“We have agreed with our US partners a new framework that will ensure the right checks and balances for our citizens,” said digital commissioner Andrus Ansip at a press conference in Strasbourg. The vital deal, called the ‘Privacy Shield’ was reached months after the so-called Safe Harbour agreement was annulled by the European Court of […]
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New transatlantic data transfer deal sealed with ‘written assurances’ of US spying limitations
‘Israeli planes spray crop-killing chemicals on Gaza farms’
Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory. “Several farmers informed us that Israeli planes had sprayed their lands with pesticides,” Wael Thabet, head of the plant protection department at Gaza Agriculture Ministry, said on Wednesday. The outskirts of al-Qarara town […]
Anderson Cooper, Ron Paul Spar About FEMA (VIDEO)
Huffington Post Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Anderson Cooper sparred with Congressman Ron Paul about the role of the federal government in disaster relief. Paul caused a stir last week when he dismissed FEMA as an unnecessary agency that was not needed to help citizens in the wake of natural disasters like Hurricane Irene. On Tuesday, […]