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EFF’s focus on the booming business of Network censorship and surveillance… a Cyberculture roundup…

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Documenting Tools for Beating Internet Censorship from EFF.org Updates by schoen Network censorship and surveillance is a booming business. Censorship schemes continue to fragment the Internet and new censorship proposals are constantly introduced around the world, including in liberal democracies. (Lately governments have gotten fascinated by the idea of forcing ISPs to censor particular sites … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Strazburg?da bir Türkiyeli

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Başbakanın Strazburg Avrupa Konseyi?ndeki son performansı her anlamda yine bir Erdoğan klasiği idi. Avrupa?ya, Amerika?ya ayar vermesiyle; medeniyetleri buluşturma iddiasına rağmen dünyayı biteviye biz-siz olarak ayırmasıyla; yaptığı konuşma ile sorulara irticalen verdiği cevaplar arasındaki şizofrenik uçurumla; herkesin her şeyden anında haberdar olduğu enformasyon çağında gerçekle pek örtüşmeyen tozpembe bir Türkiye tablosu çizmesiyle; Türkün Türke propagandasını … Read more

after all, The EU might be the sick man of Europe:) a Euro roundup…

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  The EU: the real sick man of Europe? from Eurozine articles by Eurozine News Item Democratic deficit, enlargement fatigue and ever more rescue funds. Is there still a future for a common Europe? At the concluding event in the series “Europe talks to Europe”, taking place in Vienna on 13 April, prominent intellectuals and … Read more

Merkel and Sarkozy on free fall, violence in Trafalgar Square. A Euro rounup…

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A protestor waves a GMB union flag alongside an Egyptian flag from a statue in Trafalgar Square. Photograph: Getty Images. In What really happened in Trafalgar Square   Sarkozy faces test as Socialists triumph from FT.com – World, Europe The Socialists secured about 36 per cent of the vote while the National Front fared less … Read more

Turkey; from denying a role for NATO to assume a leadership position in NATO led intervention. A Libya roundup

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Turkey and France clash over Libya air campaign from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Ian Traynor Tension mounts over military action as Ankara accuses Sarkozy of pursuing French interests over liberation of Libyan people Turkey has launched a bitter attack on French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s and France’s leadership of the military campaign against Libyan … Read more

Another EU summit right now. new eurozone bail-out system and more… A Euro roundup

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FT video: Eurozone crisis nears crux from Brussels Blog by FT Portugal?s prime minister has resigned on the eve of an EU summit that is supposed to move towards a ?grand bargain? to bolster the eurozone and strengthen its crisis prevention ability. The currency bloc is in a bind. Lex?s Edward Hadas and Vincent Boland … Read more

Organized crime in Bulgaria, EU 2020 Strategy… What else in Europe? A Euro roundup

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The euro pact and Germany: Triumph or a coming bust-up? by Open Europe blog team The Telegraph‘s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard describes the weekend deal at the EU summit as a “total German triumph”. He paraphrases Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that “whoever wants credit must fulfil our conditions”. 2011-03-18 Bulgarian Organized Crime Uncensored from WL Central by … Read more

Sarkozy seizes the moment, French-led intervention begins in Libya

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Still here in Turkey, many people rely on scepticism on western intentions, while “muslim” Gaddafi murders muslim Libyan citizens…. France send warplanes against Libya after Gaddafi’s forces enter Benghazi from Wash Post Europe by Liz Sly, Karen DeYoung and Sudarsan Raghavan Sarkozy confirms no-fly zone, says Libyan leader attacked civilians with “murderous madness”; rebel warplane … Read more

Gadhafi backs down for the moment, Brutality in Yemen…

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Libya airstrikes could start ‘within hours of resolution’ by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The United Nations seems on the brink of taking a momentous decision. After hanging back for days the Americans have now not only backed the British and French resolution on Libya but beefed it up. The fact that the French foreign minister, … Read more

EU vs. Turkey. Tense days recently… A roundup in TR foreign policy

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The idiotic gap by YAVUZ BAYDAR Let us repeat old news because it is needed. Relations between Turkey and the European Union are heading for a nasty crash. This conclusion became increasingly visible after the problematic visit to Ankara by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and not-so-warm contacts between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Recep Tayyip … Read more

Sarkozy, the irritant, pays a short visit to Turkey…

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EU visa concessions for Turkey not on the horizon, diplomats say from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M EU visa concessions for Turkey not on the horizon, diplomats say Brussels – The European Union is unlikely to respond to Italian-led calls for the bloc to start talks on easing visa restrictions for Turkey, diplomats said on Tuesday. … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: 300 dakikalığına Sarkozi

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Fransız Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı Sarkozi 300 dakikalık bir gayriresmî ziyaret için bugün Ankara?da olacak. G-20 dönem başkanı sıfatıyla Türkiye ile dünyanın iktisadî ahvali hakkındaki cin fikirlerini paylaşacak. Dönem başkanlıkları esnasında diğer ülkelerin hepsini en üst düzeyde ziyaret etme diye bir teamül yok. Üstelik Sarkozi 2009?da Türkiye dâhil altı üyeyi G-20 Devlet ve Hükümet Başkanları Zirvelerinden çıkarmak … Read more

Euro roundup: EU labour migration, Germany losing friends, Europe’s carbon trade, London protests etc…

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Germany flexes muscle, loses friends from FP Passport by Cameron Abadi At next week’s EU summit in Brussels, you can expect the usual photos of backslapping European leaders sharing broad laughs and whispered asides. But behind closed doors, things are likely to be a lot frostier: by all indications, personal relations among EU power players … Read more

Cablegate and Turkey. Now PM Erdoğan targets US Diplomats.

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Turkish PM threatens to sue US diplomats over leaked claims Hurriyet Daily News Ergenekon is the name of an alleged gang accused of plotting to overthrow the government in 2003 and 2004. ?One billion dollars Turkey PM slams US diplomacy over WikiLeaks from Yahoo news Turkey’s prime minister accused US envoys today of slander after … Read more

More of Sarkozy’s ugly face: “Sarkozy to journalists: ‘See you tomorrow, paedophile friends’

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Sarkozy to journalists: ‘See you tomorrow, paedophile friends’ from FP Pasaport by Joshua Keating Sarko’s temper flares again in response to a reporter’s question about allegations that he took kickbacks from a weapons deal with Pakistan to fund his presidential campaign: Access to scientific data: European Court of Human Rights judgement from Ideas on Europe … Read more