Israeli court to hear civil case over death of Rachel Corrie in Gaza
Guardian Unlimited (UK) - 5 ore fa
The case, brought before a Haifa court by Corrie's family, challenges the official Israeli version of events in which the military said its troops were not to blame. The family hopes the hearing will be a chance to put on public record the events that led to their daughter's death in March 2003 ...
UN and US slam new East Jerusalem settlements- AsiaNews.it |
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Tech chiefs attack digital economy bill
Guardian Unlimited (UK) - 5 ore fa
Ministers had been seeking powers to amend copyright law and impose conditions or fees where infringements were taking place. But the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats succeeded in removing the measures from the bill last week, replacing them with a more specific amendment handing courts the ...
David Cameron praised by US for support for Northern Irish devolution- Guardian Unlimited (UK) |
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Poster case: Mayawati orders release of 4 arrested students
Indianexpress.com (IN) - 5 ore fa
They were later sent to a reformatory home for juveniles, according to official sources. Taking serious exception to action taken against the students for their 'petty mistake', Mayawati said she talked to the Lucknow DIG and asked him why they had been punished so harshly and that too during ... |
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Lawyers ask UN to help missing Chinese lawyer
Houston Chronicle (USA) - 6 ore fa
The lawyers say the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention should declare the disappearance of Gao Zhisheng a violation of international law. They say Gao is being held without contact to the outside world. Gao is among China's most daring lawyers and has taken on cases involving the banned ... |
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Facebook calls for 'iconic games'
BBC (UK) - 7 ore fa
By Maggie Shiels Technology reporter, BBC News, GDC, San Francisco . The challenge came on the opening day of the Game Developers Conference. 'The next killer game is still out there and this game will come from you,' Gareth Davis told a room of designers in San Francisco. 'When we ... |
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Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attack
The Seattle Times (USA) - 7 ore fa
Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose moderate views angered conservative Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news agency reported. He was 81.. Tantawi was the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent ... |
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Gordon Brown: I have the character to lead UK to recovery
Guardian Unlimited (UK) - 7 ore fa
Brown stressed the country was at a "crossroads" and faced "crucial decisions" in the months ahead. He warned that "ideologically-driven" Tory plans for cuts risked tipping the country back into recession. The prime minister announced a pay freeze affecting doctors , dentists, and hospital ...
Boris Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder- Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Second Northern Ireland TV personality expected to stand as MP- Guardian Unlimited (UK) |
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Texas ed board set for 1st vote since primary made lame ducks of some social conservatives
Los Angeles Times (USA) - 8 ore fa
The board's ultimate decisions affect the textbook content around the country because Texas is one of publishers' biggest clients. A three-day meeting beginning Wednesday is the first since voters in last week's Republican primary handed defeats to two veteran conservatives, including former board ... |
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Rally backs health plan
Los Angeles Times (USA) - 8 ore fa
The demonstration drew several thousand protesters, and it will be followed in coming weeks by more events and an advertising campaign. We're doing something that we should have done a while ago," said Gerald W. McEntee, president of AFSCME, the municipal employees union. "Whatever it takes, we'll ... |
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Armed robbers flee after boy, 7, alerts police
The Independent (UK) - 9 ore fa
He said he was hiding in a locked bathroom with his younger sister while the suspects threatened his mother and father at gunpoint. On the recording, he begs the operator to send police quickly, 'a lot of them... and soldiers too'. When the suspects broke into the bathroom and grabbed ... |
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