- Ethiopia Sentences 3 Journalists to Long Prison Terms
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- Egyptian judge frees anti-junta blogger
Alaa Abd El Fattah was detained for two months, pending investigation into charges that he incited violence against militaryOne of Egypt's most prominent revolutionaries has been released from jail after almost two months during which he missed the birth of his first child.An Egyptian investigative judge ordered that Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been at the forefront of anti-regime struggles for a decade and was a political prisoner during the Mubarak era, be freed pending investigation into charges that he incited violence against the military.A picture posted by his sister Mona Seif showed him holding his new-born son Khaled on his release. His wife Manal Hassan, who is also an activist, gave birth to the couple's first child while he was in detention.Military prosecutors detained Abd El Fattah on 30 October after he refused to answer questions about their allegations that he played a role in clashes during a march by Coptic Christians on 9 October. At least 27 people, most of them Christians, were killed. Abd El Fattah was among those who spoke out against the army's involvement in the violence, which was confirmed by multiple witness reports and video footage. But the military has accused Abd El Fattah of inciting Christian protesters to attack the soldiers. He was also accused of stealing a military weapon, deliberately destroying military property and attacking security forces.His supporters dismissed the claims, saying the military was trying to silence a prominent critic and to deflect blame on its soldiers in the violence. Abd El Fattah wrote in newspaper articles smuggled out of jail that his arrest was motivated in large part by his insistence on autopsies to determine the cause of the protesters' deaths.Several of the victims were found to have been killed by null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Hillary and the progress on Iran | Michael Tomasky
Another interesting thing that I just noticed, lifting my head out of Tucson, is that a new consensus has developed in Washington that Iran's nuclear capacity has been dealt significant setbacks recently. Here's foreign policy blogger David Rothkopf:My sense was also that international diplomatic and economic pressure would simply not be enough to really impede their program -- especially if the threat of the use of force to punish them if they did not back down was not credible. And the message from the administration was not tough enough on that last point. However, when last week, the departing boss of Israel's intelligence service, Meir Dagan, stated that in his view the Iranian program had in fact been set back to the point that it would not be able to develop nuclear weapons until 2015 at the earliest, it suggested that whatever was being done was working. No one, for obvious reasons, takes the Iranian threat more seriously than the Israelis (although WikiLeaks confirmed for all how worried the Iranians make all their neighbors). If they who had been saying two years ago that the Iranian threat would reach a critical level within a matter of a year or so were now saying it has been pushed out several years, it was more than just an interesting sound bite.I guess this Stuxnet virus played a big role too. I don't really understand these things very well. If any of you do, please edify us.I haven't written much about Hillary lately, but I hope she stays in this job for a while. She's the slow consensus-builder type. I can well imagine that for three or four years it'll look like she's done nothing, and then boom, we'll start seeing results. We're obviously seeing them now, if we bother to look.Of course, she doesn't talk about blasting them back to the stone age enou 私はツーソンの頭を持ち上げる、気づいたもう一つの興味深いことは、新たなコンセンサスは、イランの核能力は最近、大幅に後退が配られていることをワシントンで開発されたということです
- Blogger links Mossad to Iranian blast
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- Live Blog: Arianna Huffington Talks Social Revolution At Adtech
Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post - and now AOL - is giving the keynote at Adtech today in San Francisco and we're live-blogging! Huffington was just in the news yesterday when she and AOL were sued by some of her former bloggers. She's about to take the stage. Huffington Postののアリアナハフィントン - 今AOLが - サンフランシスコで、今日ADTECHはで基調講演を与えている、我々はライブのブログです！彼女とAOLは彼女の前のブロガーの一部から訴訟を起こされたときハフィントンはちょうどニュースで昨日だった
- Negotiating Budget Impasse : Obama Taking Lessons from Don Draper
As fellow She Negotiates blogger Katie Phillips is always reminding me, fictional advertising genius Don Draper says, if you don't like what is being said then change the conversation. 彼女はブロガーケイティフィリップスはいつも私を思い出させているネゴシエートする仲間のように会話を変更して言われていることが好きではない場合、架空の広告の天才ドンドレイパーは、述べています
- To Pay or Not to Pay? Bleacher Report Finds a Third Way
As journalism and social media converge, media companies increasingly find themselves wrestling with a vexing question: What's the point of paying people to create content when so many of them are willing to do it for free? Those that have staked out an extreme position on this issue have run into trouble: The Huffington Post has had to endure a boycott and a class-action suit over its refusal to pay any of its bloggers, while Demand Media is trying to rid itself of paid writers whose low-quality output earned it a spanking from Google. _NULL_
- 'Knight Templar' says no Norway link
A British right-wing blogger linked to the Norway gunman has confirmed the existence of an anti-Muslim group inspired by ancient crusaders that the killer claims he was a member of.But in an interview with The Associated Press,... ノルウェーのガンマンにリンクされている英国の右派ブロガーは、キラーは彼が、AP通信とのインタビューでメンバーのof.Butだった...主張する古代の十字軍に触発された反イスラムグループの存在を認識しています
- Final blog touches millions in cyberspace
A Canadian blogger's moving last message of love and hope published after he died from cancer last week has drawn millions of hits from people inspired by his grace.Derek Miller, 41, ends it with a declaration to his wife of 16... 彼はgrace.Derekミラー、41に触発の人々から何百万ヒットを集めている先週、がんで死亡した後、愛のカナダのブロガーの移動最後のメッセージは、公開されてほしい、16の妻に宣言して、それを終了します...
- Malaysian minister sues blogger over rape allegations
A Malaysian minister has slapped a defamation lawsuit against an independent blogger over allegations that he raped his maid and tried to cover up the case. マレーシア首相は、彼がメイドをレイプ、大文字と小文字を隠蔽しようとした疑惑の独立したブロガーに対する名誉毀損訴訟を平手打ちしています
- Teenage Syrian blogger sent to prison
A Syrian court has sentenced a 19-year-old female blogger to five years in prison on charges of spying for a foreign country.The United States and international human rights groups have called for the release of Tal al-Mallohi... シリアの裁判所は、タルアルMallohiのリリースを求めている外国人country.The米国および国際的な人権団体のためのスパイの罪で懲役5年、19歳の女性ブロガーを宣告しました...
- Municipal Extortion As DAs Drop Speeding Points For Higher Fines
A blogger over at Truth on the Market exposes an apparently common practice in courtrooms around the country, which aligns the interests of municipalities and lawyers nearly perfectly. According to this post, district attorneys in Missouri and presumably elsewhere will "amend" moving violations to eliminate costly points -- if the speeder is represented by a lawyer. "Non-lawyers, don’t try representing yourself. Prosecutors won’t do it," he says. 市場の真実で以上のブロガーはほぼ完全に自治体や弁護士の利益を整列国、周り法廷で明らかに一般的な方法を公開しています
- Collateral damage from the hunt for Bin Laden
A fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad to try to locate Osama Bin Laden's family was foolhardy and risked damaging faith in vaccinesThe CIA has been a byword for dirty tricks since President Truman created the agency in 1947. Its more notorious covert operations have involved undermining legitimate governments the US did not care for, aiding assassinations and encouraging armed insurrections in foreign states. No doubt there are, and always have been, many good and patriotic men and women working for the CIA, but it doesn't have an exactly squeaky clean reputation.Nonetheless, the latest wheeze to be exposed - in my own paper here - takes one's breath away. It is tiny in the scale of covert CIA ops and even sounds a little bit ludicrous, but it has the potential to cause massive collateral damage. I'd like to think that the scam to collect DNA from children living in Abbottabad through a fake vaccination campaign to discover whether any of them was related to Osama bin Laden was an piece of idiocy from somebody on the ground, which was not sanctioned in Washington. Who knows - but for an intelligence agency, it was not very intelligent. Vaccines are some of the most effective health tools we have. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children, the GAVI Alliance and everybody else who successfully campaigned recently for more funding for vaccines have spent a lot of time and effort telling us that. But vaccines can only succeed if children are vaccinated. And that depends on the confidence their families have in the vaccines. Mounting a fake vaccination campaign could potentially undermine that critical faith. A number of well-respected global health bloggers have already pointed this out very eloquently - such as Tom Paulson at Humanosphere, who himself li オサマビンラディンの家族を見つけることを試みるためにアボッタバードに偽のワクチン接種キャンペーンは無謀だとvaccinesThe CIAに有害な信仰を危険にさらしたトルーマン大統領が1947年に代理店を作成したので、汚れたトリックの代名詞となっています
- Egyptian pro-democracy blogger freed
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- Motorola and T-Mobile Deny Being Part of Blogger Payola Scheme
A small marketing agency with a sketchy business model is causing problems for some very big companies, threatening to bring them under scrutiny from the federal government and Google -- scrutiny they say they don't deserve. 精査彼らは値するしていないと言う - 不完全なビジネスモデルを持つ小規模なマーケティング機関が連邦政府とGoogleから精査の下にそれらを持って脅して、いくつかの非常に大企業のための問題を引き起こしています
- On Religion: A Muckraking Blogger Focuses on Jews
A writer in Minnesota has developed a must-read digest of the actual and alleged misdeeds of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish world.
ミネソタ州のライターは超現実と主張悪行のダイジェスト、正統派ユダヤ世界を読む必要がありますが開発しています
- It's not just the UK where banks are crippling SMEs
Banks claim they are again lending to SMEs, but the statistics tell a different story. Our regular guest blogger, economist Stephen Kinsella, explains just why the lack of credit is lethal for IrelandIt's not just the UK banks that aren't lending to small to medium sized enterprises. A recent report by Ireland's Central Statistics Office – the equivalent of the ONS - into credit provision in the economy for small and medium enterprises showed, unsurprisingly, that credit is very hard for small firms to access. Overall, for firms that apply for finance, only 66% of them are getting it. This is down from 99% in the heady days of 2007. We knew this already, of course. The chart below shows the collapse in private sector credit since 2004. Finance is transferring savers' funds to investors for a profit. The reason finance exists at all is because entrepreneurs have to pay out money for working capital to keep production and distribution of their products going in advance of payment for the sale of their products. The need to carry out production and distribution in advance of payment, in this sense, creates the need for finance. The producer has to pay the whole of their costs and can't offset changes in the values of their inventories against the brute cash requirement that having a business creates. If the costs of inventories rises quickly, say because of inflation, then the entrepreneur could be in a position where they are making a profit from every sale, but continuously be in a position where they require more working capital to pump into the business. Profits are not cash flow at this level. The whole thing gets more complicated when there is a requirement on the entrepreneur to pay interest on the borrowing that finances inventories, and when entrepreneurs can't a 銀行は、彼らが再び中小企業への融資であると主張統計情報が違うことを物語っている
- Wall Street's Rumor Of The Day: JPMorgan Taking Over Bank Of America
Bank of America plays defense as one blogger's claims that the bank is toying with insolvency sent shares down and sparked rumors that it will be taken over by JPMorgan Chase. バンクオブアメリカ一ブロガーの銀行がダウンして破。送信株といじるされていることを主張し、それがJPモルガンチェースに引き継がれることに端を発した噂として防衛を果たしている
- China’s 'Netizens' React to Stricter Rules on Microblogging
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- Chinese Firm Demands CNN Apology for Century Egg Slur
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- IRS Looking at When Bloggers Can Be Considered Part of News Media
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I get most of what I need for my blog from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint . It is nice to know though that they might start thinking I'm part of the news media someday, so I will get a break if I need to make an FOIA request or something similar. CCA 201125037私は、トムソンロイターのチェックポイントから私のブログのために必要なものの大部分を得る
- Iran blogger jailed for 19 years
Canadian-Iranian Hossein Derakhshan convicted of co-operation with hostile countries, propaganda and insulting IslamAn Iranian court has sentenced a blogger to more than 19 years in prison, according to a news website in the country.Canadian-Iranian Hossein Derakhshan was convicted of co-operation with hostile countries, spreading propaganda against the ruling establishment, promotion of counter-revolutionary groups and insulting Islamic thoughts and religious figures, said the conservative website, Mashreghnews.ir, which is close to the office of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Derakhshan, who made trips to Israel and blogged in both English and Farsi, has been in prison since 2008. It is unclear if he would benefit from time served. The report said he could appeal.Iranian authorities have arrested numerous bloggers in recent years in a bid to clamp down on dissent.•Read Hossein Derakhshan's articles for Comment is FreeIranBloggingMiddle Eastguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
カナダイランホセインデラクシャンが共同で有罪判決を受けたcountry.Canadianイランのホセインデラクシャンのニュースサイトによると、刑務所で19年以上にブロガーを宣告した敵対的な国、宣伝や侮辱IslamAnイランの裁判所との協力の有罪判。与党の確立に対するプロパガンダを広める敵対国との操作は、反革命グループと侮辱的なイスラム思想や宗教的な数字のプロモーションは保守的なウェブサイトは、Mashreghnews.ir、そのイランの大統領、マフムードAhmadinejad.Derakhshanの事務所に近いという、誰がイスラエルへの旅行を行い、英語とペルシア語でブログ、2008年以来、刑務所にされています
- Meet The Man Who Upholds The Laws Of Fashion
Charles “Chuck” Colman is not your father’s lawyer. Not unless your father is Ralph Lauren, that is. The 30 year-old NYC-based attorney practices in the growing field of fashion law. Oh, and he also blogs about it, teaches, records albums and started his own firm only 18 months after passing the bar. Intrigued by the potential glamour of this aspect of the legal field, I recently asked Colman to give me the scoop on what exactly his job entails (other than defending fellow bloggers against fashion retailers) and whether his sense of style is an equal for his sense of justice. _NULL_
- Sheffield gifts its carols to the country
Check out a pub near the city for an unforgettable experience, says guest blogger Lewis K Cooper - though you might never want to hear While Shepherds Watched again. It's pub carollers' ancient speciality, with a dozen different versionsThe ancient tradition of local carols sung in packed pubs across South Yorkshire is proving so popular that it is prompting other parts of the country to resurrect their own singing traditions.The Sheffield Carols, as they are known locally, predate modern carols by over a century and are sung with alternative words and verses to those we are hearing more and more these days, as Christmas approaches. They were originally sung in churches accompanied by self-taught artisan musicians, but from the 1830s onwards they were driven out across the country by the Oxford Tractarian Movement. History lesson almost over, but broadly speaking there were two upshots of that purge.One was that the reformed church filled the void left by the lost carols with new ones, creating the Christmas carol legacy that we know so well today. The second was that in many parts of the country the tradition of local carols started to die out.However, in South Yorkshire the tradition survived and according to the UK's leading authority on the subject, Dr Ian Russell, it is proving so popular that the Sheffield Carols have prompted other counties to re-establish their local carolling tradition, borrowing a few songs from South Yorkshire for good measure.Russell says: There was a time when it was just a few people singing in a room but now everybody wants to sing. In some pubs song sheets are handed out and everyone wants to be involved.The carols are stronger than ever and other parts of the country have seen what's happening in South Yorkshire over the years, borrowed null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- WATCH: When Viral Videos Cost Careers
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart and Media Matters' Eric Boehlert debate the Shirley Sherrod race controversy.
