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Local elite rule over small villages in Indonesia

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Dutch-sponsored researcher Y. Argo Twikromo has investigated how the local ruling elite have retained their political control over the local population. He has tried to understand and analyse the dynamic processes of state ...





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Yahoo! loses French Nazi goods case

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created Jan 13, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Yahoo! lost trying to get a U.S. court to intervene over a French ruling regarding the sale of Nazi memorabilia on its Web site.


Wis. tunnel fix could dump sewage in water

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Milwaukee officials warn that a court order to line a deep tunnel with concrete could cause sewage to dump into the city's rivers and Lake Michigan.


Performance reviews are raising council standards, say researchers

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created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Performance assessment schemes aimed at making local authorities into more effective organisations are having the desired effect, according to new research released by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project ...


Indonesian imams OK Facebook - but no flirting! (AP)

Indonesian imams OK Facebook - but no flirting!

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work - but not to gossip or flirt.


A Chinese court has found Microsoft guilty of infringing a Chinese company's intellectual property rights

Court rules against Microsoft in China font case

Technology / Business

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday.


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eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes

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created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and ...


Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town (AP)

Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates ...


Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about ...


Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A judge on Thursday ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online.


Online Competition Brings Down Wine Prices In Local Stores

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created Oct 11, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research suggests a good way to significantly reduce the price many Americans pay for a bottle of wine: knock down the trade barriers between states.



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