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New shareholders help Street89's development

Street89 has just crossed an important new step in its journey, by opening its capital to new investors, thus enabling the website to continue to develop and ensuring its independance. Settled on monday, this transaction has gathered 1.1 million euros. La suite
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Europe and Immigration: The Populist Option for Repression

In Brussels-speak it's a "return directive," but in NGO language it's the "directive of shame." What, exactly? On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved - without the slightest amendment - the consensus the 27 European Union governments had already reached concerning the conditions for returning illegal immigrants to their countries of origin. La suite
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Rage against the machine: the revolution is back

Tuesday, June 4, the day after the announcement of the candidacy of Democrat Barack Obama the next American presidential election, Rage Against The Machine has invested the Bercy arena in his recent echoes of “The Internationale”, VO Russian. With a black flag struck by the Zapatista red star for any decor, the collective multiethnic Los Angeles assene for an hour and a quarter its hymns radicals with an intensity and cohesion breathtaking. Despite some problems PA and the relative brevity of a set also free of new songs, ecstatic mines of 18 000 spectators leaving the place to regret saying all the same thing: Rage is back. Finally. La suite
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Gaddafi stabs Sarkozy in the back

The Elysee does not comment on recent turbulence of the Franco-Libyan. Yet, having shown encouraging signs, Colonel Gaddafi does not ultimately of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) Nicolas Sarkozy.In December, the french president did not fear the controversy by inviting the sulphur in the Libyan capital. La suite
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Telecom accused of spying

In 2005, leaders of the company have appealed to Network Deutschland and its teams of detectives to scrutinize the thousands of telephone data executives, trade unionists and journalists. Objective: to stop leaks on poor financial health of the giant telecoms. La suite
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GMO: Europe Says Yes; Member States Don't Follow

Like France, six European Union Member states have already suspended cultivation of Monsanto 810. All are struggling to adapt to the 2001 directive. La suite
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The Left Is Back in the Saddle, but Still Without a Horse

With fifteen big cities tipping over to their side, the Socialists have reason to exult. A nice big pink wave has broken over France during these elections. Who could have imagined this six months ago? But if the Left is back in the saddle, it still has to find a good horse to bet on. La suite
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A divided Europe wants to protect its personal data wanted by the US

The Czech Republic has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States on the exchange of data information from passengers on transatlantic flights: an agreement that illustrates once again that few countries make a case for data protection. La suite
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The legacy of wartime rape in Bosnia Herzegovina

Thousands of children whose mothers were raped during the war are rejected in Bosnia Herzegovina. On a visit to Geneva and invited by Webster University, Sabiha Husci, Islamic theologian and therapist sounds the alarm. La suite
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Switzerland for human rights «a la carte»

Switzerland has defended an idea at the UN in Geneva that is controversial and up to now not practised in international law. States could choose “a la carte” the rights which their citizens had the right to complain to the UN about if infringed. The proposal has shocked human rights experts, diplomats and NGOs. La suite