Andrew Breitbart - Shirley Sherrod - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Big Government - Politics 保守派のブロガーアンドリューBreitbartメディア事項エリックBoehlertの議論シャーリーシェロッド-協会の振興の有色人種-大きな政府-シャーリー論争シェロッドレース
- Gay Girl in Damascus hoaxer: I did it out of vanity - video
Edinburgh-based American student Tom MacMaster, 40, explains why he pretended to be a lesbian Syrian blogger on the blog A Gay Girl in Damascus
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- Gay Girl in Damascus hoaxer: I did it out of vanity - video
Edinburgh-based American student Tom MacMaster, 40, talks to the Guardian's Esther Addley via Skype, and explains why he pretended to be a lesbian Syrian blogger with the A Gay Girl in Damascus blog and claimed to have been kidnapped
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- What would you ask the EU's justice and home affairs council? | Joe Litobarski
Europe's council of national ministers is opening up to bloggers. I'll be there, with the chance to ask a question of yoursMonday was supposed to be a celebration of European peace, unity, solidarity and all that gubbins. Instead, Europe Day in Britain descended ignominiously into a row over whether or not Downing Street should fly the blue-and-gold for one poxy day of the year. Not that the celebrations across the channel were filled with much more enthusiasm. The two most prominent symbols of European unity – the euro and the Schengen area – are currently both being tested to breaking point with the ongoing Greek financial crisis and Franco-Italian plans to shut down Europe's borders. What's to celebrate?The European Union, then, finds itself disconnected from citizens precisely when it needs their support the most. What to do? Well, those of us pushing for greater transparency and openness from the EU see social media as one tool that could help. So it's a positive step to see the council of the European Union (an institution made up of ministers from European governments – and, along with the directly elected European parliament, one of the two principle decision-making bodies within the EU) offer accredited access to citizens.The EU is fairly late to the party when it comes to accreditation for bloggers. Both the UN and the White House have been offering access for several years. Still, on Thursday, German blogger Ronny Patz and I will be in Brussels blogging the justice and home affairs council. We'll be at the press conference and we'll asking questions.Or rather, we'll be asking your questions.Thursday's council will be a meeting of European justice and interior ministers, focusing mainly on the thorny issue of immigration and border controls provoked by the ong 国閣僚ヨーロッパの評議会はブロガーに開放されます
- Photomontage of blogger Aleksei Navalny
Fake photo smear aimed at Putin rival Aleksei Navalny backfires
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- Blog and buy: the power of social shopping
Fashion blogger Bip Ling makes her way through the young, hip crowd at last Wednesday's UK launch party of the US retailer Forever21's store in London. ファッションブロガーバイポーラLingはロンドンで米国の小売業者Forever21の店舗の最後の水曜日の英国の打ち上げパーティーで若い、ヒップの群集を通して彼女の方法になります
- The Guardian's Twitter network of Arab protests - interactive map
Follow the latest tweets on protests around the Arab world from our network of journalists, bloggers and expertsGarry BlightMatt WellsAlastair Dant
ジャーナリストやブロガーのネットワークから、アラブ世界の抗議の最新のつぶやきに従い、BlightMatt WellsAlastairダントをexpertsGarry
- Egyptian Activist Summoned for Criticizing Military
Hossam el-Hamalawy, prominent blogger, activist summoned after publicly accusing army official of instigating abuses against civilians HossamさんエルHamalawy、著名なブロガー、一般市民に対する人権侵害を扇動の軍関係者を非難した後召。活動
- Why the Huffpo Class Action Suit Is a Legal Long Shot
If the $105 million class action suit against the Huffington Post filed Tuesday succeeds in full, each one of the site's 9,000 bloggers can expect a check for $11,666, courtesy of AOL and Arianna Huffington. But, bloggers, don't go spending your share of the award just yet. For the plaintiffs to triumph, they'll first have to clear a couple of high hurdles, according to Jimmy Nguyen, a partner at the San Francisco law firm Davis Wright Tremaine who specializes in intellectual property, media and technology law. Huffington Postの反対105000000ドル集団訴訟は、火曜日は、完全に成功して提出した場合、サイトの9000ブロガー一人一人が11666ドル、AOLとアリアナハフィントンの好意のチェックを期待することができます
- Google's Extreme Makeover of its Heritage
In the latest episode of Google’s Extreme Makeover, Google’s outside antitrust counsel, Susan Creighton did her best to dress Google up as “an icon” of the free market, at a briefing for right-of-center bloggers at the conservative Heritage Foundation today in Washington, by spotlighting Google’s record of transparency, of no switching costs and providing free services to consumers. _NULL_
- Ratings agencies running the show in Ireland and Europe
It seems like madness that the credit ratings are running the show across Europe and the US, but they are not to blame for the debt crisis, says guest blogger, economist Megan GreeneThe three main credit ratings agencies。Moody's, Fitch and Standard & Poor's—are heavily influencing fiscal policy in the eurozone and the United States. Objectively, this is madness. That is what finance ministries and departments are for. Still, the credit ratings agencies are not to be blamed for the debt crises in the euro area or the US.Why do we care what they say?Having completely dropped the ball and failed to predict the global financial crisis that kicked off in 2008, the main three credit ratings agencies lost significant credibility. Rather than rely on the big ratings agencies, a number of buy-side investment firms have established their own research teams. If the credit ratings agencies have been asleep at the wheel and investors are doing more of their own research in-house, why does anyone care what the credit ratings agencies say? First, a downgrade by a credit ratings agency or a negative outlook provides a tangible signal for investors when intangible things—such as political negotiations—are going badly. Second, ratings downgrades can trigger huge sell-offs for funds that passively track indices based on the big agencies' ratings.To compensate for being behind the curve at the outset of the global financial crisis, it seems the three agencies have been over-eager to downgrade or threaten to downgrade countries in Europe and the US in recent weeks.Flurry of downgrades in EuropeOn 5 July, Moody's downgraded Portugal to junk status with a negative outlook. A week later on 12 July, Moody's downgraded Ireland to junk with a negative outlook as well. On 13 July, Fitch downgraded _NULL_
- EGYPT: Egypt’s bloggers and an exercise in digital democracy
It’s a manifesto in the making. Activists are working on ways to exploit Internet technology to give everyone the chance to contribute ideas on how Egypt’s transitional government should be run. これは、意思のマニフェストです
- Stan Lee Was Smarter Than He Knew When He Turned Down Harry Stonehill
I found the recent Ninth Circuit decision US v Stonehill fascinating for a number of reasons. The judicial history of the case, which I discussed in my post, indicates how vulnerable the collection system is to deep pocket litigants. The case, decided in 2011, was about whether evidence obtained in 1962 could be used to support an assessment of taxes dating back to 1958. That particular point had already been won in Court by the government in 1967, 1968 and 1983. Harry S. Stonehill was also a fascinating charachter. His fifteen minutes of fame in the United States was over in 1962 but they sure remember him in the Philippines as this recent post by blogger Francis Yumul shows. I'm also fascinated by the one hero in the whole mess Jose Diokno, who, among many other achievements, scored high on the CPA exam. The Stan Lee angle totally captivates me. 私はいくつかの理由で魅力的な最新の第9巡回区判。米国のVのストーンヒルを発見した
- Little Bets Can Make a Big Difference For Your Brand
I recently caught up with bestselling author and former venture capitalist, Peter Sims. He was the coauthor, with Bill George, of True North, the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek best-selling book. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Tech Crunch, Fortune, and as an expert blogger for Fast Company. His new book is called Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. In our conversation, Peter explained what "Little Bets" are, if it's easier to make leaps or small steps in business, and much more. 私は最近、著者は、元ベンチャーキャピタリスト、ピーターシムズベストセラーに追いついた
- You Be The Judge: Are Bloggers Journalists?
