Germany: Sarcasm & security. A German web user was nearly jailed this month
for expressing an opinion about the 11 September attacks. Luckily the judge
ruled that he wasn't serious. What if he was serious? What if he wasn't
lucky? Index on Censorship on a major threat to German freedom of speech
United States: Science & security
Academics resist
science censors
US academic researchers are resisting what they believe are unreasonable
restrictions on their scientific publications, imposed by Washington
officials as part of the 'war on terror'. The US government funds billions
of dollars
Think they'd be sick of it after SAVAC...oh well...
Iran: Ban on torture opposed. Iran's conservative constitutional watchdog
again rejected a bill banning the torture of prisoners despite amendments
by the reformist parliament, parliamentary deputies, CNN reported on 9
January.
The 12-man Guar
China: Mao's ally backs democracy. An elderly, onetime secretary of Mao
Zedong has published a sweeping call for political change in a forthright
article in China Chronicle, a magazine widely read by party officials
published in January.
The retired official, Li Rui, 85, warned that China must
United States: 'Terrorist 4x4s' ad provokes fury. A US TV advert suggests
that the owners of 4x4 'sports utility vehicles' or SUVs are helping to
finance terrorism through their excessive petrol use has split the country.
The adverts, produced by a lobby group campaigning for a cut in the United
US dumps GM corn on Australia
On Thursday freight ship the 'Ocean Emporer', carrying 48,000 tonnes of
gentically modified corn, docked at Port of Brisbane. Because of US policy
fo mixing grains and non-labelling, the corn most definitely included the
infamous Aventis Starlink (tm) corn and poss
The key ingredient in successful polygraph use is a trained, experienced
operator; the machine really has very little to do with "detection."
Unfortunately it is impossible to train a sufficient number of operators
to the necessary level of proficiency for mass screening, so most
polygraph users si
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ACT winds change direction, pick up strength
The winds are now picking up strength in Canberra, where residents in the
north-western suburbs of Holt and McGregor are on high fire alert.
Monday is predicted to be hellish with over 40c temps and high,hot winds.
NSW residents advi
Hello Fellow Networker,
I too was involved in a telcom only company
for a long while. I love getting paid on local calling and long
distance. But then I found out what it was like to get paid on energy as
well and realized I was leaving a lot of money on the table by b
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