the program‘s scope and legal basis. It also means that the CIA will have to explain what records it is withholding, and on what grounds it is withholding them.

15.03.2013 - 21:03 [ antikrieg.com ]

Israelischer General behauptet, dass eine ‚50.000 Mann starke’ iranische Streitmacht in Syrien existiert

Es gibt zwar noch immer keinen Beweis, aber der israelische Generalmajor Aviv Kochavi hat eine Beschuldigung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika von Anfang Februar wiederholt, es gäbe eine geheime riesige iranische Armee, die in Syrien operiert, und sagte, sie hätten eine Streitmacht von 50.000 Mann geschaffen, die Assad stützen und den Krieg nach seinem Sturz weiterführen sollte

15.03.2013 - 20:27 [ ITAR-TASS ]

State Duma imposes high fines for swear words in mass media

The fines have remained unchanged as compared to those in the bill adopted in the first reading: individuals will have to pay 2,000-3,000 roubles (U.S. $1=RUB 30.76), officials, from 5,000 to 20,000 rubles, and legal entities from 20,000 to 200,000 rubles for using profanity-laden language in the media.

15.03.2013 - 16:49 [ Radio Utopie ]

Den Siegern die Beute

IN DEN Tagen nach den israelischen Wahlen, ließ Yair Lapid, der große Sieger, wissen, dass er der nächste Außenminister sein möchte.

15.03.2013 - 16:26 [ Wired ]

U.N. Drone Inquisitor Says It’s Time to End Robot War in Pakistan

After days of meeting with Pakistani officials, the United Nations official investigating Washington’s global campaign of drone strikes attacked the legal and strategic basis for the robotic war in its biggest battlefield. And he raised doubts over whether Americans operating the drones can actually distinguish terrorists from average Pakistanis.

15.03.2013 - 15:00 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Cases of Greek starving children increase

Two days earlier, the director of an elementary school from Trikala wrote an open letter about a six-year-old child in her class. “After almost a week of school absence, the child returned to school, emaciated, cachectic, with trembling all over his body. The parents of this little child are unemployed. They live in a slum. They lack even the bread.“

15.03.2013 - 14:56 [ Guardian ]

The cheek of it – German political comedy nicks gags from Yes Minister

A political satire about a politician who quits because he plagiarised his doctorate has been exposed – for plagiarising, reports the Times

15.03.2013 - 09:28 [ The very supersensational DIGITAL COURAGE, formerly known in (potentially evil) native language as "Foebud" ]

Die StopRFID-Seiten des FoeBuD e.V.

Während sich Wirtschaft und Politik fieberhaft und nahezu täglich neue Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für die kleinen RFID-Schnüffelchips ausdenken, behalten wir, der FoeBuD e.V. in Bielefeld, die Folgen dieser neuen Technik für unsere Menschen- und Bürgerrechte im Blick. Mit Erfolg.

15.03.2013 - 09:24 [ Fefe ]

Die gute Nachricht: Die FU Berlin will Vorlesungsinhalte im Internet bereitstellen.

Die schlechte Nachricht:

„Die Nutzung soll exklusiv mit der iTunes-Software möglich sein.“

15.03.2013 - 09:07 [ Global Research ]

Germany’s Dominant Role in the European Union

After nearly a quarter of a century since the fall of the wall, Berlin has become the uncontested centre of the continent in both political and economic terms. Only in military aspects is the reunited powerhouse of Europe curbing its expansionist instincts or zeal (yet with Washington’s benign consent it is now flexing its military muscles in Afghanistan and on the Syrian –Turkish border in quest of a much wider geo-political Lebensraum.

15.03.2013 - 09:07 [ Global Research ]

Terror in Central Asia: NATO’s Great Game

In this age of manufactured terror, one of the most vital regions on the global chessboard is also an area that few in the West know anything about: Central Asia. This geostrategic and resource-rich area on the doorstep of China and Russia finds itself in the middle of an all out terror campaign. But, as key national intelligence whistleblowers are pointing out, these terrorists are working hand-in-glove with NATO.