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Athens Sees Worst Violence in Months as MPs Pass Austerity Plan
Greece's parliament has passed a controversial package of austerity measures, demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a 130bn-euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout to avoid default.
The vote was carried by 199 votes in favour, with 74 MPs voting against.
Coalition parties expelled over 40 deputies for failing to back the bill.
The vote came amid largescale violence in Greece, with protesters outside parliament throwing stones and petrol bombs, as the BBC's Mark Lowen explains.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 3:53am
Hacking off the Feds: Anonymous intercepts FBI conference call about…themselves
In an audio recording made and posted online by the internet hacktivists Anonymous, a number of Federal agents both in the US and the UK can be heard discussing ways to apprehend members of the group.
In an ironic post, the hacktivists made the 20-minute long conversation available online, taunting the Federal Bureau of Investigations with the leak – and the fact that while the agents may only have half-formed plans to arrest Anonymous members, the group itself is making sure to stay one step ahead.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 3:26pmNigel Farage 01 Feb 2012 Conclusions of informal EC mtg incl Reinhard Bütikofer Blue Card
I uploaded this video of Farage because the official videos did not include the impertinent and indignant blue card question of German Green MEP Reinhard Bütikofer along with Farage's response. So here is his speech, the question and his reply all in the same place.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:08amAssad may stay? UN gives in to Russia
The draft resolution on Syria under discussion at the UN Security Council is reportedly being softened to take into account Russian concerns. It's likely to have references to President Assad stepping down, and an arms embargo removed from the text. RT's Marina Portnaya reports from New York.
RT also talks to Michel Chossudovsky, Director at the Center for Research on Globalization.Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:47amPolice increasingly targeted in Mexican city
Police in Mexico's most violent city are finding themselves increasingly under target.
After a renewed crackdown on violence began having an effect in Ciudad Juarez, located on the border with the US, drug cartels have struck back, promising to kill a police officer each day.
Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Ciudad Juarez.Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 5:43am
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