Half of the charges leveled at the founders of the Pirate Bay file-sharing site have been dropped. Swedish prosecutors dropped charges relating to “assisting copyright infringement” leaving the lesser charges of “assisting making available copyright material” on trial day two.
Pirate Bay co-founder Frederik Neik said it showed prosecutors had misunderstood the technology. The music [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 17, 2009
Pirate Bay and a charge change
February 17, 2009
Explosives missing in Gaza
A large stockpile of unexploded weapons has disappeared in Gaza, before United Nations experts were able to dispose of it safely. The explosives, including aircraft bombs and white phosphorus shells, were fired by the Israeli military during its recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.
UN officials said they were urgently trying to establish where the [...]
February 17, 2009
The Ovi magazine today!
Pillorying dignity by Thanos Kalamidas
A boy who still spends most of his time going to school and a girl still playing with dolls were sexually active; so active so the girl was taking the pill and because she forgot to take it a few days she became pregnant.
Cimino’s career peak by Asa Butcher
If a [...]
February 15, 2009
US to include Afghans in review
Afghanistan will send a team to the US to take part in a major policy review of the region, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has announced. In a joint news conference with the new US envoy in the region, Richard Holbrooke, Mr. Karzai said he was “very thankful” to be involved in the talks.
In recent weeks [...]
February 15, 2009
The Ovi magazine today!
Ms Tantalus by Gush Shalom
Tantalus is punished by the Gods for reasons that are not entirely clear. He is hungry and thirsty, but the water in which he stands recedes when he bends down to drink from it and the fruit above his head continually evades his hand.
The Eye of the Storm by Leah [...]
February 14, 2009
13-year-old dad sparks outrage
Alfie Patten, who was only 12 when the baby was conceived with his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman, 15, was pictured on the front of Friday’s tabloid Sun newspaper with his daughter, Maisie Roxanne, after her birth Monday. He told the newspaper that he thought “it would be good to have a baby.” “I didn’t think about [...]
February 14, 2009
Euro Parliament robber
Belgian police are hunting for a man who stole about 60,000 Euros (£54,000) from a bank in the European Parliament, after brandishing a pistol at staff.
It was not yet known if the pistol was real or fake, parliament spokesman Jaume Duch Guillot said. The man demanded money at an ING bank branch on Thursday after [...]
February 13, 2009
Zimbabwe’s oath ceremony
The title should be ‘how Africa’s caricature Hitler parodies democracy! The swearing-in of Zimbabwe’s new power-sharing cabinet has been marred by the arrest of one minister and a dispute over several others.
Roy Bennett, the MDC’s choice to become deputy agriculture minister, was reportedly seized near a Harare airport just before the ceremony. Several extra Zanu-PF [...]
February 13, 2009
The Ovi magazine, today!
When Tsvangirai was hired as an alibi by Thanos Kalamidas
I suppose many were waiting for the celebrations following the hiring of Morgan Tsvangirai as the new prime minister of Zimbabwe…
Harry Potter & Six Pack Joe by Alexander Mikhaylov
Here’s a free (unabridged) version of the Harry Potter movie (Philosopher’s Stone), as described by ‘Six Pack Joe’ [...]
