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Government backs down on Chinese ‘patriotism’ lessons for Hong Kong schoolchildren
Hong Kong’s government on Saturday backed down on a plan to force school children to take Chinese patriotism classes, after weeks of protests and on the eve of crucial legislative polls. “The amendment of this policy means that we are giving the authority to the schools,” the city’s leader, Leung…
British farmers told to grow curry ingredients for sustainability
Farming chickpeas and spices would open up new markets and reduce dependence on imports, a new report says Growing ingredients for Indian curries such as chickpeas for roti flour as well as a range of exotic herbs and spices would open up new markets for British farmers and reduce dependence…
Sen. DeMint blasts ‘secular’ government, urges Creationism in schools
At a Freedom Congress conference earlier this month, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint (SC) railed against the “increasingly secular” culture of the United States, which was being fostered by the government. “Washington reflects people,” he said at Heritage International Ministries. “It reflects our culture. If reflects the fact that we’ve become…
Greeks race to form government after weekend elections
Greece raced to form a coalition with broad support by the end of Monday after an election victory by pro-bailout parties which eased fears of a Greek eurozone exit and brought relief to world markets. “There is a categorical imperative to form the government” today, President Carolos Papoulias before giving…
Feature phone app focuses on online freedom
For people living in countries where the the government monitors and censors the Internet, help is on the way. It may be in a smartphone app or it could be a clandestine wireless network that looks innocuous but allows people to communicate out of the view of government censors. A project funded…
U.S. government withholds documents in Manning’s Wikileaks case
The US government is in possession of 250,000 pages of documents relating to the transmission of state secrets to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, which it is refusing to disclose to defence lawyers representing the alleged source of the leaks, Bradley Manning. Manning’s civilian lawyer, David Coombs, has lodged a motion with…
Activists allege Syrian troops shot and killed 90 people
Activists in Syria are blaming their government for what they considered to be a massacre in Houla Friday evening, when 90 people, including 32 children, were shot dead in one of the country’s bloodiest events in its 15 month uprising. Video images have emerged of the graphic violence taking place…
Greece races against time to form government
Greece tries again on Tuesday to form a government, hoping a technocrat solution to disputes over a tough EU-IMF bailout deal will avoid new polls and keep it in the eurozone as time runs down fast. Leaders from all bar the far-right parties that won seats in inconclusive May 6 polls will meet at 1100…
2 million British homes face digital TV disruption due to cell phone interference
Nearly two million homes face disruption to their digital TV signal because of interference from new mobile services, with fears that a government help scheme to combat the problem will prove inadequate. About 1.9 million households – all with digital terrestrial TV service Freeview – will suffer interference from the…
Anonymous: We hacked 300 Chinese government, commercial sites
The hacking group Anonymous has claimed it has hacked 300 Chinese websites in recent days, including government and commercial sites, in protest at web censorship in the country. According to messages posted on the group’s Twitter account this week, the latest of which was on Thursday, Anonymous said it had…
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