- €600K fines for Spain's illegal protests: draft bill—"Unauthorized protesters outside the Spanish Parliament could soon be hit with fines of up to €600,000 ($810,000) while those selling drugs or offering sexual services in front of minors could face a penalty of up to €30,000."
- Qatar 2022 World Cup workers 'treated like cattle', Amnesty report finds
- Over 2K trucks block French highways in protest—"Between 2,000 and 4,000 freight trucks closed off major French highways and slowed traffic to a crawl on nine roadways to protest a proposed environmental tax on heavy loads."
- Will Sochi's Extreme Security Protocol Impinge On Rights?
- Journalists banned from tweeting at 2014 Sochi Olympics: report
- Russian lab's unreliability puts Olympic testing at risk—"The anti-doping lab that was to conduct drug testing at the Sochi Olympics could lose its accreditation, leaving the upcoming Games without a competent facility in the same country."
- Why It Took a Superstorm to Expose the Seedy Underbelly of Philippine Politics—"[W]hat dry goods have been dispersed by the national government are being frequently diverted by local politicians who waste valuable hours or even days repackaging relief items to bear their names, campaign slogans, or party colors."
- Government corruption concerns acute as Philippines recovers from typhoon
- US Army told to keep aid away from Philippines govt because of corruption
- Romania's anti-corruption agency keeps taking down politicians – but the people keep bringing them back
- Canada: Where the heck's that $3.1-billion? Where's the fury?—"If the Harper government's fiscal oversight is so inept it can't account for figures with nine zeroes in them, that's scandalous. And so is the lack of public outcry."
- Philippines: PDAF, Malampaya fund use unconstitutional—Pork barrell
- You will suffer electric shock if you press non-Congress buttons on EVMs, Ajit Jogi warns voters
- 60-30-10 manipulation proven; Pinoys' votes not counted, pre-programmed fraud voted
- Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe election victory was a 'masterclass in electoral fraud'
- China to ease one-child policy, abolish labor camps, report says
- Bloomberg boots 'China leak' scribe—"Bloomberg L.P. has put a reporter suspected of leaking news [NYT] about a controversial China story on unpaid leave, The Post has learned."
- White House To Address 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Segment After Protest Petition Logs 100,000 Signatures
- Netanyahu: Bad Iran Deal Could Leave Military Action As Only Option—Warmonger.
- Frenemies: the US-Israel relationship gets rocky over Iran and peace talks—"Israeli PM Netanyahu is actively calling on American Jews to challenge the US government. It's a bold – and bad – move."
- The Israeli settler movement is not welcome in New York City
- Declassified Documents: NSA Wanted To Collect Geolocation Data—"The White House had to declassify NSA documents once again this week. The papers show that the NSA also wanted to collect and save mobile phone location information domestically and may already be doing so."
- US senators say there's "no evidence" bulk metadata surveillance is useful—"Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) and others join as amici to lawsuit filed against NSA."
- Fisa court documents reveal extent of NSA disregard for privacy restrictions—"Incensed Fisa court judges questioned NSA's truthfulness after repeated breaches of rules meant to protect Americans' privacy."
- The NSA overreach poses a serious threat to our economy—"Genuine NSA reform is a Constitutional and economic necessity. Transparency and privacy are critical for citizens and tech firms."
- PVP Online: Fly on the Wall
