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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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Fla. judges, lawyers must 'unfriend' on Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Florida's judges and lawyers should no longer "friend" each other on Facebook, the popular social networking site, according to a ruling from the state's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.


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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.


French publishing house Le Seuil claimed that up to 4,000 of its works have been digitised by Google without consent

French court orders Google to stop scanning French books

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

A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.


Court to review employer access to worker messages

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.


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eBay fined in France for selling upscale perfumes

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | 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 ...


Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant.


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

Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2009 | 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 ...



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