I’ve been working as a journalist for nearly 35 of my 50+ years. Or have I? Under the rules set down by U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez, perhaps I need to revise my resume. And if I do, then many other bloggers are just as out-of-business as I am. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Tech Weekly podcast: Google-Motorola, riots and social media,
Join Aleks Krotoski and Juliette Garside for a packed edition of Tech Weekly. This week, the politics of social media: what role should the UK government have in regulating our access to services such as Facebook, BlackBerry Messenger and Twitter? Author Jeff Jarvis weighs in on the debate and finds that there is currently a demonisation of technology.Also, search giant Google has moved into the mobile manufacturing business: blogger Stasis Bielinis broke the news of Monday's Motorola Mobility deal – worth $12.5bn – back in June. We find out what's in it for Google, and how the mobile ecosystem will settle after this bombshell.The UK government has announced the next phase in it's high-speed broadband plans – corporate partner BT has pledged to bid for some of the £530m in grants to connect out-of-reach rural communities to fast connectivity. We hear from Bill Murphy, MD for Next Generation Access at BT about the details of its plans, and where it intends to invest.Finally, what's in store for the long-standing Fifa brand of games? Keith Stuart speaks with Andrew Wilson, senior VP of worldwide development at EA Sports about its plans for cross-platform entertainment.Don't forget to...• Comment below• Mail the producer tech@guardian.co.uk• Get our Twitter feed for programme updates or follow our Twitter list• Like our Facebook page• See our pics on Flickr/Post your tech picsAleks KrotoskiJuliette GarsideJeff JarvisScott Cawley
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- First Apple, Now Ikea: Check Out The Latest Chinese Retail Knock Off
Last month, an American blogger noticed a crop of counterfeit Apple stores popping up in China's Kunming. Now check out this store that looks awfully like Ikea. _NULL_
- A weigh in a manger - thanks to Bolton
Life wouldn't be so dandy for the Scottish pandas without the world's biggest internet site for retailing scales, based in the Greater Manchester town. Guest blogger Steve Thompson of the Bolton News waves the flag.There is an urban myth that when the Titanic sank, the Bolton Evening News ran a story with the headline: No One from Bolton Lost in Titanic Sinking.There is a long, proud history in regional journalism, of finding such tenuous local links to the most unlikely of stories — and here is another.The scales used to weigh the two Chinese pandas, which arrived in Edinburgh this week, were designed and supplied by a company from Bolton. The weighing scales, which were installed in the purpose-built enclosure in June, will be used to monitor the health of 16-stone female Tian Tian and 20-stone male Yang Guang, who are the first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. Gail Hounslea, managing director of Bolton-based online retailer Scalesexpress.com, says: We were thrilled when Graham Catlow, the Animal Project Design Officer from Edinburgh Zoo, approached us back in May to ask for help in designing and supplying a scale capable of weighing the pandas. Our scales expert Dan Brough worked with Graham and various suppliers to design a solution that included a platform that could be mounted in the interior of the pandas' enclosures, with an indicator on the keeper's side.The company, which supplies a wide range of scales to both consumers and businesses, worked with supplier Salter Brecknell to design a robust scale with a waterproof platform. There are two sets of scales, one for each panda, which consist of huge steel platforms, sunk into a pit and surrounded by a cage.Tian Tian, which means 'Sweetie', and Yang Guang, which means Sunshine were unveiled to the publ null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Imprisoned Egyptian Blogger's Hunger Strike Fights Military Rule
Michael Nabil was sentenced to 3 years in prison in April for insulting Egyptian army マイケルNabilは、侮辱的なエジプトの軍隊のために月に懲役3年を宣告された
- Sorry, Bloggers, but Huffpo Isn't Like a Comedy Club
Michael Walker, writing in the Los Angeles Times, compares the Newspaper Guild-led boycott of the Huffington Post to the famous 1979 boycott of the Comedy Store, the seminal L.A. stand-up venue. Like Arianna Huffington, Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore said comedians were, or should have been, happy to provide their material for free because she was giving them visibility that led to paying jobs elsewhere. Nevertheless, the picket line held, the comics prevailed and the Comedy Store started paying. マイケルウォーカーは、ロサンゼルスタイムズに書いて、コメディー店、精ラスタンドアップ会場の有名な1979年をボイコットするHuffington Postのの新聞ギルド主導のボイコットを比較します
- Egyptian Court Postpones Jailed Blogger's Appeal
Military court says proper documents for Maikel Nabil Sanad's case were not in order 軍事裁判所は、Maikel Nabil Sanadのケースのための適切な書類が順番になかった語る
- Asking the right tax questions - Guest Post by Professor Annette Nellen
Most tax bloggers are more serious than I am. Professor Annette Nellen of San Jose State University is no exception. She previously appeared as a guest blogger before I started with Forbes. Serious as she is, she was reckless enough to invite me on to her policy blog 21st Century Taxation. Professor Nellen was selected by the AICPA to tesitfy before Congress on the need for comprehensive tax reform. _NULL_
- The first Arab Bloggers Meeting was private and low key. Not this year's | Yazan Badran
New spheres of expression, long closed to us, are now open. We met in Tunis with a very different set of priorities to 2008If you've been following the so-called Arab spring you've also probably read an article asking whether Facebook was behind it all. In Washington, in New York, in London and around the world, technologists and sociologists, web developers and foreign policy wonks have deliberated and debated the role of social media in bringing about these momentous events.What you probably haven't read about though is the history of the painstaking online activism that paved the way for the revolutions that toppled dictators. To hear that story, you needed to be in Tunis this week, where a group of leading bloggers from more than 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond were gathering for the first time since the revolutions began.There's no doubting the Third Arab Bloggers Meeting was a special event. This was not a conference about the revolutionaries; this was a conference for those very revolutionaries. And more notably, it was the first time we were able to speak publicly and freely in an Arab capital.Three years ago, in 2008, the first Arab Bloggers Meeting brought together members of the diverse and widespread Arab blogosphere. Many of the bloggers at this year's meeting were in Beirut three years ago for that first event, and remember a very different kind of meeting. Whereas we met this week in jubilation, with our cameras on throughout, that first meeting was private, small and low-key.Almost a full year after the first protests broke out here in Tunis, they continue to shake the Arab world. We meet now with a completely different set of experiences, and a completely different list of priorities. What has, in Egypt and Tunisia, become reality, and is _NULL_
- Battling bureaucracy and brambles
Northerner guest blogger Janice Gwilliam continues her record of working with asylum-seekers in Lincoln Green, Leeds, and conservation work on the North York MoorsIn my last post I mentioned that I would be going with my friend to 'report', so, three days before Christmas off we went to the United Kingdom Border Agency offices in Leeds to do just that. This proves that she is still alive and still in Leeds - heaven forbid she should move elsewhere. The staff individually try to be kind, but the fact is, that if it is decided that you should be deported, this is where they take you from. They don't have to look for you, as you are there waiting. Never mind that it has been agreed that for whatever reason you can't be returned, your health, the state of your original country...the bottom line is that you don't, yet, have the right to stay. so the terror mounts. I have seen it in my friend, and my previous friends, and I almost feel it too, the shaking, the constricting throat, the inability to speak or think coherently. I don't need to, because I have a British passport. My passport, though, is almost an act of luck; my Indian father chose British citizenship the year before I was born and my British mother was always entitled to one. Such are the accidents of birth and choice and place.Actually, I like the fact that my passport is firstly a European Union passport. The wording is small, but it is the top line on the cover!Anyway, this time all was 'in order' and we got the bus back to my friend's flat. I persuaded her to have a very late breakfast whilst I had a cup of tea.Some days later: Finding overnight rooms for asylum seekers and refugeesToday is Short Stop, so although my mobile can obviously go outside, my PC to record the data won't, so it's into the office wher null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- French bloggers angry at ban on promoting sites
No plugging of Twitter accounts or Facebook pages on French broadcast airwaves.France's audiovisual authority says that TV and radio stations that promote their sites on the two gargantuan social media services on air are actually... いいえTwitterのアカウントまたはフランス語放送airwaves.Franceの視聴。権限をsのFacebookのページのプラグは空気の2つの巨大な社会的なメディアサービスに自分のサイトを促進することをテレビやラジオ局は、実際には言います...
- China 'cracks down' on fake iPhones
Police in Shanghai have arrested five people for making fake iPhones, state media said on Friday, just as Apple fans overseas wait with bated breath for the launch of the US giant's newest model.The craze for all things Apple in China has triggered widespread cloning of iPhones and iPads. In July, an American blogger even uncovered fake Apple stores in the southwestern city of Kunming. _NULL_
- The UAE Five: Amnesty urgent action
Political activists Ahmed Mansoor, Nasser bin Ghaith, Fahad Salim Dalk, Ahmed Abdul Khaleq and Hassan Ali al-Khamis were jailed in April after calling for democratic reformsFive men have been detained in the United Arab Emirates charged with insulting officials, after calling for democracy and criticising the government.Blogger and political commentator Ahmed Mansoor, 42, lecturer Nasser bin Ghaith, 41, and online activists Fahad Salim Dalk, 39, Ahmed Abdul Khaleq, 34, and Hassan Ali al-Khamis, 39, have been detained in the UAE's capital Abu Dhabi since April this year.In June they were charged under article 176 of the penal code, which makes it a crime to publicly insult the country's top officials, punishable by up to five years imprisonment. None of the men are known to have advocated any violence or change of government.Since their arrests, the activists – Mansoor in particular – have been the subject of an intimidating online and satellite television campaign accusing them of being religious extremists and foreign agents who want to cause harm to the UAE.Ahmed Mansoor faces additional charges for inciting others to break the law, calling for an election boycott and encouraging demonstrations. In March, shortly before his arrest, he vocally supported a petition signed by more than 130 people that called on the UAE president, Skeikh Khalifa bin Zayed, to introduce universal, direct elections for the Federal National Council, and to give it legislative powers.Amnesty highlighted the plight of the UAE Five at this year's Edinburgh festival, encouraging audience members, writers and performers to take action to help them. High profile figures such as Mark Watson, Anne Fine and Hari Kunzru lent their support to the campaign.To sign a petition calling for the immediate a _NULL_
- UAE Activists Jailed for Criticizing Government
Prominent blogger Ahmed Mansour received the longest sentence - three years 三年 - 著名なブロガーメドマンスールは、最長の判決を受けた
- Meet The Blogger Who's Doing Battle With A Fashion Giant
Rachel Kane’s legal fight with Forever 21 has overtones of David vs. Goliath. Only in this version, David has a domain name instead of a slingshot and Goliath is wearing pegged jeans and a bedazzled fedora. フォーエバー21とレイチェルケインの法廷闘争は、ダビデ対ゴリアテの倍音を持っています
- Information Overload Makes Us Dazed and Confused
Remember when email arrived so infrequently that we needed a special “You’ve got mail” announcement to let us know when one had arrived? (Imagine if that happened today。I’m getting a migraine thinking about the cacophony.) And yet this one reminder, on just one communication platform, would be a meditation retreat compared with everything we have to deal with today—streams of messages from email, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn; blog posts; all manner of multimedia advertising; and devices dinging and chirping in our pockets. Tech blogger Tom Foremski recently wrote a great piece about “Conversation Overload”, which described the unique challenge of keeping up with the many different ways to have modern conversations. The risk of not keeping up means missing out not just on an interesting article, but also on an interesting way to engage, he says. But at the same time he admits that keeping up is “killer” and that “it will kill people.” 電子メールは非常にまれに私達は1つが到着した時にお知らせするために特別な。。u0026quot;ユーガットメール。。u0026quot;の発表を必要としたこと到着したときに覚えていますか？ （それが不協和音を考える片頭痛を得る今日、I。。u0026#39;mを発生した場合
- Faces of Russia's protest movement – interactive
Russia's opposition is a broad church of nationalists, liberals, environmentalists, MPs and bloggers. Here are some of the figureheads of an evolving crusade. Photographs by Max AvdeevPaddy AllenMiriam Elder
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- Backlash at 'blogger plantation'
Some famous internet start-ups began life in a garage, others in a college dorm. But when Arianna Huffington decided to launch a website in 2005, many of her most crucial telephone calls were made from an expansive desk at her home... いくつかの有名なインターネットのスタートアップは、ガレージでの生活を始めた大学の寮で、他の
- Egypt's military: guardians of the revolution no more | Editorial
There had been no shortage of Egyptians who have suffered from the military's transformation, from heroes of the revolution to its nemesisThe spark was, as ever, unanticipated. A few dozen protesters remained in Tahrir Square after Friday's large, peaceful protest against the military's wish to reimpose itself on Egypt's future constitution. In the last 10 months, there had been no shortage of Egyptians who had suffered personally from the ruling military's transformation, from heroes of the revolution to its nemesis: bloggers have been put behind bars; protesters have been killed; civilians tried in military courts; emergency rule has continued; Coptic Christians have been gunned down; the trial of Hosni Mubarak has been stalled.But it was a cack-handed attempt to preserve the military's impunity and privileges in a future constitution that finally set Tahrir Square back on a hair trigger. The police who were sent in to clear the tents did the rest. What followed – three days of violence in which 33 have died and over 1,500 injured – constitutes the gravest challenge to the military's hold on power since Mubarak left, and it is far from over yet. As Tahrir battled the birdshot and teargas, clear demands emerged: that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) sets a date for relinquishing power, that a civilian interior minister be appointed, and that the army withdraw to its barracks. Long before this weekend's bloody events, the military had squandered the gratitude of the Egyptians in helping them push a dictator out of power. But after these events, SCAF could soon have as big a problem with its legitimacy as the ousted dictator had.What happens now? All this is days before a complex six-week long election process is due to start. Just as it did 10 months ago, _NULL_
- Huffpo and Patch Recruiting Bloggers as Young as 13
The Huffington Post's best response to those critics who accuse it of exploiting writers by not paying them has always been the libertarian one: Within the boundaries of the law, consenting adults are free to enter into whatever sorts of arrangements they choose, even one that involves donating their labor to a for-profit corporation.
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- Survey Finds Huffpo Bloggers Want to Get Paid, But...
