Selling Software That Kills

Source: TechCrunch

The government of Syria uses made-in-California technology from BlueCoat Systems to censor the Internet and spy on its pro-democracy activists (who are regularly arrested and tortured, not to mention slaughtered ...
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UN official under fire over Bahrain comments

Source: TradeArabia

A top UN Human Rights Council official has come under fire for comments she made about Bahrain in a statement on the country's human rights review. UN Human Rights Council president Laura Dupuy Lasserre sparked controversy by suggesting Bahraini in ...
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Olympic gold medallist Chen Ying picks up World Cup title

Source: New Kerala

Chen shot the best score in the final Thursday with 208.4 points to secure her first victory of the season, also the last World Cup ahead of the London Olympic Games. Chen only finished fourth in the qualification, ...
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Europe’s Dilemma: Immigration And The Arab Spring – Analysis

Source: Eurasia Review

Much of the West voiced great support for the Arab Spring. However, the European Union in particular soon curbed its enthusiastic reaction when residents of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) began s ...
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Williams sisters return to French Open after missing it last year | Tennis

Source: The Seattle Times

PARIS — Sitting in the players' restaurant, Oracene Price smiled at the thought of being back at the French Open with her daughters, Serena and Venus Williams. The family wasn't at Roland Garros a year ago, making it the first Grand Slam tournament since ...
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Angry Birds scam took aim to European cellphones

Source: Digital Trends

Beware your cellphone apps. A British phone regulator has uncovered a scam that had fake versions of Angry Birds and other games sending premium rate text messages without their users even knowing what was happening, totaling tens ...
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Edinburgh Marathon set to run with world’s elite

Source: The Scotsman

The potential to acquire a fast time has lured several overseas runners into the field for tomorrow’s Edinburgh Marathon, boosting the ambitions of its organisers to achieve elite status for an event that has squarely focused on attracting British t ...
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Cannes 2012: Cosmopolis and In the Fog - video

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Xan Brooks, Andrew Pulver and Peter Bradshaw take a ride with Robert Pattinson's limo-bound billionaire in David Cronenberg's Don DeLillo adaptation and head to the hills of Second world war Belarus with Ukrainian director Sergei L ...
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Federer, Djokovic Might Meet At French Open

Source: 4029tv.com

(CNN) -- World No.1 Novak Djokovic and 16-time grand slam champion Roger Federer have been drawn to meet in the semifinals of the French Open -- setting up the likely prospect of a repeat of their classic 2011 clash at Roland Garros. An i ...
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