Supporters of WikiLeaks' Assange lose $320K in bail money

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NBC News - By Isolde Raftery, 9/5/12

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the High Court in London in this December 5, 2011 file photo.

Supporters who put up nearly $320,000 to bail out WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have lost their money, the Guardian of London reported.

Assange’s backers -- who include Jemima Khan, a writer, movie directors Ken Loach and Michael Moore and publisher Felix Dennis – had to forfeit their money because Assange skipped bail in June to avoid being extradited to Sweden where he is wanted on rape charges.

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DNC protesters stop blocking intersection and are allowed to continue walking on sidewalk

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The Washington Post, 9/5/12

(Patrick Semansky/ Associated Press ) - A demonstrator known only as the Captain is detained by police during an unscheduled protest march,Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. The Democratic National Convention begins today.

  • CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dozens of protesters clogged streets and blocked traffic Tuesday outside the Democratic National Convention on its opening day, making for some tense moments that ultimately brought more theater than violence.

Apple patent could remotely disable protesters' phone cameras

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Source: ZDNet.com

By for Zero Day

September 4, 2012


Summary: A new patent, granted to Apple, could prevent academic cheating, cinema interruptions, but also see areas of political protest activity 'ring-fenced' disabling phone and tablet cameras.

Don't you just hate it when there's someone in the cinema taking photos, or talking on their phone? How unfair is it that 'they' cheated on their test because they could access the Web, and yet you only got half their marks?

Isn't it a shame you can't take a photo of the police officer beating a man in the street because your oppressive government remotely disabled your smartphone camera?

A new patent granted to Apple could do all of the above.

NAM leaves US, Israel with black eyes: Stephen Lendman

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NAM leaves US, Israel with black eyes: Stephen Lendman

Published on Sep 3, 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran was a great achievement for Iran.
Interview with Stephen Lendman, writer and radio host, from Chicago

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UPDATE 2-Strikers march at South Africa's Marikana mine

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Reuters - 9/5/12, by Peroshni Govender

* Biggest miners' march since Aug. 16 shootings

* Armed police monitor demonstration

* March casts shadow over mining "peace" talks

Protesting miners in Marikana, 5 September 2012

MARIKANA, South Africa, Sept 5 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 striking South African miners marched through streets near Lonmin's Marikana mine on Wednesday, the largest protest at the hot spot since police shot dead 34 of their colleagues last month.

Police armed with tear gas and assault rifles deployed armoured vehicles and helicopters to keep an eye on the stick-waving protesters.

More: in.reuters.com.

When Science Fiction May Not be Just Science Fiction After All

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Source: Mania.com
By Nick Redfern September 04, 2012

Think the exploits of Mulder and Scully were just the stuff of on-screen entertainment? That the Men in Black were dreamed up by Hollywood? Or, that E.T. was just a less-than-cute, very annoying special-effect? Maybe it’s time to think again. Nick Redfern reveals the startling, conspiratorial truths behind Tinsel-Town’s out of this world fiction…
 
 
1. Men in Black: They may have first caught the public’s attention and imagination back in 1997, thanks to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, but, their non-fiction counterparts have been skulking around for far longer. Indeed, both the MIB movies and the original comic-book series were inspired by countless reports from people who claimed menacing visits from real dark-suited men after seeing a UFO. And did you ever wonder why the characters of Smith and Jones are referred to as J and K? One of those that spent years famously investigating, and writing about, the real MIB was the author of The Mothman Prophecies, John Keel: J and K.

 

Bombshell: Gov’t agrees with blogs, BP not telling truth about devastation in Gulf — “It’s hard to stress the critical importance of these court filings”

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Stuart H. Smith - 9/4/12

In a bombshell federal court filing, U.S. government lawyers are slamming British Petroleum for making false and misleading statements that seek to both dodge blame for 2010′s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe and ignore the ongoing environmental devastation, from diseased dolphins to destroyed wetlands.

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In a separate filing, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange also accuses the oil company of misrepresentation and argues that BP committed “willful misconduct”

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Spain's Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers

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Spain's Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers

Published on Sep 3, 2012 by TheRealNews

In Southern Spain, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of the small town of Marinaleda, is helping organize a growing protest movement against the austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government. Sánchez Gordillo and the landless peasants that follow him are at the forefront of demonstrations seeking a radical change in the country's economic policies in response to the country's worsening crisis.

Source: YouTube.com

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