The Huffington Post's hardest-working bloggers think they ought to be in line for some financial appreciation now that the site their contributions helped build has drawn a $315 million buyout from AOL. But most of them aren't prepared to walk away over it. Huffington Postのの難しい稼働ブロガーは彼らは今では貢献が構築を支援サイトは、AOLから315000000ドル買収を集めていることが一部の金融感謝の行にあるだと思います
- When Journalism 2.0 Kills
The basic structure of how news gets made is changing. Institutions, experience and credentials are less important than they used to be; networks, individual enterprise and personal "brands" are far more so. To new-media utopians like Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis, this shift -- away from journalism schools and newsroom hierarchies, toward empowered citizen bloggers and crowdsourced reporting -- is an unmitigated good. And sometimes it is good. ニュースが行われる方法の基本的な構造が変化しています
- The Real Value of the Huffington Post's Blogs
The bloggers who are suing the Huffington Post for $105 million are vastly overestimating how much revenue their content generates in terms of ad sales. In one sense, however, they may be more right than they know. There's a whole other way Huffpo's blogs bring value: by influencing how much traffic Google sends to the other parts of the site. 105000000ドルのHuffington Postのを訴えているブロガーは非常にその内容は、広告販売の面で生成する方法をどれくらいの収益を過大評価しています
- Vietnamese Blogger's Conviction Spark Public Outcry
The case against Pham Minh Hoang is met with international condemnation ファムホーチミンホアンに対する訴訟は、国際的な非難で満たされている
- Amnesty International: Many Bahraini Protesters Shot, Some at Close Range
Watchdog group is also looking into arrests and detentions of hundreds of protesters, bloggers and activists ウォッチドッググループは、逮捕や拘留抗議、ブロガーや活動家の何百ものに探しています
- Information is Beautiful on the Datablog: Left v Right redux | Visualised
What's the difference between the left and the right? David McCandless goes back to the futureWhat do the left and right actually stand for? I created this visualisation with London-based designer Stefanie Posavec in 2008 to try to better understand political perspectives. I had a vague sense, but no real detail. No sense of the cartography. So I roved through the Encyclopaedia Britannica, cross-referenced with Wikipedia, and delved through sites like conservative-resource.com to shape up and create a flowing 'concept-map' of these two blocs.See the imageOf course, the political spectrum is not quite so polarised. Actually it's more of a diamond shape, apparently. But this is how it's mostly presented in the media - left wing vs right wing, labour vs conservative, democrat vs republican. And perhaps in our minds too…Version 1.5The image appeared in my book Information Is Beautiful in Feb 2009 and was immediately set upon by right-wing bloggers. They drubbed it for its left-wing bias. Fair play, I thought. They made some good points. As a left-leaning journalistic type, I had clearly - and unconsciously - biased the diagram to make the Left seem better than than the Right. So I got into lengthy (and sometimes heated) discussion with my right wing critics. Taking in their feedback - and no small-amount of fireballs in the comments - I updated the image, refining the wording and changing a few other subtle elements for a hopefully more balanced end result. (If you're curious, you can see the original images on my Flickr)Remember though: this is an attempt to depict the idealised versions of the political spectrum. It's as if I'm stretching it tight, like a piece of rubber, so the details and forms are exaggerated. The reality is more subtle and multi-faceted - a shape I h 左右の違いは何ですか？デビッドマッカンドレスは右実際に左と放置かfutureWhatに戻ります？私はよりよい政治的視点を理解しようとする2008年にロンドンベースのデザイナーステファニーPosavecでこの可視化を作成しました
- Twitter Is About To Get Bigger
When blogs were first getting big, critics would sometimes ask why people preferred the sometimes sloppy stories that developed there to the spell-checked, fact-checked, vetted versions from more venerable news sources. A friend of mine who was one of the first to find gainful full-time employment as a blogger said it was because people "liked to see the news sausage get made." ブログは最初の大きななっていた場合は、評論家は時に人は事実より由緒あるニュースソースから、吟味のバージョンをチェックし、そこ-スペルチェックするために開発さもずさんな話を好む理由を求めるだろう
- Aldwych Underground Blitz tour
I couldn't go on the Blitz anniversary tour of Aldwych Tube at the weekend, but Shepherds Bush blogger Chris Underwood did. He was impressed and moved:It made me think of the stories that my own family told me about that time. How one day a bomb hurled my grandmother across a room and on top of her new born girl. Which was just as well because her body blocked a shard of glass from killing her. Or how my other grandmother, living in a church in Blackheath, saw the opposite side of the street taken out by bombs before her eyes. They lived with that every day and we should never forget it.Chris's full report is here. More from London's top bloggers here.LondonSecond world warDave Hillguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
私は、週末にアルドウィッチ管のブリッツ周年記念ツアーに行くことができなかったShepherds Bushのブロガーのクリスアンダーウッドはなかった
- Brazilian blogger murdered
Brazilian newspaper founder, blogger and political party leader Edinaldo Figueira was shot to death on 15 June.Figueira, president of a branch of the Workers' Party in Brazil's northern state of Rio Grande do Norte, had started a local newspaper and maintained a blog about local issues.Fellow bloggers suspect that the killing was linked to a survey that Figueira published on his blog that questioned the activities of city officials.Source: Knight CentreJournalist safetyBrazilPress freedomGreenslade on Latin AmericaGreenslade on the AmericasRoy Greensladeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Welcome to our Tunisian election coverage - Katharine Viner
Guardian deputy editor Katharine Viner explains what we'll be covering this week as Tunisia goes to the pollsWelcome to the Guardian's coverage of the elections in Tunisia - the first free elections in the region since the Arab spring, and the first-ever free elections in Tunisia. It was here that the uprisings began, with the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi on 17 December last year. Twenty-eight days later the dictator Ben Ali had fled - but what has become of the country since?For a week, leading up to Sunday's election and beyond, we will be finding out. Whatever happened to the democratic ideals of the Facebook generation? What is at stake in this election? Can the structures of the former regime ever really be dismantled? Is a potential Islamist victory something to fear? What has happened to Tunisia's prized position on women? What foreign influences are at play, and how openly? What are the bloggers saying, and the press?The Guardian team will be answering these questions with top-quality reporting, film, live blogging, commentary, data, Tumblr and Twitter. But we can't do it without you, so please contact us - comment on articles or the blog, email us at tunisia.election@guardian.co.uk, follow our Twitter list on the hashtag #tnelec or tweet me at @KathViner. Much of this coverage will appear in Arabic as well as English, and you can comment in both languages. Please let us know what works and what does not.Tunisian elections 2011TunisiaMiddle EastArab and Middle East unrestKatharine Vinerguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
アラブの春以来、地域における最初の自由選挙を、との史上初の自由選挙 - ガーディアン副編集長キャサリンバイナーは、チュニジアはチュニジアの選挙のガーディアンの記事にpollsWelcomeに行くと我々は、今週取り上げる予定かを説明チュニジア
- A look at the big global issues of 2011
What impact has the economic crisis had on developing countries? What's the outlook for global health funding? This month's Global development podcast takes a look back at 2011 and asks what the big development stories might be in 2012. Overseeing the debate is John Vidal, the Guardian's environment editor, who is joined in the studio by Jonathan Glennie, research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and regular blogger for the Guardian's Global development site, and Dana Makram Ebeid, an Egyptian PhD student at the London School of Economics. Joining the discussion from Washington DC is Charles Kenny, the economist and author of Getting Better, an optimistic look at global development. And down the line from New Delhi, economist Jayati Ghosh provides insights from India. We also hear from the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, who offers her thoughts on global health challenges, and from Jamal Osman, who reports from Somalia.John VidalJonathan GlennieJayati GhoshCeleste Hicks
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- Guardian Focus podcast: are Britain's roads safe for cyclists?
Earlier this month, 22-year-old cyclist Ellie Carey was killed in a collision with an HGV near Tower Bridge in central London. It brought the total number of fatalities in the capital up to 16 this year, the highest for five years. The number of cyclist deaths across the UK also increased in 2009 and 2010.We've heard fine words from the government about the environmental and health benefits of cycling. But is enough being done to make the roads safe for those on a bike?Hugh Muir speaks to experts from Sustran and the London Cycling Campaign; the families of cyclists killed by lorries; and Guardian bike bloggers Peter Walker and James Randerson. Hugh also tackles the notorious Kings Cross gyratory system on his bicycle.Listen to the podcast and leave comments below.Hugh MuirJames RandersonPeter WalkerPeter SaleJason Torrance
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- From London to Leeds - and the North York Moors
We've a new guest blogger: Janice Gwilliam who combines two very different interests in her volunteering work: conservation work in the North York Moors national park and helping asylum seekers in Leeds.Hello!I am a retired primary teacher from east London. I have family and childhood holiday links with North Yorkshire, in particular the coast north of Scarborough. I now live in Norton, which is on excellent public transport links, especially to York and then beyond. For many years I was a local councillor in Bedfordshire, but that is no longer for me. I now volunteer with Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network (LASSN), and the North York Moors national park. I am also active in my local Fair Trade Group in Norton and Malton. A typical 'do gooding' Guardian reader, which I have been since my early teens. With LASSN I am a 'befriender', a shoulder to lean on and a source of help and advice (I hope). I have so far befriended three women asylum seekers; because I try to minimise my expenses claim to the charity, my three 'ladies' have all been within easy distance of the wonderful Coastliner bus service, free door to door with my bus pass. My current friend lives in the Lincoln Green area of Leeds and is studying at a local college; as well as LASSN, she is supported by other local organisations, one a self-help group; more of them in future weeks. When I am not away I act as a co-ordinator on Tuesdays for LASSN's Short Stop service, linking homeless asylum seekers with local hosts. When I walked the Coast to Coast, using Martin Wainwright's guide, I raised over £700 for LASSN. In the National Park I am a 'Coastie'. We go out once a week keeping footpaths and bridleways clear and easy to use; we build and maintain steps, clear ditches and cut back shrubs and trees which wou null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Vladimir Putin: A Potemkin election | Editorial
Putin is learning what Mubarak could have told him: you can't fight YouTubeSomething went very wrong for Vladimir Putin last Sunday. It was not just that the party of power, United Russia, lost popularity. That he could have expected and anyway he thought he had a plan. If voters had expressed their opposition either by boycotting the polls or spoiling their ballot papers, United Russia would have benefited, either by identity fraud or by legally acquiring their share of the vote.Putin did not count on a third form of protest vote, as advocated by the blogger Alexei Navalny: voting for any party but United Russia proved a devastatingly successful tactic. A consensus was created between voters of different political colours – western-leaning liberals, nationalists, communists. When it found out what happened, the Kremlin went into a tailspin, and quickly had to make up the lost votes. United Russia's real vote in Moscow was 23.5%, but it came out officially at 46.5%. That means one million votes were stolen in one city alone. So the demonstration on Monday and the bigger one due this Saturday are about a concrete demand: a stolen election.Thus far, Putin has responded with a series of panic measures. Calling Golos, Russia's only independent monitoring organisation, Judas and the agent of foreign governments is playing the nationalist card. It won't work, because Russian nationalists are by nature oppositional, and people like Navalny are more astute players of this game than the Kremlin. Shutting down websites was also a panic measure, and when they came back online, the flames were simply stoked again. Putin is learning what Mubarak in Egypt and Tunisia's Ben Ali could have told him. You cannot fight YouTube; certainly not after the clips of election commission official null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Syrian authorities release US-born blogger Razan Ghazzawi
The campaigner for press freedom was charged last week with fomenting sectarian strife and spreading false informationSyrian authorities have released a US-born blogger who was arrested at the border while on her way to attend a conference in Jordan.Razan Ghazzawi, a campaigner for press freedom, was detained on 4 December and charged last week with fomenting sectarian strife and spreading false information through a secret organisation – charges punishable by up to 15 years in prison.The Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, where she worked, said in a statement that Ghazzawi was freed on Sunday night on bail.It said that she would still stand trial at a later, unspecified date.Ghazzawi is among dozens of Syrian bloggers and activists who have been arrested during the nine-month uprising against the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.SyriaMiddle East and North AfricaUnited StatesBloggingPress freedomNewspapers & magazinesguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Talk point: Should donors learn to love risk?
Should philanthropists be encouraged to take more risks and embrace the possibility of failure? Tell us what you thinkNo one likes to admit failure, especially donors spending taxpayers' money on aid and NGOs not wanting to hamper their fundraising drives. But is a fear of failure stifling development progress? Could taking a few more risks actually benefit the poor?In the current economic climate, the UK's Department for International Development, for example, is keen to show the results of British overseas aid to justify why its budget has not been reduced when other departments have been forced to make cuts. Aid is, therefore, restricted to certain projects that can show measurable results.Writing on risk in July, anonymous NGO blogger Bottom Up Thinking, who we track in our blogosphere, said:'... we are very rarely upfront about the risks of failure. Far too much of the conservation and development industry is extremely reluctant to admit to failure (or even just disappointing results); glossy brochures proclaim an unending procession of success stories.'However, last week, Julian Gore-Booth, from the Stars Foundation, argued that following the more risky strategy of increasing unrestricted giving could free up NGOs and civil society groups and give more power and ownership to people on the ground. He argued:Four years of evidence from our impact award recipients is starting to show that unrestricted giving allows excellent organisations to invest in areas outside programming and to target equally important aspects such as their profile and own development. The result is not only a healthier organisation, but usually a marked and positive change in the quantity and quality of programming being delivered.We would even suggest that unrestricted funding mechanisms give _NULL_
- 2nd Syrian lesbian hoax blogger outed
A 40-year-old American man living in Scotland has said sorry for posing as a Syrian lesbian blogger who offered vivid accounts of life amid revolt and repression in Damascus.Tom MacMaster said he created the fictional persona... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Woolley Edge South services top the motorway coffee shop list
You can pause for a spell and ponder that Arthur Scargill used to work underneath where you're sitting, before he rose to fame. Guest blogger Lewis K Cooper reportsIt's got a fine, if distant, view of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the pit where Arthur Scargill started work at the age of 15.Now Woolley Edge South services on the M1 near Wakefield has won the highest level of award for its coffee shop in a new attempt to improve the standard of motorway food, drink and rest.The grading has been organised by Visit England in conjunction with the Highways Agency and the five main operators of motorway services – Moto, Welcome Break, Roadchef, Extra and Westmorland. The idea is to give travellers a breakdown for the first time of all 71 stopovers on the UK motorway network - are worth a visit according to Visit England's assessors - and which are better to drive past. Warwick, for example, is named as the best services in England for toilets (3 stars), Tebay South is the best for family outside play area (4 stars) and Beaconsfield for internal comfort (4 stars). Meanwhile, business people can decide between Strensham North and Donington Park which share the honours for business use (3 stars each).On the wooden spoon side, organisers hope that the outing of low scorers will help lead to improvements, not just locally but overall. James Berresford, Visit England's chief executive says: It is important that the welcome visitors receive, and the quality of services on offer at motorway service areas, together add to the visitor's overall holiday experience.Maybe they could a step further and copy the Franch system of 'aires', or motorway laybys overlooking fine views (the stretch of the M62 above Calderdale is one such), with picnic tables and loos, but no major buildings or _NULL_
- What if Ireland pulls out of the euro and prints punts?
