Popular microblogging service Twitter is facing criticism after announcing it now has the ability to censor posts, or “tweets,” on a country-by-country basis. Media rights group Reporters Without Borders on Friday sent a letter to the company expressing what it called its “deep concern.” The organization’s Washington director, Delphine Halgand , says the new policy […]
Backlash After Twitter Says May Censor Messages By Country
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Sudan Accused of Cutting Off Civilian Escape Route
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
A satellite monitoring group says Sudan is trying to block civilians in the country’s violence-plagued Southern Kordofan state from fleeing to safety. New images released Friday by the U.S.-based Satellite Sentinel Project, and analyzed by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, show plumes of smoke rising from an area known as Toroge . The initiative’s Nathaniel Raymond […]
Thousands of Egyptians Stage Protests For ‘Day of Rage’ Anniversary
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Egyptian activists marched on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, staging fresh protests against Egypt’s military rulers a year after the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptians streamed out of Cairo’s mosques shouting “down with military rule.” The massive crowds joined a small group of protesters that have camped out in Tahrir square since […]
Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus Kills at Least 9
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Clashes between Russian security forces and Islamist militants have left at least nine people dead in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan. Russian news reports Friday quoted local officials as saying the fighting killed at least four soldiers and five militants. Earlier this month, a Russian policeman was killed and at least eight of his […]
Senegal Opposition Rallies Ahead of Ruling on President’s Re-election Bid
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of opposition activists in Senegal are holding a protest rally in the capital, Dakar, ahead of a high court ruling on whether President Abdoulaye Wade can seek a third term. Opposition parties have threatened to riot if the country’s Constitutional Court approves Mr. Wade’s application to seek another term in next month’s presidential vote. […]
Liberal Opposition Leader Barred From Running in Russian Election
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian officials have barred liberal opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky from running for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin because of alleged problems with his registration forms. The central elections commission said Friday it could not accept about 25 percent of the signatures gathered to back Yavlinsky’s candidacy because they are invalid. The move increases Prime […]
Dozens More Killed as UN Set to Discuss Syria Resolution
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
WEB: TYPE: CN )) The violence in Syria continued Friday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people killed there over the past two days. This, as a U.N. resolution to curb the bloodshed appeared to be stalled. More than 20 people were killed in attacks throughout the country — including six members of […]
Twitter Says May Censor Messages Country-By-Country
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Popular microblogging service Twitter says it now has the ability to censor messages on a country-by-country basis to account for different laws around the world. The U.S.-based company announced on its blog this week that it has not yet used the system, but that if it does, a notice will appear to the user saying […]
US Economy Grew Faster in Late 2011
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. economy, the world’s largest, grew at its fastest pace in a year-and-a-half in late 2011, but questions remain whether the advance will continue in coming months. The U.S. government said Friday the country’s national economic output increased 2.8 percent in the October-to-December period, a bit below the 3 percent estimate economists had projected. […]
New, Deadly Clash in Sichuan Province; Tibetan Protester Dead
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
A Tibetan rights group says Chinese security forces fired into a crowd of protesters in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, killing one man and wounding three others. The International Campaign for Tibet said the incident took place Thursday in the province’s Aba prefecture, when crowds tried to stop security forces from arresting a youth who posted […]
