Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 The U.S.-based multibillion dollar online search engine, Google Incorporated, has announced Tuesday in a public statement on its official blog that the company has been the victim of a “highly sophisticated” and “targeted attack” against their corporate infrastructure that they allege “originated from China.” The author of said statement, David Drummond, […]

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French journalist beaten in Tunis
French journalist beaten in Tunis

Saturday, November 12, 2005 A journalist for the French Daily Libération, Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of Tunis, where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists. He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel […]

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Early returns in Iraqi elections
Early returns in Iraqi elections

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) reported uncertified early returns in the Iraqi legislative election. The preliminary numbers indicate that religious parties have done well, winning up 80 percent of the vote in some provinces. In Baghdad province, the Shia United Iraqi Alliance leads with 58% of the vote. The […]

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WHO’s reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim
WHO’s reaction to H1N1 influenced by drug companies, reports claim

Sunday, June 6, 2010 Reports suggest the World Health Organisation’s declaring a swine flu pandemic was an error driven by drug companies, and lead to unjustified fear. A year after the swine flu pandemic was declared, stocks are left unused and governments try to abandon contracts, pharmaceutical companies have profited at least £4.6billion from the […]

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