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Megaupload file-sharing site shut down

January 19, 2012

Megaupload, one of the internet’s largest file-sharing sites, has been shut down by officials in the US. The site’s founders have been charged with violating piracy laws. Federal prosecutors have accused it of costing copyright holders more than $500m (£320m) in lost revenue. The firm says it was diligent in responding to complaints about pirated material. The news came a day after anti-piracy law protests, but investigators said they were ordered two weeks ago. The US Justice Department said that Megaupload’s two co-founders Kim Dotcom, formerly known as Kim Schmitz, and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand along with two other employees of the business at the request of US officials. It added that three other defendants were still at large.

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February 8, 2012 @ 12:00

20 Whitehall, London, SW1A

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January 12, 2012

12 Police Forces in England and Wales have refused to provide information relating to number of serving officers who have criminal/civil convictions. The forces are: Cambridgeshire, City of London, Cleveland, Durham, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, South Wales, Warwickshire, West Yorkshire and Wiltshire Police.

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Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, or, democratic Israel at work

May 5, 2011

It happened on the day after Independence Day, when Israel was immersed in praise of itself and its democracy almost ad nauseam, and on the eve of (virtually outlawed ) Nakba Day, when the Palestinian people mark the “catastrophe” – the anniversary of the creation of Israel. My colleague Akiva Eldar published what we have always known but for which we lacked the shocking figures he revealed: By the time of the Oslo Accords, Israel had revoked the residency of 140,000 Palestinians from the West Bank. In other words, 14 percent of West Bank residents who dared to go abroad had their right to return to Israel and live here denied forever. In other words, they were expelled from their land and their homes. In other words: ethnic cleansing. While we are still desperately concealing, denying and repressing our major ethnic cleansing of 1948 – over 600,000 refugees, some who fled for fear of the Israel Defense Forces and its predecessors, some who were expelled by force – it turns out that 1948 never ended, that its spirit is still with us. Also with us is the goal of trying to cleanse this land of its Arab inhabitants as much as possible, and even a bit more. After all, that’s the most covert and desired solution: the Land of Israel for the Jews, for them alone. A few people dared to say it outright – Rabbi Meir Kahane, Minister Rehavam Ze’evi and their disciples, who deserve a certain amount of praise for their integrity. Many aspire to do the same thing without admitting it.

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Mitt Romney Flip-Flops About Seeing Super PAC Ads Attacking Newt Gingrich

January 9, 2012

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Stay warm for the winter

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When I had first heard of the London Stock Exchange Occupation protest in London I was sceptical that the protest would last more then a day. I had arrived at Paternoster Square around 10 am in the morning and saw many police and press hanging around. At around noon I could see the crowd of people getting bigger outside St Paul’s and decided to go check it out. Within half hour the crowd numbered in the thousands filling every part of St Paul’s. The police presence also grew and after an attempt by the protestors to enter Paternoster Square the police started to form lines first blocking off the road while encouraging the protestors to move into the road. One group of protestors attempted to leave the area but were prevented from doing so by the police who claimed that there was an “absolute cordon” in place.

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