Canada Claims Google Street View Violated Privacy Law
According to Canadian authorities, Google is guilty of committing privacy violations by using their Street View vehicles to capture live visuals and relaying data...
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Study: Over 2 Billion People Online by 2011
United Nations ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure According to a recent study by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), by the end of this year there...
Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Chinese citizen, Liu Xiaobo, has just won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize despite still being held in a prison at Jinzhou. Liu Xiaobo’s fight for human rights and freedom...
Deadly Red Sludge Flows Through Hungary
A state of emergency was declared by Hungary in three of its counties after a toxic mud spill left more than 120 people injured and 4 dead. Corrosive sludge and...
Syria Charges Teen Blogger with Espionage
A teen blogger from Syria has been sent to a women’s prison and held for more than 9 months because of comments on her blog stating displeasure at the lack of...
New Canadian Governor General Appointed
OTTAWA, Canada – Recently appointed Governor General, David Lloyd Johnston – who will represent the British monarchy in this Commonwealth country –...
Twitter Now Getting More Traffic than MySpace
Recent developments in the social networking world have seen Twitter finally overtake Myspace as the third most popular social networking website today. The latest...
Goat Killed in Drive-By Shooting
In an unusual incident on Sunday evening, a dwarf goat became the unfortunate victim of a drive-by-shooting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. According to reports, neighbors...
Survey: American Religious Knowledge Lacking
A recently conducted survey has revealed that Americans in general do not have a good grasp of basic religious knowledge. Among those who participated, atheists,...
Canadian Blogger Sentenced to 19 Years in Iranian Court
A famous Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan, was spared the death penalty and instead sentenced to 19.5 years in prison for charges including spreading propaganda,...
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