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Wired: Cyberwar Against Wikileaks? Good Luck With That
Should the U.S. government declare a cyberwar against WikiLeaks?
On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a gathering in London that the secret-spilling website is moving ahead with plans to publish the remaining 15,000 records from the Afghan war logs, despite a demand from the Pentagon that WikiLeaks “return” its entire cache of published and unpublished classified U.S. documents. .................
Since the Afghan war logs were posted, it’s emerged the 77,000 records already published contain the names of hundreds of Afghan informants, who now face potentially deadly reprisal from the Taliban. WikiLeaks’ publication of those records has drawn criticism from human rights organizations and the international free press group Reporters Without Borders.
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On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a gathering in London that the secret-spilling website is moving ahead with plans to publish the remaining 15,000 records from the Afghan war logs, despite a demand from the Pentagon that WikiLeaks “return” its entire cache of published and unpublished classified U.S. documents. .................
Since the Afghan war logs were posted, it’s emerged the 77,000 records already published contain the names of hundreds of Afghan informants, who now face potentially deadly reprisal from the Taliban. WikiLeaks’ publication of those records has drawn criticism from human rights organizations and the international free press group Reporters Without Borders.
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New York Times: In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma — and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan that has upended the lives of 20 million people.
The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the historical record. [more...]
The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the historical record. [more...]
New York Times: In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma — and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan that has upended the lives of 20 million people.
The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the historical record. [more...]
The summer’s heat waves baked the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, which lost millions of acres of wheat and thousands of lives in a drought worse than any other in the historical record. [more...]
DW-TV: Young British Artist Kieron Williamson
Kieron was a typical energetic toddler with a passion for mud and water. He loved riding his bike and throwing stones into the sea and every available puddle. The walk to and from school was more like an assault course for Kieron and he would often appear out of the bushes with a stick or bug in hand. [more on Kieron website...]
About Kieron
Spiegel Online: Achtjähriges Wunderkind begeistert Kunstszene
Samstag, August 14, 2010
BANGKOK POST: Youth Olympics officially opened
The inaugural Youth Olympic Games officially opened on Saturday in a spectacular blaze of colour, with Jacques Rogge hailing it as a new chapter in the Olympic movement. [more...]
Spiegel/Spiegel Online: "In dieser Gesellschaft brodelt es"
Der Philosoph Oskar Negt über die Risse in der Sozialordnung, die Notwendigkeit politischer Bildung und die Spannung zwischen Wirklichkeit und Utopie. [mehr...]
"Sachensumpf": DJV nennt Dresdner Urteil überzogen
13. Aug. 2010 – Das am heutigen Freitag vom Dresdner Amtsgericht verkündete Urteil gegen die beiden freien Journalisten Thomas Datt und Arndt Ginzel ist nach Ansicht des Deutschen Journalisten-Verbandes überzogen. „Es ist schmerzlich für die beiden Kollegen und schädlich für den Journalismus in Deutschland, dass Thomas Datt und Arndt Ginzel mit den Mitteln des Strafrechts verurteilt wurden“, erklärte DJV-Bundesvorsitzender Michael Konken [mehr...]
Reporter ohne Grenzen: ROG kritisiert Urteil in der „Sachsen-Sumpf“-Affäre
Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG) kritisiert das Urteil im Dresdner Journalistenprozess. Am Freitag, 13. August, hat das Amtsgericht der Stadt die beiden Reporter Thomas Datt und Arndt Ginzel zu 50 Tagessätzen à 50 Euro verurteilt, weil sie sich nach Ansicht des Gerichts der üblen Nachrede schuldig gemacht haben. [mehr...]
Zeit Online: Urteil gegen die Pressefreiheit
Der Schuldspruch gegen die zwei Journalisten in Dresden ist ein Skandal. Er bedroht die Pressefreiheit und investigativen Journalismus.
Wenn Reporter ohne Grenzen Einschränkungen der Pressefreiheit beklagen, dann geht es um Iran, Birma oder Ruanda. Jetzt aber kritisierte die Organisation einen Vorgang in Deutschland – und das zu Recht.
Ein Kommentar von Markus Horeld [mehr...]
Wenn Reporter ohne Grenzen Einschränkungen der Pressefreiheit beklagen, dann geht es um Iran, Birma oder Ruanda. Jetzt aber kritisierte die Organisation einen Vorgang in Deutschland – und das zu Recht.
Ein Kommentar von Markus Horeld [mehr...]
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