Guest blogger Alan McQuaid, chief economist at Bloxham stockbrokers in Dublin, says the collateral damage would be unbearableAs the eurozone debt crisis deepens by the day, speculation continues to mount that Greece with its debt mountain of €340bn will default on its creditors and will ultimately leave the eurozone. And of course if one country exits through the door, then why not others to follow, including Ireland?Rumours abound in Dublin that the Irish central bank is back printing punts just in case the eurozone does break up. And while that may be true, I don't know, but one would hope that there was some contingency plan in place just in the case the whole euro projected exploded. Then again, given the track record of European policymakers in dealing with the crisis so far, it wouldn't come as too great a shock if there was no plan B in existence. But given that it took years of planning to bring the single currency project to fruition and create the euro, it is hard to imagine, as some people are suggesting, that we could just go back to the punt overnight. So we are not going to simply finish with the euro on a Friday, and then out of nowhere come back to work on a Monday with the old punt back in existence. What are the chances of printing punts?Even if the central back is printing punts, are businesses and retailers putting the preparations in place for a return to the old currency? I don't think so. Therefore the chances of this happening any time soon are nil in my view. I still believe the will is there among European policymakers to make the euro work, and the cost of a country exiting the system would be very negative not just for the country involved but also for the other euroland countries left behind. This idea that is being thrown about by some, tha ゲストブロガーアランMcQuaid、ダブリンでBloxhamの株式ブローカーのチーフエコノミストは、巻き添え被害は日によってunbearableAsユーロ圏の債務危機が深まるのだろうと言う、憶測は最終的には€340bnの債務の山とギリシャは、その債権にデフォルトを起こすマウントするために続けとなりますユーロ圏を残す
- Morgan Kelly's plan would deflate economy
Removing as much as €15bn from the economy in one fell swoop would lead to a deflationary spiral in Ireland, writes our guest blogger, economist Stephen Kinsella in part two of his analysis of Morgan Kelly's big bang plan for IrelandIn yesterday's post, I looked at the impact of shaving off €15bn the exchequer's finances through reductions in government pay and pensions bills, and in service provision, as well as capital expenditure. I made no mention of increasing other taxes like VAT, excise, income tax, or introducing property taxes, water taxes, carbon taxes to help reduce the gap between state income and state expenditure.I did so because these considerations essentially cloud the argument. We are reduced to hair-splitting over which unpleasant choice of taxation instrument one prefers. So it is best to look at the simplest case of taking it all off the expenditure side, as this will allow us to see a cleaner picture, and also a worst case, wheels-off-the-bus type scenario. I should also say this isn't an anti-Morgan Kelly series of posts. I respect and admire the man's work. It's an attempt to get a rough sense of what might happen if we follow his advice. There's no value judgment being applied one way or the other. Whatever the composition of any fiscal adjustment in the Kelly plan, it is clear the macroeconomy will suffer. This post looks at which parts will suffer most if expenditure drops of €15bn are enacted in a single year. What will happen to prices, to output, and to living standards in this scenario? Ireland's GDP last year was about €164bn. Gross domestic product in a given year is the sum of private consumption, government expenditure, investment and exports minus imports. The table below shows the percentage changes in these five items over the last 急襲はアイルランドでデフレスパイラルにつながる落ちたいずれかの経済から同じくらい€として150億を希。削除、IrelandIn昨日の記事にして、Morgan Kellyさんビッグバン計画の彼の分析の第2部で私たちのゲストブロガーを、経済学者スティーブンキンセラ書いて、私は見た政府の賃金と年金法案の削減を通じて国庫の財政€150億を削っての影響、およびサービスの提供では、同様に資本的支出
- Will Fine Gael also err with expenditure?
Guest blogger Stephen Kinsella, a University of Limerick economist, asks which election promises the new government will be dropping?By the end of this week, Ireland will have a new government, with a new mandate, new ministers, and a new purpose. The parties making up the incoming government have made promises to the electorate. Some were clearly fanciful, others less so. This blog looks at which ones we should care to remember, which promises should be forgotten, and which ones should be thrown back in their faces in 12 months' time? What should we watch for?Let's look at three things really matter: the new government's policy on the EU/IMF loan package, public sector reform, and its decision on whether and where to cut government expenditure. 1: EU/IMF Loan: stock of debt matters more than interest ratesI'm of the opinion that renegotiating an interest rate drop on the €67.5bn borrowed is not worth the cost we might have to pay in terms of policy changes like giving up our corporation tax rate.It is the stock of outstanding debt that matters, rather than the interest rate paid on it, which should determine our attitude towards the bailout. As one commenter has written, changing the interest rate on €67.5bn is a bit like strapping pillows to a killer asteroid. Talking seriously about addressing this debt – part of which is Ireland's ticking residential mortgage time bomb – should be our new government's first task. Remember: did the government focus on the stock of debt, or servicing that stock?2: Public sector 'reform。Fine Gael want to kill 145 state agencies, boards, committees, taskforces and public bodies, as well as producing meaningful public sector reform. This is going to be very difficult without destroying the Croke Park agreement which enshrines the pay and ゲストブロガースティーブンキンセラは、大学リムリックのエコノミスト、新政府がドロップされると約束する選挙を要求？今週末までに、アイルランドは、新しい任務は、新しい閣僚、新しい目的で、新政府になります
- Egypt's revolution not just about tweeting: Bloggers
CAIRO - SIX months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page on the Internet to overthrow a dictator. 'The Internet played a key role but it was not the only tool. The revolution really belongs to the people,' said Wael Abbas, a veteran Egyptian blogger who has been posting his thoughts in cyberspace since 2004. カイロ - 彼らは政権を追放革命を開始した半年後、エジプトのブロガーは、それが独裁者を打倒するために、インターネット上のFacebookページ以上かかることを認めている
- Barack Obama's White House bows to the conservatives again
Inflamed by Fox News, a politically-edited video cost Shirley Sherrod her government job, Even when it was exposed as a blatant lie, the White House did not defend herIt is a tried and tested technique. A story surfaces on an obscure, journalistically dubious, conservative website. It spreads to Fox News who churn out their standard-issue anti-liberal outrage. Then, in an effort to catch up, the rest of the mainstream media piles in.So it was last week with a video of a black department of agriculture official, Shirley Sherrod, apparently speaking about not giving a white farmer as much help as she could because of his race. Responding to Fox-inspired howls, Sherrod was rapidly forced to resign by agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack. White House officials clucked approval, apparently relieved they could show that having a black president did not mean being anti-white. Even the venerable civil rights group the NAACP lambasted Sherrod's anti-white racism.But the then a fuller video emerged, revealing the full context of what Sherrod had said, rather than the much shorter, edited version that conservative misfit blogger Andrew Breitbart had posted. It showed beyond doubt that Sherrod had not been describing recent events, but had been talking about her experiences 24 years ago. More damningly, neither had she been racist. Her full speech was in fact a moving story of her discovery that race did not matter and that the real divide in America was between haves and have-nots. Far from abandoning the white farmer, she had helped to save his farm. That version was confirmed by the farmer, who heaped praise on Sherrod on CNN.The behaviour of the conservative media was revealed in all its grim dirty tricks. But what was truly shocking was the reaction, not of Fox News, who can be e 炎症は、フォックスニュース、政治的に編集されたビデオコストシャーリーシェロッド彼女の政府の仕事でさえもがそれは真っ赤なうそとして公開され、ホワイトハウスはherItを守ることはなかったとした、テクニックをテストした
- Shirley Sherrod maintained her dignity despite media attacks | Katha Pollitt
Sacked after her attitude towards a white farmer was misreported, Sherrod kept her cool while others lost theirsFor courage and grace under truly nonsensical fire, Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia state director of rural development for the US Department of Agriculture, is my hero of the year.On 19 July, rightwing blogger Andrew Breitbart released video excerpts of a speech Sherrod, who is black, had given atan NAACP event in March, in which she supposedly boasted that she had dragged her feet in helping a white farmer. Within moments the story went viral – and vicious – throughout the conservative media; Ben Jealous, head of the organisation, tweeted his disapproval of Sherrod; by the end of the day, agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack had fired her.In fact, the excerpts completely misrepresented the speech in which Sherrod movingly described feelings she had had to overcome (and did overcome) when in 1986 a white farmer, Roger Spooner, had come to her for help saving his farm. Given that Sherrod's father had been murdered when she was 17 years old by a white person who was never prosecuted and that a cross had soon after been burned in front of the family home, perhaps she had a lot to get over. The next day, the now very elderly Roger and Eloise Spooner stepped forward to defend Sherrod for having saved their land. Obama called and Vilsack offered to give her back her job. Sherrod declined.The real Shirley Sherrod has been a well-known civil rights activist in Georgia since the late 60s. What does it say about the US that a hack like Breitbart can destroy a decades-long career in one day? That the head of the nation's premier civil rights organisation is so ignorant of the history of his own movement? That the administration of the first black president is so fearful of 白人農民に向かって彼女の態度はmisreportedした略奪の後、Sherrodは、彼女の他は、本当に無意味な攻撃を受けてtheirsForの勇気と優雅さを失っている間冷却さ、シャーリーシェロッドは、米国農務省の農村開発の元ジョージア州の監督、今年の私のヒーローです
- Jessica Valenti | Top 100 Women
Pioneering blogger whose online activism dragged feminism into the 21st centuryIf feminism is enjoying a revival among young women, much of the credit should go to women such as Jessica Valenti, 33. The creator of Feministing.com, a site set up for younger feminists who felt their voices were ignored, helped spark an explosion of blogs and online communities that effectively shifted the movement online.At a time when the death of feminism was being announced, they launched discussions, voices, support and campaigns around the world. Valenti, the author of three books on feminism, felt the full force of being a pioneer – with online abuse, rape and death threats, dismissal by older feminists and a torrent of insults over her appearance in a photograph with Bill Clinton exposing the downside of online feminism.Yet the momentum created by bloggers has spilled over into activist groups, workshops and campaigns – and helped create a new heyday for feminism.WomenBloggingFeminismNewspapers & magazinesDigital mediaHoma Khaleeliguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
そのオンライン行動ドラッグフェミニズム第二十一centuryIfフェミニズムに若い女性の間での復活を楽しんでいる先駆的ブロガー、多くのジェシカバレンティ、33のような女性に行く必要があります信用
- Guardian Focus podcast: Are the Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners?
