Dogs and their owners could become the latest target of a clampdown on moral corruption in Iran after a hardline cleric called for canines of all shapes to be arrested
Ralph Nader has said that the retarded monkey boy‘s moves toward possible war against Iraq are a ruse to distract attention from corporate scandals
Western hackers are developing programs to defeat the Internet censorship barriers of repressive countries overseas — and you can take part in the effort
The Scottish Executive is ready to bring in unprecedented legislation to tackle the scourge of sectarian hatred in Scotland after violence at the Old Firm game on Sunday
Italian porn star and former Italian parliamentarian La Cicciolina
has offered to give herself to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in exchange for world peace
A US Senate hopeful in the state of Montana, Libertarian candidate Stan Jones, has a bad case of the blues after years of drinking a home-made silver solution for medical reasons
The Australian Government has refused to allow Electronic Frontiers Australia to find out which web sites have been banned under the federal web censorship laws introduced in 2000. Government spokespeople generally insist that they’re all hardcore pedophilia
etc, but the issue of which web sites are banned has become more interesting since the NSW Police Minister called for web sites run by WTO protestors to be shut down. So in order to ward off continuing inquiries from the likes of EFA, the Government is introducing changes to FOI laws
For two weeks, volunteers have kept a round-the-clock vigil at the no-kill Animal Shelter of North County. They’re afraid that if they leave, the city of Arlington will lock them out
NSW Police Minister Michael Costa has asked the Federal Government to shut down web sites with instructions to disrupt a World Trade Organisation meeting in Sydney
The Liberty and Livelihood March was the biggest civil liberty protest in British history as hundreds of thousands of countryside protesters gathered in London and the Prince of Wales became embroiled in the escalating row over the future of rural Britain
California Assembly candidate Dan Dow has an official Web site: Dandow.com. But he’s also registered the URLs JohnDutra.com, JohnDutra.net and JohnDutra.org. And incumbent Assemblyman John Dutra — Dan Dow’s opponent in the upcoming election for California’s 20th District — is none too pleased that his name is being used against him in the campaign
Santa Cruz city leaders plan to join medical marijuana users at a pot give-away at City Hall next week, hoping to send a message to federal authorities that, in this town, medical marijuana is welcome
A Canadian Parliament committee has called for legalising marijuana use by adults, increasing pressure on the government to shift drug laws far from the zero-tolerance policy of the neighbouring United States
Governments around the world, afraid that Microsoft has become too powerful in critical software markets, have begun working to ensure an open-source
alternative
Spam has become such a menace to the Internet that the Federal Trade Commission should take swift steps to staunch the flow of bulk e-mail, three consumer groups — Telecommunications Research and Action Centre, National Consumers League and Consumer Action — have announced
The government of Greece is making heroic efforts to humiliate the nation in front of the entire world, by banning all electronic games
Veteran UK ex-minister Gerald Kaufman warns of substantial resistance
at Westminster if Mr Blair follows the most intellectually backward American president of my lifetime
into the looming conflict
Hopes that world leaders would agree to boost renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, were dealt a devastating blow when European Union negotiators abandoned attempts to press for it
Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, has caused outrage in Israel and angered sections of the British Jewish community by making veiled criticism of the Sharon government’s policies towards the Palestinians
The Canadian government is considering a proposal that would force ISPs to rewire their networks for easy surveillance by police and spy agencies. A discussion draft released Sunday also contemplates creating a national database of every Canadian with an Internet account, a plan that could sharply curtail the right to be anonymous online
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