Daily Archives: 20. Dezember 2015


20.12.2015 - 23:57 [ Daily News ]

Egypt can benefit from our e-governance experience: Estonian ambassador

In March 2014, the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. It will cover areas such as e-governance infrastructure, the implementation of e-government services, and cyber security.

20.12.2015 - 23:43 [ The New York Times ]

Egypt Releases Student in a Rare Bow to Public Pressure

The Egyptian government took the unusual step on Sunday of releasing a 23-year-old student held on charges of belonging to a banned Islamist movement, in a rare bow to public pressure after photos of the student sobbing and hobbling on crutches went viral on social media.

20.12.2015 - 22:31 [ teleSUR ]

Mexico: Homicides Increase by 32% Under President Peña Nieto

Close to 50,000 homicides have been reported during Peña Nieto’s first three years in office, which amounts to about 47 per day.

After three years in office, President Enrique Peña Nieto has not only failed to contain violence, but in fact his government is responsible for a steep 32 percent increase in homicides, according to a report published Sunday by Mexican newspaper Reforma.

20.12.2015 - 22:16 [ AlterNet ]

The FBI Snooped on Singer Pete Seeger for 20 Years

His angry letter prompted close scrutiny of his political views and associations by the bureau that ran on into the early 1970s. The suspicion was that Seeger, who died in early 2014, was a security risk with close connections to the Communist party.

The FBI file on him has nearly 1,800 pages – 90 of them are still withheld for security reasons – and journalist David Corn has unearthed details within it of the elaborate efforts made by government agents to document Seeger’s activities, even back to his school days.

20.12.2015 - 19:24 [ Bloomberg ]

Spanish Exit Polls Shows No Clear Winner as Rajoy‘s Vote Slumps

The PP is on course to win as many as 118 seats in Spain’s 350-seat parliament, according to the poll by state broadcaster TVE. The Socialists were neck-and-neck with anti-austerity party Podemos for second place. TVE projected as many as 85 seats for the Socialists, though with fewer votes than Podemos, which would get up to 80 seats. Ciudadanos will win up to 50 seats.

20.12.2015 - 19:06 [ Sputnik ]

Erdogan Meets With Crimean Blockade Organizers: Naval Provocation Imminent?

Turkish and Ukrainian media have reported that President Erdogan has met with two of the organizers of the so-called Crimean blockade. Earlier this week, another of the masterminds behind the failed ‚food‘ and ‚electricity‘ blockades promised that the radicals would organize a ‚naval blockade‘. Is a provocation imminent? What will Turkey‘s role be?

20.12.2015 - 17:35 [ Heise ]

Erste Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen neue Vorratsdatenspeicherung

„Wir haben soeben gegen die in Kraft getretene Vorratsdatenspeicherung Verfassungsbeschwerde erhoben“, teilten die Rechtsanwälte Carl Christian Müller und Sören Rößner von der Berliner Kanzlei MMR am Freitag mit. Sie klagten vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht zum einen „in eigenem Namen und aus eigener Rechtsbetroffenheit als Berufsgeheimnisträger“, da sie nicht ausreichend vor der heftig umstrittenen Überwachungsmaßnahmen geschützt seien. Der Initiative hätten sich aber auch zahlreiche weitere Betroffene angeschlossen.

20.12.2015 - 17:08 [ youtube ]

Richard Earnshaw – Rise (Ft. Ursula Rucker & Roy Ayers)

Track 04 taken off Richard Earnshaw‘s – In Time.

20.12.2015 - 16:32 [ Los Sonidos del Planeta Azul ]

Edición nº 2284 Especial Tributo a Enrique Morente. Primeras grabaciones en EMI/Hispavox. 1966-1977

El “Ronco del Albaicín” es el flamenco granadino más vanguardista, en su cante mantiene toda su vigencia, belleza y capacidad de emocionarnos.
Podcast

20.12.2015 - 16:10 [ Harvey Lothian / Information Clearing House ]

How a Nation Self-destructs

Nations are made up of people. Nations are only as strong as the bonds between the people. Strong social bonds, strong nation; weak social bonds, weak nation. Social bonds have many elements; the most important element is how much people care about each other. If people do not care about each other, if they have a “screw you, I got mine” attitude and are not willing to help others in need, then a nation is ready to topple at the first sign of significant stress. If people have a strong social bond, they will work together during difficult times and solve all problems.

20.12.2015 - 16:07 [ Vincent Emanuele / Information Clearing House ]

I Helped Create ISIS

The obvious way to prevent future ISIS-style organizations from forming is to oppose Western militarism in all its dreadful forms: CIA coups, proxy wars, drone strikes, counterinsurgency campaigns, economic warfare, etc.

20.12.2015 - 15:56 [ Sputnik ]

What‘s the Trick? Bashar Assad Still Enjoys Public Support in Syria

Bashar al-Assad, the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country, has been labeled as a „dictator“ and „tyrant“ by the West; however, the Western media-narrative falls apart at the seams as Bashar al-Assad continues to enjoy overwhelming support in Syria, geopolitical analyst Steven MacMillan notes.

20.12.2015 - 15:06 [ M-Impresión ]

Hoffen auf den Wandel

(19.Dezember) “Wir werden die große Überraschung am Wahlabend sein”, sagt Mas mit einem zufriedenen Lächeln. Einmal mehr checkt sie die Lebensmittelpreise aus Andorra. Die sozialistische PSOE wird wegen der Parteifarbe von der Erdbeere symbolisiert, die Ciudadanos von einer Orange, der Wasserpreis steht für die Werte der regierenden PP. Die Aubergine kostet mittlerweile knapp 20,40 Euro. Es fehlt nur ein Euro, um vor den Erdbeeren zum zweitteuersten Produkt zu werden. Allerdings wird Wasser trotz starken Preisverfall immer noch mit knapp 26 Euro am teuersten gehandelt. Die Orangen kosten nur noch 16 Euro.