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  • Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-09-20

    Stoobalou writes "Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind.

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  • Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-09-20

    Stoobalou writes "Europe has proposed an Internet Treaty to protect the Internet from the political interference which threatens to break it up. The draft international law has been compared to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which sought to prevent space exploration being pursued for anything less than the benefit of all human kind.

    »  Read more | 83 reads «

  • Five reasons to plant trees now

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-09-20

    To some people, planting a tree is the epitome of the environmental cliche. Planting a tree seems so simple, so easy, so... low-technology.

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  • Twenty-first century energy superpower

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-09-20

    If you want to know which way the global wind is blowing (or the sun shining or the coal burning), watch China. That's the news for our energy future and for the future of great-power politics on planet Earth. Washington is already watching -- with anxiety.

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  • Transition barter habit spreads up the Severn

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-09-20

    The sort of conundrums which the barter market produced helped us unmask some of the hidden dynamics of markets, in particular how we measure value.

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  • Arctic Ice in Death Spiral

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-09-20
    by Stephen Leahy

    UXBRIDGE, Canada - The carbon dioxide emissions from burning such fossil fuels have now melted the Arctic sea ice to its lowest volume since before the rise of human civilisation and dangerously upsetting the energy balance of the en

    »  Read more | 135 reads «

  • Stewart and Colbert Plan Competing D.C. Rallies

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-09-20

    Lev13than writes "In a direct retort to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally, John Stewart and Stephen Colbert have announced competing rallies on October 30th. Stewart plans to host a 'Rally To Restore Sanity' on Oct. 30 on the National Mall in D.C. for the Americans he says are too busy living normal, rational lives to attend other political demonstrations.

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  • Senate Nominee Claims Scientists Have Created Mice With Human Brains

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-09-20

    jamie writes "Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell claimed in 2007 that: 'American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.' Current polls indicate that 39% of Delawareans plan to vote for her." If elected, O'Donnell and staff promise to do the same thing they do every night: try to take over the world

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  • Report Documents Persistent Segregation in Schools

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-09-20
    by James Vaznis

    Public schools in the Boston and Springfield metropolitan areas are among the most segregated in the country, often isolating black and Latino students in low-performing schools, according to a report released today by Northeastern University.

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  • Troubling Developments for the Island of Palawan

    Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Mon, 2010-09-20

    Government agencies in the Philippines are continuing to ignore provincial and state regulations to protect foreign mining interests in the island Province of Palawan; and now, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) steps in to the fray, announcing...

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  • Swedish Pirate Party Fails To Enter Parliament

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-09-20

    pickens writes "TorrentFreak reports that with 95 percent of the votes counted it is clear that the Pirate Party will not enter the Swedish Parliament. The Party is currently stuck at about 1 percent of the total vote, nowhere near the 4 percent threshold it needs.

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  • Virginia Set to Execute First Woman in Nearly a Century

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-09-20
    by Chris McGreal in Washington

    The state of Virginia this week plans to carry out its first execution of a woman in nearly a century, despite claims that Teresa Lewis has severe learning difficulties.

    »  Read more | 103 reads «

  • World Powers to Tackle Climate Amid Skepticism

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-09-20

    NEW YORK - The 17 nations responsible for 80 percent of carbon emissions blamed for global warming will seek to unblock stalled climate negotiations this week but analysts expect little progress.

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  • Democracy Now! 2010-09-20 Monday

    Syndicated from Democracy Now! on Mon, 2010-09-20

    Democracy Now!

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  • (en) Britain, Solidarity Federation Catalyst* #23 Spring 2010 - p8 - One law for the rich + The real ‘Spooks’ play dirty + Catal

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Mon, 2010-09-20

    One law for the rich --- Employers increasingly looking to injunctions against industrial
    action --- With last years cancelled BA strike and more recently at Network Rail, there
    has been a spate of strikes called off on the insistence of the courts.

    »  Read more | 92 reads «