The London Olympics were won on a promise to radically transform the economic landscape of east London. A life-changing programme would see 70,000 unemployed Londoners into work, with thousands of new jobs created in the Olympic Park and the Lower Lea Valley.Six years after the Olympic bid was won, Hugh Muir finds out if we are close to this this ambitious target, or whether the legacy has been thrown away. He visits the Olympic Park site to meet construction workers and Lorraine Martins from the Olympic Development Agency. He also travels to nearby Canning Town to meet unemployed residents to ask their views.Back in the studio, Hugh is joined by Guardian writer and London blogger Dave Hill, Director of London 2012 at the Greater London authority Neale Coleman, and Liberal Democrat London assembly member Dee Doocey to discuss the employment legacy.Listen to the podcast and leave your views below.Hugh MuirDave HillPeter Sale
ロンドン五輪は、根本的に東ロンドンの経済情勢を変換するために約束を獲得した
- Brazilian press owner shot dead
The owner of a Brazilian newspaper, Valerio Nascimento, was shot in the back and killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday, designated as World Press Freedom Day.Nascimento had published only four issues of his paper Panorama Geral, which was critical of local authorities in Sao Paulo state. One story claimed the city of Bananal had failed to invest in health and sewage treatment centres.Nascimento's killing was the third documented shooting of a Brazilian journalist this year.On 9 April, Luciano Leitão Pedrosa, a radio and television journalist known for his critical coverage of local authorities and criminal groups, was shot and killed. In March, blogger Ricardo Gama was seriously wounded when a gunman shot him in the head, neck, and chest as he was walking near his Rio de Janeiro home.Sources: AP/CPJ/IPIJournalist safetyBrazilPress freedomGreenslade on Latin AmericaRoy Greensladeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
ブラジルの新聞、ヴァレリオナシメントの所有者が背中を撃たれ、サンパウロで地元自治体に批判的だった彼の論文パノラマジェラルの4つだけ問題が公開されていた世界報道自由Day.Nascimentoとして指定された日、正体不明の武装勢力によって殺さサンパウロ州
- Europe, the Guardian needs you
We're looking for great arts bloggers and critics from France, Germany, Spain and Poland. Are you one of them?Over the next month, the Guardian and guardian.co.uk will be paying particular attention to four European countries: France, Germany, Spain and Poland. This naturally includes culture and the arts. We're looking for great arts bloggers and critics from those countries to write for us. Are there any you enjoy reading? Or might you even be one yourself? Please post your recommendations below. TheatreEuropeFranceGermanySpainPolandAlex Needhamguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
我々は素晴らしい芸術ブロガーや評論家、フランス、ドイツ、スペイン、ポーランドから探しています
- Guardian Focus podcast: The Coalition's impact on grassroots politics
We meet voters, councillors and activists in David Cameron's Witney constituency in west Oxfordshire, and Nick Clegg's of Sheffield Hallam, to assess the impact of a year of coalition government.In the studio, Hugh Muir is joined by the Guardian's northern editor, Martin Wainwright, Conservative Home blogger Harry Phibbs, and Lib Dem Voice blogger Mark Pack.Hugh MuirIain ChambersHarry PhibbsMark PackMartin Wainwright
我々は、西オックスフォードのDavid Cameronさんウィットニー選挙区の有権者、議員や活動家を満たすニッククレッグさんはシェフィールドハラムの、スタジオ、ヒューミュアーはガーディアン北部のエディタ、マーティンWainwrightさんで参加している連立government.In年の影響を評価する、保守的なホームブロガーハリーフィブス、およびLibデム音声ブロガーマークPack.Hugh MuirIain ChambersHarry PhibbsMark PackMartinウィンライト
- Who should replace Michael Tomasky? | Matt Seaton
We're missing our US blogger Tomasky already. But we have to fill the gaping void he leaves – and we'd love your suggestionsAs many of you will know, Comment is free's US blogger Michael Tomasky has left the Guardian to take up a fantastic role as columnist for Tina Brown's Daily Beast/Newsweek enterprise. If we were still nursing even the slightest grudge about Tomasky's departure, then we were overcome by his generosity and professionalism all over again when he came out of his retirement – after saying all his goodbyes – to post one more time on Monday's huge news on Osama bin Laden.Which only goes to underline how irreplaceable Tomasky is – a fact not lost on the many of you who already commented appreciatively in last week's thread. Yet, somehow, we do have to think about how to replace him. And since you, his community of readers and commenters, have followed his coverage of US politics all this time, this seems like an unmissable opportunity to ask for your thoughts.Who do you like reading on US politics? Who would you like to see taking up Tomasky's mantle as the Guardian's figurehead US blogger?Do you have other ideas about what you'd want from whoever occupies the role next? What do you most value from this kind of blogging: the opinions, the voice, the engagement with readers, the vlogging … ?It's your call: we'd love to hear from you.United StatesMatt Seatonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
我々は、Tomaskyすでに米国のブロガーが不足している
- Valentine's Day will save my business
Guest blogger David O'Donnell, who owns a chain of flower shops, has a story most retail businesses in Ireland can tell. He has had a horrendous Christmas and January. But he hopes to find green shoots of recovery todayBy the end of Valentine's Day, we hope to have taken in €35,000 from the sale of flowers in our five shops. The average spend on a bouquet will be €70. This might sound a lot, especially to UK readers, but to put it in context you need to know that the typical average spend on a bouquet before the recession was €45 and that's now down to €28-€30.Valentine's Day is critical for us and everyone else in the flower business. We rely on really high peaks – the next one is Mother's Day in April – to get through the lengthy troughs.Today, people go nuts on flowers and we'll have some guys who will think nothing of splashing out more than €100 for a bouquet.We will do five weeks business in one week – enough to get us through to Mother's Day.I have to admit things are looking better this Valentine's Day compared to last year which is a tiny silver lining in what has otherwise been a very tough year. But it also takes a huge effort. Normally we have two drivers on call, this week we've had 20.Our Christmas trade was horrendous – the two bouts of snow killed everyone's business. Even Christmas Eve was dead. There was no buzz and no last-minute bounce.Things were so bad we stopped paying rentThe few weeks before Christmas usually justify the lack of trade in October and November and keep the bank managers off our backs, but this year it didn't perform at all. I came back after Christmas and decided we had to take drastic measures. We decided to freeze all rental payments – we notified our landlords – and didn't hand over a penny for the month. We didn't have a choic 花屋のチェーンを所有しているユーザーのブロガーデビッドオドネルは、アイルランドで最も小売業が言うことができる話をしています
- Rajaratnam Camp Offended By Inside Information Leaks To Media
A few times each day I search for information on the Raj Rajaratnam case. As a blogger, I’m just looking for a story on which I can provide my own perspective on the case and each time I search Raj on Google I see a paid ad by RajDefense.org. The site “…provides factual information regarding the defense of Mr. Raj Rajaratnam, founder of New York-based hedge fund Galleon Group…” So what has Raj’s camp upset these days? Believe it or not, leaks to the media of inside information from the prosecution. 数回、毎日私がして、Rajラジャラトナムケースについての情報を検索してください
- Cory Doctorow on social networks and privacy - video
Comment is free interviews: Blogger, writer and activist Cory Doctorow on social networking, revolution and how to avoid haemorrhaging personal information onlineChristian BennettOliver LaughlandCory Doctorow
コメントは、無料のインタビューです：ソーシャルネットワーキング、革命とどのようにBloggerの、作家と活動して、Cory Doctorowは、個人情報onlineChristian BennettOliver LaughlandCoryドクトローをhaemorrhaging避けるために、
- The Most Influential News Orgs, According to Google
If you're a business-of-news geek like me, you'll be fascinated by this chart ranking news organizations in terms of how often their reporting is cited on Google News and Google Blogs. It was compiled by New York Times blogger and statistics-dicer extraordinaire Nate Silver as evidence that the Times is uniquely well positioned to charge readers' for online access. (The paper is the second most-cited news outlet after the Associated Press, and it's the most linked to by bloggers.) あなたがビジネスの-ニュース私のようなオタクしている場合は、そのレポートはGoogle NewsやGoogleのブログに引用される頻度の観点から、このグラフランキングの報道機関に魅了されるでしょう
- New Irish economic policies no different to old
Guest blogger Stephen Kinsella, economist at the University of Limerick, finds there is little substantive difference between the outgoing government party and the incoming partiesOnly three months ago the economy was in such a state of collapse that the government had to get the IMF and EU in to bail us out. So it is surprising there are so few policy alternatives to those of the outgoing government in this general election campaign. Each political party must be populist of course, and each party must appeal to the individual household's anger at the state of Ireland's economy and society. But how credible are their policy recommendations on the economy? We are hearing a lot of rhetoric about funding black holes; low taxes; and a renegotiation of the IMF/EU deal. But when you examine the economic strategies in detail, are there any material differences between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour and Sinn Féin?Do they differ in their attitudes towards the EU/IMF loan announced before Christmas? Or their attitudes toward Ireland's fiscal stance Or, perhaps more importantly, toward political reform?The context for the parties' policies is the stark difference between taxation revenues and government expenditure, shown in the graph below as percentages of overall economic output, gross domestic product. The difference between those two lines must be made up by a combination of borrowing, expenditure reduction and taxation increases. Ireland has committed, rather incredibly, as I've argued here in previous posts, to getting these two lines to almost meet by 2014. Each party contesting the election has a prescription for their preferences on closing that yawning gap. I've tried to understand the differences in each party's position as stated in their policy documents and manifest ゲストブロガースティーブンキンセラは、リムリック大学のエコノミスト、発信政府与党と経済は政府がIMFとEUを取得していたことが崩壊のような状態にあった3ヶ月前の着信partiesOnlyの間にはほとんど実質的な違いがあると認める私たちを救済する
- Will ECB rate rise halt Irish business recovery?
Guest blogger Stephen Kinsella, economist at the University of Limerick, says the Irish are already paying through the nose for credit and an ECB rise will add further pressure to businessesWhat would the impact of an European Central Bank interest rise have on Irish business? Will it halt the country's chance of economic recovery?The first thing to decide is which interest rate we're talking about. When economists talk about the interest rate, they normally mean the rate central banks charge retail banks for funds. That's a useful measure of economic activity, since this rate feeds into the real economy—households, firms, the government—fairly quickly. In the past, economists generally considered financial markets to be dominated by a single 'typical', risk-free rate of interest. There were many interest rates in practice, but they would all move with the dominant rate, so that, subtracting the various idiosyncratic risks associated with different types of financial instruments, they would tend in the long run to converge to a common underlying rate. In turn, this rate would be brought, by competition, into equality with the marginal rate of return on real assets. All the greats of classical economics like Marshall, Wicksteed, Wicksell, Fisher and Pigou discussed 'the' rate of interest when setting out the general principles of economics. Modern textbooks ape the classics, so today we learn about only one interest rate. For Ireland though there are different interest rates to watch out for.In its current precarious macroeconomic state, it is useful and important to distinguish between different types of interest rate. 1.。The long and short interest rateThe first is between long and short - generally, the short market finances working capital, for business but also ゲストブロガースティーブンキンセラは、リムリック大学のエコノミスト、希。欧州中央銀行の金利上昇の影響はアイルランドのビジネスがアイルランドには、すでにクレジットの鼻とbusinessesWhatにさらに圧力を追加するECBの上昇を通じて支払っているという？それが景気回復の国のチャンスを停止するか？決定するまず最初に、私たちが話しているが金利です
- Bank stress tests may not be tough enough
The last stress tests on Irish banks were undermined just months after they were released by a bank bailout. Will the new ones be any better? Guest blogger Stephen Kinsella, an economist at the University of Limerick, finds some flawsContinuing from last week's Tom Waits-themed post, this week let's take in a little Queen and David Bowie while considering just how stressful the stress tests Ireland's banks are being subjected to really are. Ireland's banks are, indeed, 'Under Pressure'. But just how much pressure is being assumed in the tests being conducted at the behest of the Irish central bank by Blackrock Solutions, the consultancy charged with the task?Yesterday the Central Bank revealed details of the scenarios being used to test four banks. The headlines made for grim reading for property owners, with a peak to trough fall in value of between 55% and 60%, as reported in the Guardian by Lisa.Stress tests are simulations performed on a bank's loan books. The tests look at the likely effects on the quality of bank's assets and liabilities when, say, interest rates rise. When that happens, some people will be unable to pay back their loans, and these people will default, leaving the bank with a bad debt it will have to absorb.In normal times, the bank has a sufficient cushion of equity capital or other assets to absorb the effects of an interest rate rise of moderate size. But when banks are in deep trouble, when their balance sheets are damaged by excessive and inappropriate lending to commercial and residential areas, then we need to make sure they are strong enough to keep going if we, the public, inject more cash into the banks' balance sheets. Hence stress tests.You can't have a test that nobody failsThe last set of central bank stress tests, performed in late 彼らは銀行救済が発表された後にアイルランド系銀行の最後のストレステストは、ほんの数ヶ月が損なわれた
- Censorship in Asia: following the great firewall of China
Governments across south-east Asia are following China's lead on internet censorship to keep political dissent in check. Meet five key bloggers in the region who fear a further repressive crackdown on freedom of expressionBen DohertyPaddy Allen
南東アジアの各国政府は、チェックで政治的意見の相違を保つために、インターネットの検閲中国のリードを以下の通りです
- Guardian Focus podcast: Labour councils enacting coalition spending cuts
Local authorities across the country are slashing public services to meet the spending restrictions imposed by central government. But whenever Conservative-Liberal Democrat government ministers are challenged about such cuts, they say such decisions are taken not by central government but by councils. And Labour-controlled councils are having to implement harsher cuts than Tory and Lib Dem authorities.Hugh Muir joins this week's protests against local government spending cuts in Camden, north London. Northern editor Martin Wainwright reveals the level of opposition in the north of the country.The Guardian's London blogger Dave Hill joins us after the strangely muted protests in Hackney, Eeast London.SocietyGuardian's Peter Hetherington talks about Labour's lack of coherent opposition to the cuts so far. Communities minister Andrew Stunell tells us that backroom inefficiencies and innovative budget management can absorb the brunt of the cuts. The New Local Government Network's Tom Symons believes that savings in support services cannot be great enough to stop front-line services being cut.Hugh MuirIain ChambersPeter HetheringtonDave HillMartin Wainwright
全国の地方自治体は、中央政府によって課される支出の制限を満たすために公共サービスを削減しています
- Stephen Colbert Launches Colbuffingtonrepost.com. Really!
