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July 05, 2008
7:09
Both left and right pile on Obama
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Democrat Barack Obama's appeal to centrist voters has further opened the door to Republican claims his message of change only applies to the positions he has taken in the past.

7:09
Waxwork Hitler beheaded in Berlin
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A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.
7:09
Abba quartet at Mamma Mia showing
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The four members of Abba reunite in public for the first time in three years at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia.
7:09
Betancourt undergoes health tests
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Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage freed in Colombia this week, checks into a French hospital for medical checks.
7:09
Farmers caught in the poppy trade
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Kate Clark meets the Afghan farmers trapped by the poppy trade.
7:09
Fears over Bulgarian nuclear boom
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Bulgarians largely back plans for a new nuclear plant - but there are safety concerns, reports the BBC's Oana Lungescu.

6:31
Man rips off wax Hitler's head (AP)
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AP - A man tore the head off a controversial Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin on its opening day Saturday, officials said.

6:31
EU Telecoms Regulators Back Cap on SMS Roaming Prices
» ‎ Mikhail Doroshevich's Information Policy

European Union (EU) telecoms watchdogs have called for a cap on SMS roaming prices, lending weight to EU plans to clampdown on those charges later this month. Reuters reports that the European Regulators’ Group (ERG), the umbrella body for the 27 national telecoms regulators in the European Union, voiced their support in a submission to Viviane Reding, the EU's Information Society Commissioner. However, the GSM Association, representing mobile operators, countered in its submission, arguing that SMS prices are already falling.
The support of the ERG carries significant weight and could influence the eventual decision. However, it could also encourage mobile operators to voluntarily reduce their prices to avoid a price cap.
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6:28
ICANN backs custom domains, gives brand-owners nightmares
» ‎ Mikhail Doroshevich's Information Policy

The managing body for the internet's domain name system will massively increase the 'real estate' of the internet, letting brands and generic words become top-level domains. A legal expert said that the plans will make brand protection a nightmare.
The board of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, backed the move at a meeting in Paris yesterday. Presently, users have a limited range of 21 top-level domains (TLDs) to choose from, like .com, .org, .info.
Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's president and CEO, said in a statement: "The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion of domain name choice and opportunity."
"The potential here is huge," he said. "It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the Net. It's a massive increase in the 'real estate' of the Internet."
ICANN authorises the launch of every new TLD, though the launch itself is conducted by an ICANN-approved registry and the domain names are sold by registrars. Under the new proposal, applicants for new TLDs can self-select their domain name and operate as a registry. They can either use the names exclusively for their own purposes or open them for sale to third parties through registrars.
In a statement ICANN said: "It is expected that applicants will apply for targeted community strings such as (the existing) .travel for the travel industry and .cat for the Catalan community (as well as generic strings like .brandname or .yournamehere). There are already interested consortiums wanting to establish city-based top level domain, like .nyc (for New York City), .berlin and .paris."
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6:20
AT: eGovernment aims
» ‎ Mikhail Doroshevich's Information Policy

Austria has taken the lead in eGovernment, but still needs to boost its use in some fields, the country’s vice-chancellor says.
Austria is leading Europe in the use of eGovernment techniques within the public administration, Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer told the “eGovernment goes Europe” conference. But his country would still need to “step on the gas” for applications in the fields of health, climate protection (CO2 reductions) and education. The potential does exist, he said, for further financial savings through eGovernment in these fields. He announced a 5 % cut in the Austrian federal administration’s ICT costs this year. The saving, which amounts to about €13m, will be achieved through shared services.
Christian Rupp, from the IT department of the Federal Chancellor’s Office, also felt that Austria is leading the field in eGovernment, “but unfortunately that is happening without the population”. The administration could provide the services, but it was up to the citizens to use them. The core task in the coming years will be to take advantage of the “networking opportunities” in Europe, Vice-Chancellor Molterer insisted.
Roland Jabkowski, from Austria’s Federal Computing Centre (BRZ), said cross-border co-operation on eGovernment should be intensified. The EU Services Directive, due to take effect at the end of 2009, would require the standardisation of technologies. The European Commission’s Jean-François Junger agreed that standard-setting at the European level will be important for the future of eGovernment.
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6:02
Police: Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel dies (AP)
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AP - Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.

5:49
Video shows Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'
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Video secretly recorded by a Zimbabwean prison guard appears to show evidence of vote-rigging in the country's recent presidential runoff election.

5:30
Phelps has unfinished business at Olympic trials (AP)
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AP - Michael Phelps is almost done at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The superstar has one bit of unfinished business: the 100 butterfly and a showdown with world recordholder Ian Crocker.

5:26
China: AI's Human Rights Beijing 2008 campaign
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Red.CBGB at Bullog.cn has posted several of the images from Amnesty International's Beijing Olympics human rights campaign in a photo post, ‘Olympic project'. ‘It feels like a little too much,' writes one reader. ‘This is no exaggeration at all,' writes another, ‘but the truth is always hard for anyone to take.'

5:17
Gov2DemOSS
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5:15
FBI probe latest setback for beleaguered Detroit (AP)
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AP - Auto industry cutbacks, double-digit unemployment and one of the nation's highest home foreclosure rates have left Detroit with a dreary economic future.
5:03
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida (AP)
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AP - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
4:58
Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress (AP)
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AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.
4:53
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures (AP)
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AP - After battling rowdy renters and out-of-control keggers for decades, this Jersey shore party town has finally decided to lighten up a little.
4:34
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic (AP)
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AP - Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.

