The European Court of Justice will give its ruling on the notable case between Belgian music rights group SABAM and Internet service provider Scarlet. SABAM has been demanding Scarlet to set up filters to monitor customers’ communication to and fro in the website and to report and stop if they attempt to infringe the copyright protection SABAM enjoys.
Reports from the UN Agency provides strong evidence that Iran has been trying to develop a nuclear device. The reports from IAEA (International Atomic Energy Association) clearly indicates has Iran has moved fast ahead towards the development of a nuclear weapon. The report was prepared under the amble guidance of Yukiya Amano, a former Japanese diplomat who has run the I.A.E.A. for nearly two years, and addressed to the agency’s board of governors and the United Nations Security Council.
A federal judge on Monday blocked law which was mandatory on cigarette companies to include a graphic pictures and message showing on the cigarette packets showing the danger of smoking.
The restrictions put forth by the Israel government in Gaza clearly makes in nearly impossible for a Palestinian to sue there. Gaza has been under the Israel rule for more than three years till date. During the past three year, Gaza has been suffering from the military offenses; however, they find it impossible to sue the soldiers for compensation as they are restricted by unjustifiable unreasonable restrictions. Israeli restrictions prevent Gazans from entering Israel to testify, undergo medical exams or meet with their lawyers. However the most intolerable restriction put forth by them is the heavy court fees and legal charges. On an average, this sum comes to about tens of thousands of dollars.
Soon, Greece will have a new coalition government comprising out of an agreement the ruling Pasok party and the opposition New Democracy party. However, the coalition government will have George Papendrou as its leader as he refused to step down as the prime minister. Despite winning a confidence vote on Saturday morning, he has struggled to form a temporary coalition government to back the controversial EU bailout package. The opposition party seems to be clearly unhappy with this as leader Antonis Samaras stated that it’s better for the current prime minister to resign in order to ‘save the economy’. The two sides have mutually agreed to take the country through an election process after the bailout deal implements and are supposed to meet today to work out the details of the new coalition government. However, as declared by the finance ministry, February 19 is the most suitable date for the election.
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced in an international conference in London that cyberspace should not be controlled by governmental agencies issuing a direct challenge to China and Russia over regulation of the internet. Nothing would be more fatal or self-defeating than the heavy hand of state control on the internet, which only thrives because of the talent of individuals and of industry within an open market for ideas and innovation, he said.
Abdurrahim El-Keib, a scientist, was plucked from academic obscurity to become the head of the of the new government has set upon the task of selecting his cabinet for his government and hopes to please the discontented group that were behind the overthrow of Muammer Gaddafi reign.
Julian Assange is facing extradition charges as London court will rule on Wednesday whether WikiLeaks’ founder, who angered the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, can be extradited from Britain to Sweden for questioning over alleged sexual crimes. With its finances under pressure and some of its biggest revelations already public, WikiLeaks may not have the strength to survive if Britain’s high court judge decides on Wednesday in favour of a Swedish request to extradite Julian Assange to face trial over rape allegations, some experts argue.