Now this is how you protest the sale of the Huffington Post to AOL. All those unpaid bloggers who took to Twitter to complain that Arianna Huffington is getting rich while they're getting nada should take a page from Stephen Colbert, who last night announced the launch of a new website, Colbuffingtonrepost.com, to do to Huffpo what it does to everyone else -- namely, aggregate their content to build its own traffic. これは、あなたがAOLにHuffington Postの売却に抗議する方法です
- Pope visit: help us to CrowdMap every detail
Send in things you see, hear or record about the papal visit that the mainstream media might have missedThe pope's state visit to Britain starts today, and the Guardian – along with dozens of other news organisations – will have a team of correspondents, bloggers, photographers and columnists following his moves. But the mainstream media cannot be everywhere at once, so we are asking for your help too.This CrowdMap aims to combine verified reports from the Guardian and other media with potentially invaluable information supplied by people around the country who see, hear or record something they think is relevant about the papal visit.The platform we're using is provided by Ushahidi, which was first developed to allow cititzens to map incidents when ethnic violence erupted in Kenya in late 2007. It has been used around the world, mainly to sort data during humanitarian or environmental crises, such as the earthquake in Haiti this year. Within four days of that disaster, Ushahidi was said to have received more than 100,000 reports from the ground.The tool works best when there are large numbers of people witnessing the same large event. You can read about how the BBC produced a crowdmap during this month's tube strikes here.To take part, send us information either by email (papal.visit@guardian.co.uk), Twitter (using the hashtag #papalmap) or at the crowdmap web page. You can send anything, but we're particularly interested in incidents, events and insights from people who find themselves at the right place at the right time, spotting something that the papal entourage of global media miss. It is important that you tell us where you are when you send your dispatch.The snippet of information could be anything, from problems with queues into Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, w あなたは、を参照してください聞いたり、ローマ法王の訪問についての記録の主流メディアが英国にmissedThe法王の国賓訪問を持っている可能性がある事で送信は、後見人は、本日開始 - に沿って、他の報道機関の何十もの - 特派員、ブロガー、写真家のチームを持ってとコラムニストは、彼の動きを、次の
- Readers, bloggers sound off on Huff Post sale
When The Huffington Post was sold to AOL last Monday for $315 million, its founder, Arianna Huffington, was feted as a new media pioneer. Not everyone is celebrating, however.Huffington has been facing a backlash over the sale -- from readers worried about what it will mean for the future of the site and from unpaid bloggers who helped make The Huffington Post such a valuable property. Huffington Postのは、315000000ドルの前月曜日AOLに売却されたとき、その創設者は、アリアナハフィントン、新しいメディアのパイオニアとしてfetedした
- Science Weekly podcast: Ham the astrochimp and the LHC keeps going
WARNING: podcast contains explicit references to anatomy and sexual acts between consenting animals. We celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of America's space milestones. His name was Ham and he came from French Cameroon. Henry Nicholls is back in the studio with us. He's unearthed some never before broadcast audio footage he recorded in 2007 when he went to visit the remains of this amazing chimpanzee. The Higgs Boson might be closer than ever. The decision has been made to keep the Large Hadron Collider up and running for another year before its scheduled maintenance. We cross live-ish to Paul Collier in the room at Cern where the beam is switched on and off. Paul's job title is possibly the greatest on the planet. He is Head of Beams at Cern. Our very own Alok Jha has his first book out. Despite his best efforts to avoid talking about it, we trick him into discussing How To Live Forever: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses Of Science. Other books are available! We continue this programme's celebration of animals - by talking about green porn with a movie star. Isabella Rossillini tells us about her series of graphic short films called Green Porno and Seduce Me. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Meet the Guardian's crack team of science bloggers:The Lay Scientist by Martin RobbinsLife and Physics by Jon ButterworthPunctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientistPolitical Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com. Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group. We're always here when you need us, listen back throu 警告：Podcastが同意している動物の間の解剖学や性的な行為への明示的な参照が含まれています
- Science Weekly podcast: Monitoring climate change in the Antarctic; and The Edge Question 2011
We speak to Professor Chris Turney on a satellite phone from Antarctica. He's out there monitoring climate change. Apparently cosmogenic dating is nothing like internet dating. Glad we cleared that one up.Follow his expedition on Twitter @ProfChrisTurney. Robin McKie and Nell Boase are in the studio to discuss this year's Edge Question: What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? The founder of edge.org John Brockman tells us how they dreamed up the idea of picking the brains of the world's leading thinkers, and one of the brains, social media expert Clay Shirky, explains his answer to this year's question. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Meet our crack team of science bloggers:The Lay Scientist by Martin RobbinsLife and Physics by Jon ButterworthPunctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientistPolitical Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com. Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group. We're always here when you need us, listen back through our archive.Andy DuckworthAlok JhaNell BoaseRobin McKieClay Shirky
我々は、南極から衛星電話で教授クリスターニーと話す
- Science Weekly podcast: Saving giant pandas; tiger droppings; solar-power festivals; plus music from Cern
WARNING: contains explicit language which may offend some listeners.Science writer Henry Nicholls tells us about the fascinating world of China's political animal, the giant panda. He also gives us an update on Lonesome George, the last of his species and the subject of his previous book. Henry's new book The Way of the Panda is out now. The Guardian's Steven Morris puts on his wellies to visit the UK's biggest private solar-power plant on the site of the Glastonbury music festival. We discuss why paw prints and faeces offer new hope for saving tigers. The Journal of Applied Ecology also goes into some graphic details concerning shapes and smells.Richard Holmes, biographer and author of the soon to be published The Lost Women of Victorian Science, tells us why women appear to have been written out of the history of science. The winners of the physics.org web awards have been announced. Alex Cheung from the Institute of Physics tells us why they stood out. There's a little mention for the best podcast. The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast. You may have heard of it. Thanks for voting for us. Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider have released an album! Resonance is a double CD with a variety of musical styles recorded by those at Cern in Geneva. Proceeds go to an orphanage in Nepal. At the end of the podcast we listen to the full version of a song written especially for the project. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Meet our crack team of science bloggers:The Lay Scientist by Martin RobbinsLife and Physics by Jon ButterworthPunctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientistPolitical Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stor 警告は：ヘンリーNicholls氏は中国の政治的な動物、パンダの魅惑的な世界を物語っているいくつかのlisteners.Scienceライターを怒らせることが明示的な言語が含まれています
- Putin responds to angry blogger over fire risk negligence
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has given a handwritten reponse to accusations voiced by a blogger about authorities' negligence of fire risks, local media reported Thursday.
The unnamed blogger, who said he lived in the affected Tver region, used rude substandard language to accuse authorities of negligence that led to the ongoing fire emergency in dozen of the regions.
Alexei Venediktov, chief editor of a popular Moscow radio station, passed the criticism on to Putin in an email Mo ... プーチン首相は、リスク火災。。u0026#39;過失の当局は約ブロガー声への反応を非難手書き与え、地元メディアが報じた
- Science Weekly podcast: The Beagle Project; Hubble at 20; and Arabic science
Nell Boase is Lady Science this week ...All the way from Maine, Dr Karen James joins us in the studio to tell us about The Beagle Project, which aims to recreate the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed on his world-changing voyage of discovery. Karen is also a huge space fan and will watch the penultimate shuttle launch as part of Nasa's tweetup. She also tells us about getting a call on her mobile phone from the space station. Best ever revellation on the podcast: Karen tells us the dialling code for space. Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample is in the studio to ask Karen about her thoughts on the future of Nasa. As the Hubble space telescope reaches the age of 20, we take a closer look at what it has achieved. Giles Sparrow runs us through some of its greatest hits in his book Hubble: Window on the Universe. We have prepared a beautiful audio slideshow to go with this interview. Despite Arabic science helping shape the scientific method, theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili discusses what's holding it back today. His new book is called Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science. Prof Al-Khalili is also chairing a special lecture at London's Royal Albert Hall this week with Stephen Hawking. Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).Meet our crack team of science bloggers:The Lay Scientist by Martin RobbinsLife and Physics by Jon ButterworthPunctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientistPolitical Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com. Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group. Listen back through our archive ネルボースは今週...すべての方法がメインからの女性科学は、博士がして、Karen Jamesさんは、チャールズダーウィンは、彼の世界を変える旅に出航した船を再現することを目的とビーグルプロジェクトについて教えて、スタジオで私たちを結合する発見
- Egyptian court postpones blogger death case
An Alexandria criminal court on Tuesday adjourned until Sept. 25 the case of the two Egyptian policemen accused of torturing a young Egyptian blogger.
The court postponed the case in order to hear from the witnesses, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
The policemen denied the charge, saying the 28-year-old Khaled Mohamed Said died after swallowing a package of drugs while policemen were trying to arrest him in June.
On July 3, Egypt's public prosecutor referred Mahm ... 公式中東北アフリカの報道機関は、のエジプト報告、アレクサンドリアの2つのエジプトの刑事裁判所は、火曜日の場合は延期されるまで9月は25人の警。被告人の証人から話を聞く拷問するために延期の場合、若いエジプトブロガーを、裁判所は警察が拒否されました料金は、6月と言っ28歳ハレドモハメドで彼を逮捕しようとするが警官は中にサイードは、薬のパッケージを飲み込んだ後に死亡した
- Cuban bloggers show public photos of Fidel Castro
Two Cuban journalists showed on Saturday in their personal blogs some unpublished photos of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro who paid a visit to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) on Wednesday.