3:59
A daily global citizen journalism program
» ‎ J.D. Lasica

I haven't checked in on Instablogs.com since it launched in 2005. But the site's coming along nicely, and just launched a new global program:
Instablogs.com, a citizen journalist venture, recently launched a Global Report program, which is a video show made by citizen journalists themselves. It's very encouraging for citizen journalists who can now even express their opinions in such a novel way. Every day different CJs (citizen journalists), from different countries, different time zones and different dialects, come together and produce a daily global show.
Impressive and worth a look.
2:53
Merchants angry at getting yanked by Yelp
» ‎ J.D. Lasica

The San Francisco Chron looks at the dustup that takes place when Yelp, the reviews site, takes down positive reviews of businesses that it suspects were fabricated or bought and paid for. I sympathize with Yelp -- honest appraisals are the heart and soul of its reputation system -- but don't envy them the hard choices they have to make to get there.
2:01
Balanced living in the digital age
» ‎ J.D. Lasica

The San Jose Mercury News' Mike Cassidy interviews Prof. Lawrence Lessig, who takes a month off from the Internet once a year to bring some balance to his life: Let's take a holiday from the Net. Admirable approach. Will it catch on in a big way? Hard to see the always-on generation pulling the plug, except for very short stretches.

1:24
Ofcom outlines investment plan for super-fast broadband
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Ofcom outlines investment plan for super-fast broadband
1:24
Ministry of Defence plans to replace 100s of IT systems is sound, says National Audit Office
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Ministry of Defence plans to replace 100s of IT systems is sound, says National Audit Office
1:24
IT a central driver for Government's new 'Operational Efficiency Programme'
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IT a central driver for Government's new 'Operational Efficiency Programme'
1:24
Ofcom makes it easier for consumers to choose a broadband provider
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Ofcom makes it easier for consumers to choose a broadband provider
1:24
UK & US agree to speed up travel for 'trusted people' using biometric IT system
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UK & US agree to speed up travel for 'trusted people' using biometric IT system
1:24
NHS Supply Chain renews its contract for e-Health logistics operation
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NHS Supply Chain renews its contract for e-Health logistics operation
1:24
12 council 'trailblazers' to offer homes and jobs advice
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12 council 'trailblazers' to offer homes and jobs advice
1:24
US court ruling on Google/Youtube data handover very worrying for UK consumers say Lib Dems
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US court ruling on Google/Youtube data handover very worrying for UK consumers say Lib Dems
1:24
Britain's slow broadband speeds dampens UK business edge
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Britain's slow broadband speeds dampens UK business edge

1:23
The Joy of Six: football's hard men | Sport | guardian.co.uk
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The Joy of Six: football's hard men | Sport | guardian.co.uk

1:23
Quest for oil, gas off Fla. begins
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Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
1:23
WP: Big landowner gets closed-door deal
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The Bush administration is preparing to ease the way for the nation's largest private landowner to convert hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain forestland to residential subdivisions.

1:23
Film of Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'
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New evidence of vote-rigging in Zimbabwe's presidential election emerges in a secret film by a prison guard.
1:23
Man arrested over student murders
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A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London.
1:23
9/11 third tower mystery 'solved'
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Fire caused the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, a final report is expected to find.
1:23
Italy declares Pompeii emergency
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Italian ministers declare a "state of emergency" at the ancient ruined city of Pompeii as it sinks deeper into disrepair.
1:23
Video shows daring Colombian raid
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Colombia releases video of the audacious raid that freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt, as she returns to France.
1:23
Canada ruling boosts US deserter
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A Canadian court orders a review of a US army deserter's failed asylum bid, in a case that may affect scores of others.
1:23
Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight'
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Disgraced scientist AQ Khan says Pakistan flew nuclear material to North Korea with the knowledge of the army.
1:23
Google faces 'Street View block'
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Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.
1:23
'World's longest concert' resumes
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The sixth note from an ongoing musical piece is to be played in a German town - a concert that is scheduled to last 639 years.

1:00
Jesse Helms Dies at 86; Conservative Force in the Senate
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The former North Carolina senator had a courtly manner and mossy drawl and turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art.

0:55
Twin fires raging along California's central coast (AP)
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AP - Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.
0:48
Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 (AP)
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AP - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.

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0:39

Obama Tries and Fails to Put Out the FISA Fire in His Own House - Huffington Post

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0:30
Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit (AP)
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AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.
0:11
US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry (AP)
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AP - The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide.

0:00
Links for 2008-07-04 [del.icio.us]
» ‎ David Sasaki
- A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
  This post enters my top-ten list of favorite ethan zuckerman posts. I never ever get sick fo the Where the Hell is Matt videos.
- MediaShift Idea Lab . Three Obstacles to a Truly Global Conversation | PBS
  My post-summit treatise, incorporating a lot of the same talking points I made during my talk at Campus Party in Colombia.

July 04, 2008
23:40
Afghan official: US strikes kill 22 civilians (AP)
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AP - Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday.

23:00
Khan: Musharraf In On N. Korea Nuke Deal
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Disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan alleges Pakistan's president oversaw nuclear shipments to North Korea.

22:37
Video shows hostages rejoicing at moment of rescue (AP)
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AP - Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.

22:11
Fireworks, Revelry Mark Independence Day
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Americans celebrated July 4th with a mix of patriotism and plain old good fun.

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22:09

Candidate Fights Back with “fightthesmears.com - Black Voice News

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22:01
Inspectors to halt import of some food from Mexico
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Starting Monday, health inspectors will halt the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States, sources familiar with the salmonella poisoning investigation said.

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