So, no fancy title. But I need to clean out my tabs and reading files. And so, here we have a bunch of articles that caught my attention and I think need to be passed on.
European Union
Sterilised Roma woman wins human rights appeal (Human Rights Europe)
European Court of Justice: spying with national copyright censorwalls is illegal (Boing Boing)
Left, right, left: how political shifts have altered the map of Europe (The Guardian)
#hackergate
News of the World shredded hard-drives, laptops (Boing Boing)
J.K. Rowling Testifies During Phone Hacking Inquiry (Writers Write)
Aussie senator: News Corp offered me favorable coverage if I killed legislation it didn’t like (Boing Boing)
Cambodia
Lucky iron fish persuades Cambodian women to cook with iron, stave off anemia (Boing Boing)
China
Vladimir Putin scoops Chinese peace award (The Guardian)
Denmark
Man doused himself with petrol (Politiken)
Egypt
Egypt: 33 dead in Tahrir protests, as “Arab Spring” mirrored in bloody Fall (Boing Boing)
Egypt in turmoil before first free elections (The MOderate Voice)
Egypt police detain, beat, sexually assault US-based journalist Mona Eltahawy; other journalists also targeted (Boing Boing)
Estonia
Estonian Marathon Bans Black Runners (Racism Daily)
First Nations
Canadian indigenous band declares state of emergency due to horrific conditions, government takes no notice (Boing Boing)
Greece
Greece, the CDS Market, and BNP (Brad deLong)
Iran
Iran stares down America and the UN over its nuclear hopes (The Moderate Voice)
Libya
Ethnic Hatred Taints Liberated Libya (Racialicious)
New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister sends police to raid major news outlets over covert recording of negotiations with far-right party (Boing Boing)
New Zealand Election Mandates Social Media Blackout (The Moderate Voice)
Pakistan
Pakistan telecom censors ban 1,500 words that must not be texted (Boing Boing)
Russia
Russian social media erupts as Putin apparat tries to suppress video of booing crowd (Boing Boing)
Thousands of Russian nationalists march in Moscow (Associated Press)
Serbia
Citizens hold protest against asylum seekers (B92)
Spain
Europe Ailing Economy Consquences: Conservatives Expected to Win Big In Spain (The Moderate Voice)
Spain Conservatives Get Huge Win: Rajoy Warns “No Miracles” (The Moderate Voice)
Sweden
Swedish Pirate Party MEP Amelia Andersdotter, on taking office at long last (Boing BOing)
United Kingdom
Criminals fall for beer sting (The Guardian)