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- Top 50 US politics Twitter accounts to follow | Richard Adams
Follow US politics and election coverage with our selection of the 50 top Twitter accounts for the latest news and viewsWe've selected the top 50 Twitter accounts for following the latest US election news and political analysis, so you can keep up with all the controversy, surprises and polling throughout the campaign as they happen.This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of the biggest or best known accounts. This is the Twitter accounts that we judge to be the most influential and smartest on all shades of the political spectrum, based on best use of Twitter through frequency, aggregation and interaction.Did we miss out a brilliant Twitter account that should be on this list? Make your case in the comments below. You can read the whole list here, and you can subscribe to the whole list with a single click from your Twitter account. And you can always follow me on @RichardA for the Guardian's up to the minute coverage of US politics.JournalistsBen Smith @benpoliticoHyperactive politics blogger for PoliticoDave Weigel @daveweigelPolitical blogger for Slate, specialises in Tea Party and conservative coverage Felicia Sonmez @fixfeliciaPolitical blogger with The Washington PostTaegan Goddard @pwireVeteran Political Wire blogger with remarkable news judgmentSusan Page @SusanPageWashington bureau chief of USA TodayAlex Wagner @alex_wagsWhite House Correspondent for AOL's Politics Daily websiteReid Wilson @HotlineReidEditor of The Hotline, part of the National JournalPhil Elliott @PElliottAPCovers national politics and elections for the Associated PressBeth Reinhard @bethreinhardCovering Florida politics for the Miami HeraldGarance Franke-Ruta @thegarancePolitical blogger at the Washington PostMike Memoli @mikememoliReporter in the Tribune Washington DC bureau for the Lo ので、すべての論争についていくことができる、最新のニュースやviewsWe。。u0026#39;ve最新の米国の選挙のニュースや政治的な分析を次のトップ50のTwitterアカウントを選択して、50トップのTwitterアカウントの我々の選択と、米国の政治と選挙報道に従ってください驚きは、ポーリングはhappen.This、キャンペーン全体または最もよく知られている最大のアカウントの包括的なリストするものではありません
- Horse on the menu | Open thread
An Edinburgh restaurant is offering horse meat to its diners. Is it a meat you could stomach?France, the home of adventurous carnivores, is still exporting its intrepid culinary habits to the UK. The Guardian's Edinburgh blogger, Tom Allan, reports that a restaurant has begun importing French horse meat to tempt customers.As the home of haggis, Scotland is already accustomed to eating unconventional portions of sheep – but it remains to be seen whether pan-fried horse rump steak will catch on in Edinburgh's L'Escargot Bleu, or anywhere else in the UK. Will the Gallic penchant for equine dinners take hold across the country? Could you eat a horse?Food & drinkFood and drinkEdinburghguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
エジンバラのレストランはダイナーに馬の肉を提供しています
- Why Aminata did not die in vain
The death of Aminata Marah in childbirth was a wake-up call for Dr Samuel A.S. Kargbo. Sierra Leone's reproductive health minister tells of the steps he has taken to try to ensure no such tragedy happens again.Two days ago, new figures emerged showing a 35% drop in maternal mortality worldwide, with surprising progress made in many developing countries (see Monday's blog). Today I am delighted to introduce, as guest blogger, Dr Samuel A.S. Kargbo, Director of the Reproductive and Child Health program for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, who explains how one tragic death moved him to instigate major reforms in his country which are saving many other women's lives.Freetown, Sierra Leone. Aminata Marah arrived, pregnant and bleeding, in a hammock carried by four men. They had carried her for three days – she had been in labor for four – before arriving in Kabala, in northern Sierra Leone. I was working as a general practitioner at the time, one of the few doctors in Sierra Leone and the only one in Kabala. I knew what her family didn't: she had an obstructed pregnancy and she needed a C-section. She had needed a C-section three days ago. While preparing for an urgent transfusion to replace the blood she had lost on the way, we rushed her to the operating theater. Soon after, a nurse told me she was dying. This woman received the best care possible in Sierra Leone at the time. She was in a hospital. She was about to receive a blood transfusion. She made it into an operating room. And yet, she died.That was May, 2006. It was my wake up call. Today this would not happen in Kabala. Since then, we started an ambulance service. We worked with the community to build a savings fund that gives loans to those in need of urgent care. We got a solar-po 出産Aminataマラの死は博士サミュエルのAS Kargboのモーニングコールされました
- The best law news and analysis on the web - at guardian.co.uk/law | Afua Hirsch
Welcome to the Guardian's new law website - for breaking news and groundbreaking commentThere are so many ways of bringing law to a wider audience. You can make a music video. You can go head-to-head with a famous blogger with whom you disagree (sometimes anyway) on some substantial issues of law and principle, as Henry Porter and I did on our recent blog.But at the Guardian we are bringing more law to more people by writing brilliant news, features and analysis on all of the most important law stories of the day – all at our new website www.guardian.co.uk/law. We have launched this site because law matters. It matters for people who want to challenge the power of the state to do anything, from closing a care home to taking the country to war. It matters to people who claim bullying or discrimination at work, and for the employers who dispute it. It matters to voters who question the power of the courts to interpret decisions made by democratically elected politicians. It matters to politicians, constrained by the rule of law, on what they are allowed to do. It matters to people concerned that ancient principles of liberty have been swept away by fear about the threat of terrorism and the draconian responses of the executive.The law matters to people who read books or watch films, vulnerable to the effects of libel law. It matters to families going through divorces or care proceedings relating to their children. It matters to anyone who cares about domestic violence, or war crimes, or the constantly evolving trends in international law and human rights. These are the stories and issues which the Guardian covers like no other newspaper and on this new website, you'll find even more; from class-actions to crime, privacy to personal injury. There will be in-depth interview ようこそはガーディアンの新しい法律のWebサイトに - ニュース速報と画期的なcommentThere幅広い視聴者に法律を持ってくるので、多くの方法があります
- World Press Freedom Day reminds us that information is democracy's oxygen | Agnès Callamard
Many journalists pay a high price for the public's right to knowToday is World Press Freedom Day and there is much to celebrate in a world where affordable and fast technologies enable journalists to break news and report from all the corners of the world in real time.There is also much to be concerned about, as journalists, photographers, bloggers and other writers face increasing risks to their personal safety in many parts of the globe where illegitimate regimes and criminal cartels push back against the brave efforts of media workers to report human rights abuses, corruption, environmental degradation and criminal activity.This year, World Press Freedom Day focuses on freedom of information and the basic right to access information which is at the heart of media freedom. This refers to the principle that governments, public bodies and other organisations have a duty to share the information they hold, based on the public's right to be informed.Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression has long worked to promote the public's right to know and we believe that freedom of information is one of the sharpest instruments in the investigative journalist's toolbox.In Britain, the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal was a seminal example of the ways in which freedom of information laws allowed one dedicated journalist, Heather Brooke, to demand and expose details of corruption that rocked the political establishment. Brooke succeeded in her arduous task because the law was on her side, but she had to get past umpteen obstacles erected in her path by political leaders unwilling to endure public scrutiny.Because these events happened in Britain, and there are many democratic safeguards in place in this country, the only personal consequences for Brooke during this long in 多くのジャーナリストがknowTodayに国民の権利のために大きな代償を払う世界報道自由の日は、ですが、世界のどこに手頃な価格で高速技術は、ジャーナリストがニュースやリアルタイムtime.There世界のすべてのコーナーからのレポートを破ることができます祝うために多くのは、また、多くのですが詳細については、その個人の安全ジャーナリスト、写真家、ブロガー、そして、他の作家に直面増加リスクとして、不法な政権と犯罪カルテルに戻るメディア関係者の勇敢な努力人権侵害を報告するに逆らって進む世界の多くの部分で心配する、腐敗、環境の悪化や犯罪activity.This年度は、世界報道自由の日は、情報の自由に焦点を当て、メディアの自由の中心にある情報にアクセスする基本的な権利
- Politics Weekly – live from Kings Place
With just hours left, we put our top commentators on a podium and asked them for their final predictions. To find out what they were, you'll have to listen, but to hint, Polly Toynbee thinks that people will be voting against the Conservatives and things can still happen, while Andrew Rawnsley thinks that pollsters don't know the whole story. John Harris thinks that what people are heading to the polls for isn't reflected in the politicians' talk.We ask our audience what they thought of the Guardian and Observer's endorsement of the Liberal Democrats and their response is mixed, as is our panel's.Then we turn to policy, specifically two of the themes that are dominating in London. Dave Hill our London blogger reports from Westminster North on housing, and Jon Dennis scrutinises the transport policies being put forwards by the parties. Finally to personality. Andrew is the world expert on Gordon Brown's psychological flaws. He thinks we haven't seen the real Brown in this campaign – either the flaws or the virtues, and Polly wonders why Brown ever thought it was the right job for him.Tom ClarkAllegra StrattonFrancesca PanettaPolly ToynbeeAndrew RawnsleyJohn HarrisDave HillJon Dennis
わずか数時間残って、我々は表彰台に買得コメンテーターを入れて、最終的な予測のためにそれらを頼んだ
- Guardian Election Daily: Deal or no deal?
The Conservatives and Labour continued to court the Liberal Democrats in private meetings on the day when new MPs flooded into the Palace of Westminster to begin their parliamentary careers.Many were reduced to following events on the televisions as secret negotiations continued into the evening.Behind the scenes the parties struggled to keep their rank-and-file informed and onboard.On hand to talk us through it is live-blogger and senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow. He says there is all to play for and, although a Lib-Con deal is believed to be close, a deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats is still an option.We also hear from new MPs including Jo Johnson, Conservative member for Orpington (and brother of Boris). And we hear from some older hands who have survived the election cull – including Oscar-winning MP for Hampstead Glenda Jackson. Jon Dennis has been hearing from voters in Southwark, south London on how the backroom dealing is received by the public. And in Yeovil in Somerset, Steven Morris hears from concerned Liberal Democrat supporters who fear their party may sell its soul.Leave your thoughts below.Michael WhiteAndrew SparrowPhil Maynard
新しい議員は、ウェストミンスター宮殿には議会careers.Manyを開始する浸水時に保守党と労働は1日、民間会議で自民、裁判所に縮小された秘密交渉evening.Behindに続き、テレビでイベントを次の継続シーンは、当事者を自分たちのは、ととonboard.Onの手それによって私たちの話を情報ファイルライブブロガーとシニア政治記者アンドリュースパローをランク付け保つために苦労した
- Three jailed in China over internet campaign for justice
Trio found guilty of defamation after helping woman who believes daughter's death was a case of gang-rape and murderA court in China has jailed three people who posted material on the internet to help an illiterate woman press authorities to reinvestigate her daughter's death.The court in southern Fuzhou city jailed self-taught legal expert Fan Yanqiong for two years, and You Jingyou and Wu Huaying to one year for defamation, You's lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, said. The court did not name individuals allegedly defamed, saying instead that it was a matter that seriously affected the interest of the state.The three posted information and videos online to try to help Lin Xiuying, a woman who believed her daughter died after being gang-raped by thugs with links to the police. Police had ruled that the 25-year-old woman died from an abnormal pregnancy.The trial prompted hundreds of internet users from around China and other people to travel to the Mawei district people's court in a show of support, people at the scene said. Many provided coverage of the courthouse demonstrations by posting messages on Twitter.Bloggers who were unable to attend forwarded the Twitter postings to their own readers, adding messages of support and advice for staying out of trouble with police, who had set up cordons and were stationed around the supporters.ChinaInternetguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
トリオは、名誉を毀損した娘の死は輪姦、中国でmurderA裁判所の場合、インターネット上の文盲の女性記者当局は彼女の娘のdeath.The裁判所に再調査するために材料を投稿3人を投獄したと信じている女性を助けた後有。南福州市は、自己2年間法律の専門家ファンYanqiongを教え、そしてあなたJingyou投獄、呉は1年に名誉毀損のHuaying、あなたは弁護士、劉Xiaoyuanは言った
- Cuba swoops on mourners
The Cuban Government detained at least 126 people, including dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, in a crackdown after the hunger strike death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a human rights group said yesterday. Many... キューバ政府は、取り締まりに政治犯オーランドサパタタマヨ、人権擁護団体のハンスト死の後、反体制派のブロガーYoaniサンチェスを含めて少なくとも126人が拘束さが分かった
- My hopes for Iran in the decade ahead | Saeed Kamali Dehghan
I would love to see freedom in Iran in the coming decade – freedom from oppressive laws, but freedom from sanctions tooAs an Iranian, my biggest hope for the coming decade in my country is freedom. A free Iran is what many people are hoping for. Freedom was the main goal for many protesters who were killed during the demonstrations after the disputed Iranian presidential election on 12 June 2009. It was also the main dream of Neda Agha Soltan, who became the symbol of Iranian opposition, as well as many other young Iranians who were killed in the protests such as Ashkan Sohrabi, Sohrab Arabi and Kianoush Asa.As an Iranian journalist, a free press in my country would be my next hope. Iran has suffered from a lack of the freedom of expression for three decades. In the past decade, at least 30 publications have been banned, many journalists have been arrested and many others have become jobless, tens of them in custody. The average life of an Iranian newspaper or a weekly or even a monthly has become just few years. Since president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office in 2005, a new drive for censorship of the media has emerged in Iran. Almost all the reformist papers have been closed down and many books are banned. All books in Iran must be vetted by the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance before the publication.As an Iranian internet user, no internet filtering in Iran would be one of my main hopes for the coming decade. At least five million websites are filtered in Iran including almost all of the reformist websites and many blogs. Despite all crackdowns, Iran has a large community of internet users. The country has about a million bloggers, among whom at least 10% are active and update their blogs every day. The internet has also provided a new space for Iranian prote 私はイランでは、今後10年間で自由に見てみたい-自由の抑圧的な法律からしかし、制裁措置から自由にイラン、私の国では、今後10年間の私の最大の希望は自由だtooAs
- Roy Greenslade: Greater libel protection for Canadian journalists
A ruling by Canada's supreme court will provide journalists and bloggers with greater protection from defamation lawsuits. If sued for libel, journalists will be able to defend themselves by proving that they acted responsibly and in the public interest - even if particular facts are found to be false.The decision concerned two defamation cases brought against newspapers. Though the papers lost, they will now be able to go back to trial with the new defence in place.Sources: Editors' weblog/Toronto SunPress freedomCanadaMedia lawRoy Greensladeguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
カナダの最高裁判所による判。名誉毀損訴訟からの保護を強化、ジャーナリストやブロガーを提供します
- Guardian Daily podcast: 3 million affected by 7.0 magnitude earthquake, say relief workers; plus China reacts to Google’s threat
In Haiti, the United Nations says thousands of people are believed to have been killed in a 7-magnitude earthquake. Hospitals, the UN peacekeeping headquarters, and Haiti's presidential palace were among the buildings destroyed by the tremor and its aftershocks. We hear from some of those affected, and find out from Gareth Owen, emergency director for Save the Children, about the aid operation. Rory Carroll, our Latin America correspondent, says it's the biggest earthquake recorded in that part of the Caribbean.Chinese bloggers give their reaction to Google's decision to stop censoring search results on its Chinese service. Tania Branigan, our Beijing correspondent, assesses the Chinese government's response.Steven Morris meets some incredibly loyal Plymouth Argyll fans, who made an 819-mile round trip in the snow to see their football team lose to Newcastle United in last night's FA Cup third round replay.The Electoral Commission says there could be more allegations of fraud in this year's general election than in any previous poll. Polly Curtis, our Whitehall correspondent, explains why this election is particularly vulnerable.Jon DennisPhil MaynardTim Maby
ハイチでは、国連は数千人の7の地震で死亡されていると考えられている
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