German supermarket group Lidl has denied that it spied on its staff, but has admitted that it placed secret cameras in its stores.
The company, which also confirmed it had employed private detectives, insisted that it carried out the measures simply to combat shoplifting. Lidl was responding to a press report that it spied on [...]
March 27, 2008
Lidl peeps …its staff
March 27, 2008
It was the Mohammed cartoons, now …the Koran film
The Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has posted a controversial film critical of Islam’s holy book, the Koran, on the internet. The opening scenes show a copy of the Koran, followed by footage of the attacks on the US on 11 September 2001.
The 15-minute film was posted on video-sharing website LiveLeak. Its planned release [...]
March 27, 2008
Sorry for Tupac claim
The Los Angeles Times has apologized for claiming rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was involved in a 1994 shooting of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur.
The apology follows a claim that the newspaper was conned by a prisoner who doctored the documents used. “The bottom line is that the documents we relied on should not have been [...]
March 27, 2008
Check-in Heathrow
All luggage check-in has been suspended at Heathrow’s new £4.3bn Terminal 5, after cancelled flights and baggage delays blighted its opening day.
British Airways, which has sole use of the terminal, cancelled 34 flights due to “teething problems” and was later forced to stop luggage check-in. Technical difficulties have also led to baggage delays of up [...]
March 27, 2008
The Ovi magazine today
Whither democracy in America? Part 2: Is Democracy for sale in America? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The Christian fundamentalists and evangelists cast liberal seminaries as “sinful” havens. For legitimacy of imperial rule, they recruited and financed minority (e.g., Blacks, Chinese and Korean) churches who parroted their views.
Musharraf’s song by Thanos Kalamidas
Pakistan has a new Prime Minister [...]
March 27, 2008
Atkinson will be … Fagin
Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson is to star as Fagin in the forthcoming West End stage production of Oliver! The cast will also include the winners of the BBC show I’d Do Anything – one actress will play Nancy and three boys will take turns to play the lead role.
Blackadder star Atkinson, 53, said the role [...]
March 27, 2008
Media visit Tibet
Tibetan monks have disrupted a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted two weeks ago, witnesses at the scene said.
About 30 monks shouted pro-Tibetan slogans and defended the Dalai Lama as journalists toured the Jokhang Temple, China has accused the Dalai Lama of masterminding the protests.
On Wednesday, US President George [...]
March 27, 2008
Just a fan of the Olympic Games
A Chinese TV commentator while showing the video with the protester when lighting the Olympic flame said that the man is just a …fan of the Olympic Games trying to show his appreciation to the Chinese Olympic committee!
It is so ridiculous and pathetic you cannot even make a joke out of it!
