Enviros Lay Down Hesquiat Ultimatum

Remember Clayoquot Sound?  British Columbia Vancouver Island?  Whatever side you were on get ready.Who would have ever thought this could be re-visited.  The Clayoquot Sound area is a UN Biosphere...

Biometric ID Data Bases Lead To Terror Connections :: Symblogogy

"FBI agent Paul Shannon led a team sent to Afghanistan in 2001 to fingerprint and interview foreign fighters for a database of known or suspected terrorists. Here, he takes Saddam Hussein's prints after his...

Drink UP! German Milk Delivery Strike Ends, Prices Raised

Once again, the local unions have won, and the retailers will raise their prices.  As if 50% income taxes, and inflation wasn't bad enough here we go again....."Published: 5 Jun 08 16:54 CETOnline:...

The terrifying case of a British Government whistleblower erased from history...

"John Francis Smith gave 20 years of his life to Government Service and in return was denied a pension and had 53 years of his life eradicated.Home Office say all files held on whistleblower John Francis Smith were...

Major British oil pipeline being shut down ahead of possible strike

A pipeline that carries nearly half of Britain's oil is gradually being shut down today ahead of a possible strike over pensions that has already closed a major refinery and started some panic fuel buying.The...

Canadian Harry Potter Publisher to Stop Publishing

The publishing business is a tough one, at the best of times, but 2008 looks to be a difficult year for all involved in the book biz."Raincoast Books, the West Coast company that brought the blockbuster Harry Potter...

Public domain music score site shut down due to conflicts in copyright law

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), a website devoted to preserving and sharing public domain music scores, has shut down after receiving a second Cease & Desist letter from Universal Edition.  The C&D was sent due to differences in laws...

Sample Cease And Desist Letters For Google, Mass Mutual, And American Express

The screenshot below displays the Cease and Desist order sent by Google to the owner of the Googlecalendar.com domain name.

BBC to suspend phone competitions

"The BBC is to suspend all competitions after an inquiry unearthed a fresh batch of faked phone-ins. Serious editorial breaches were found in six shows, including Comic Relief. Director general Mark Thompson said the incidents were "totally unacceptable". Mr Thompson has...

eBay Takes All Its Adverts Off Google

"eBay has pulled all its advertising from Google after learning of the search giant’s plan to gatecrash its user conference this week to promote Checkout, a rival to eBay’s PayPal payment service. The online...

PMO denies peace message to Assad

"The Prime Minister's Office issued a rare "clarification" Wednesday that, in gentle diplomatic terms, contradicted US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's statement in Damascus that she had brought a message from Israel about a willingness to engage in peace talks. According...

Company's Vote Machine Test Questioned

"Ciber Inc., of Greenwood Village, Colo., was told to stop testing machines after a federal assessor found the company had failed to follow proper procedures and could not show that it had conducted all the required tests, said Donetta Davidson, chair of the federal Election...

ACLU Stepping in on Wendy 'McCaw Obey the Law' Dispute

CHICAGO The ACLU Thursday answered the "cease and desist" letter sent to a local businessman by lawyers for Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press owner and Publisher Wendy McCaw with a letter of its own -- demanding the...

Digg Issues Cease and Desist to Diggdot.us

"Diggdot.us, a site that mashes up digg, del.icio.us and Slashdot, has received a cease and desist letter from digg's lawyers. Other similar mirrors have received the same. As a result, diggdot.us has changed its name to Doggdot.us, however, it continues to index digg's feed...

Gaza Cease-Fire Appears to Hold, Halting Rocket Attacks - New York Times

" By DINA KRAFT SDEROT, Israel , Nov. 25 A cease-fire in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians appeared to be holding today after most Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets at Israel in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal of its troops from the territory. The...

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