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Mamdouh Habib’s water torture in Egypt reminds us that evidence produced by extreme torture at U.S.
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When the State Celebrates the People’s Independence but the People Don’t: Twelve Questions for the Press Trust of India
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While the news report tells us how the celebrations were held by the chief minister in Srinagar and the deputy chief minister in Jammu, and what arrangements were made for the celebrations to take place, there’s one line in that report that tells us…
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Silicon Valley billionaire reveals plan to launch floating ‘start up country’ off San Francisco
PayPal-founder Peter Thiel was so inspired by Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand’s novel about free-market capitalism – that he’s trying to make its title a reality.
The Silicon Valley billionaire has funnelled $1.25 million to the Seasteading Institute, an organization that aspires to launch a floating colony into international waters, freeing them and like-minded thinkers to live by Libertarian ideals.
And highly productive robots, with angular features, will cook their food, clean their houses and do their lawns. It is written that these robots will evolve into Randroids, the universe’s first perfect race of rugged individualists who will eventually do away with the weak humans and their collective instincts. Thus will dawn The Rational Age of the humanity-free market.
Judge: Search of suspect’s GPS would violate privacy – Baltimore Sun
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Judge: Search of suspect’s GPS would violate privacyBaltimore SunAs rapidly evolving technological advances allow people to be tracked by global positioning devices found in most new cellphones, Congress and courthouses nationwide are trying to balance privacy rights with the needs of law enforcement to locate criminals.
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My Name Is Me | be yourself online
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Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use on social networks and other online services.
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Cameron’s law: PM planning crackdown on rioters
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Ministers and the security services are planning draconian powers to shut down or disrupt mobile phone messaging services and social networks in times of civil disorder.
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US railway blocked phones to quash protest – Americas – Al Jazeera English
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California rail transit provider asked mobile providers to cut service to hamper protesters angry over police shooting.
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Drone War Exposed – the complete picture of CIA strikes in Pakistan: TBIJ
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CIA drone strikes have led to far more deaths in Pakistan than previously understood, according to extensive new research published by the Bureau. More than 160 children are among at least 2,292 people reported killed in US attacks since 2004. There are credible reports of at least 385 civilians among the dead.
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Conditions of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei’s Detention Emerge
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Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist and dissident, said on Friday that he had been kept in a tiny room throughout his nearly three-month detention last spring and watched 24 hours a day.
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Torture Charges Go Forward Against Bush-Era Defence Secretary – IPS ipsnews.net
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On Apr. 16, 2006, for reasons still unknown to them, two U.S. contractors in Iraq’s Red Zone were handcuffed, blindfolded and transported to Camp Cropper, a U.S. military facility located a few miles from Baghdad International Airport.
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