Marco Rubio Joins Protests – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida joined the thousands of websites Wednesday protesting the government’s Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), a bill that legislators claim would help stop Internet copyright infringement but that some online experts warn could restrict the freedom of the Internet. “I have decided to withdraw my [...]
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Egypt Protesters Still Demonstrating – Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling army council, said he gave el-Ganzouri “full prerogatives,” state-run television reported yesterday. Hundreds spilled over from Tahrir Square and started a sit-in in front of the nearby Cabinet building to protest el-Ganzouri’s appointment. One person died in clashes with police today [...]
Syria Military Crackdown Continues – Activists said it was one of deadliest days in Syria since demonstrators first took to the streets on March 15 demanding democratic reforms before turning their wrath on the regime and calling for its ouster. As reports of the brutal military crackdown on Hama unfurled, Britain, Germany, France and Italy [...]
Syrian Military Continues Assault – Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 16 people in attacks in the city of Homs on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests. Among those killed were 10 mourners at a funeral for another 10 people who were [...]
Bangladesh Lifts FaceBook Ban – “The ban on Facebook has been lifted late on Saturday after the authorities removed the objectionable contents from the sites,” said a senior official of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Facebook was barred by a court in Pakistan, also overwhelmingly Muslim, because of an online competition to draw the Prophet [...]
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