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Internet Marketing – 7 Future Proofing SEO Tips
The landscape of Internet marketing, specifically Search Engine Optimization (SEO), could look set to change yet again, at least according to some SEO’s. While it is too early to tell how much of an
Read More »Stop the War Coalition: Conspiracy Groups Distraction At Best, Antisemitic At Worst
The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) has for the first time spoken out against British conspiracy groups illegally using its name and logo. Two conspiracy groups have been carrying StWC logos on their promotional material and claims
Read More »Laptop seach and seize will continue at US borders
Cliff Saran The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the US has amended its policy to seize any electronic device brought into the country, in a bid to counter criticisms that the policy infringes
Read More »ID cards snubbed in Manchester
Matthew Davis ONLY 8,000 people have enquired about getting the government’s controversial ID cards, which will be launched in Manchester. During a live webchat at the M.E.N offices, Lord Bill Brett, the minister responsible for
Read More »Police admit CCTV not effective – solves less than 1 crime per year
Ewan Turney The news takes on extra relevance for pubs after reports of several police forces in parts of the country, including Islington, Richmond and Liverpool, objecting to licence applications where venues don’t agree
Read More »The Blackwater Targeted Killing Program
A U.S. district court will decide this week whether one of the darkest chapters of the Bush era, the relationship between the administration and the private security company Blackwater, should be reexamined. Former Blackwater
Read More »Lawyers: Ban Bush from Canada for war crimes
Canwest News Service A lawyers’ group has asked the RCMP to bar former U.S. president George W. Bush from entering Canada, citing torture and war crimes committed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Read More »PIRACY PLAN ‘IS ILLEGAL’
Brendan Abbott PLANS to suspend the internet accounts of “copyright pirates” who illegally download and swap films and music could breach human rights. Broadband providers and consumer rights groups warned yesterday “persuasion not coercion”
Read More »Equality group takes racist BNP to court over ethnic exclusion
THE Equality and Human Rights Commission has begun legal action against the British National Party over concerns about ethnic restrictions on its membership. The commission issued county court proceedings against the party after voicing
Read More »Obama Following Bush’s Footsteps?
Jeff Huber Those of you still hoping for “change” can forget it. Young Mr. Obama is working the same number that young Mr. Bush pulled on us. In Obama’s address to the Veterans of
Read More »Obama Approves Torture Team
The White House has confirmed that U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the creation of an elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects. White House spokesman Bill Burton said the team will
Read More »China releases rights activist
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Sunday unexpectedly released on bail the well-known human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, a move seen by scholars and activists in Beijing as a rare victory for public activism.
Read More »UK ID cards will be useless in Europe
David Neal | ACCORDING TO the UK’s Identity Minister, the Government’s ID cards won’t be worth the paper they’ll be printed on. Despite the fact that the cards are almost in UK citizens’ wallets
Read More »Ex-Employees Label Blackwater Chief Super-Villian
Blackwater — I mean, “Xe” — is back in the news, more than six months after the mercenary firm was kicked out of Iraq by the Iraqi government for using “excessive force.” Baghdad gave
Read More »Scientology founder made up qualifications
Jean Antonique London, UK – Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard made up his qualifications along with his religion, as shown by secret documents released to the Times. Hubbard bought a sham college and then
Read More »Home Office shrugs off ID card hack demo
A researcher who claims to have cloned a UK identity card has had his offers to demonstrate the security breach turned down by the Home Office. Adam Laurie said he had made repeated approaches
Read More »Government allows staff to abuse privacy laws
Councils are failing to prosecute staff caught using a sensitive government database to snoop on celebrities and members of the public, disclosures under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed. Computer Weekly has established
Read More »Blackwater accused of murder in ‘crusade to eliminate Muslims’
A series of allegations including murder, weapons smuggling and the deliberate slaughter of civilians have been levelled against the founder of Blackwater, the security company being investigated for shooting deaths in Iraq. The accusations,
Read More »Biometrics system for foreign students
A parliamentary committee has echoed universities’ concerns over the robustness of the biometrics system that will be used for visa applications by students. The Home Affairs Committee looked at the role of the National
Read More »Ministers call for torture inquiry
Parliament’s Joint Human Rights Committee has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that the British Government was complicit in acts of torturing terror suspects. The cross-party group of MPs and peers examined details
Read More »Government plans to install CCTV in 20,000 homes
Adam Hartley The UK Government’s Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has announced a controversial new CCTV monitoring scheme, in which thousands of problem families are to be monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a
Read More »Internet firms condemn “unwarranted” invasion of people’s privacy
A proposal to allow Cheltenham listening post GCHQ to monitor any email, phone call or website visit of people in the UK has been condemned by internet firms. The London Internet Exchange, which represents
Read More »Privacy Breaches By ID Card Staff
Nine staff have been sacked from their local authority jobs for snooping on personal records of celebrities and personal acquaintances held on the core database of the government’s National Identity Scheme. Mark Ballard They
Read More »Immigrants face high-tech scans
IMMIGRANTS in Derbyshire are to undergo compulsory hi-tech facial scans as part of a national UK Border Agency crackdown on illegal workers. Information from the scans will be used for new identity cards for
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