Richard White reports for the Mail Online:
Banker Nathaniel Rothschild lost his libel action today over being portrayed as a 'puppet-master' who brought together Lord Mandelson and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
The 40-year-old heir to the Rothschild banking dynasty demanded 'very substantial' damages following the publication of a story in the Daily Mail which he said suggested that he had helped smooth a £500 million aluminium deal in 2005.
The article claimed that Mr Rothschild used Lord Mandelson - then European Commissioner for Trade - to impress Oleg Deripaska, the billionaire owner of Russia's biggest aluminium plant, during a visit to Siberia.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Victory for Daily Mail as Banker Nathaniel Rothschild loses libel action over Lord Mandelson meeting report
Foreign Press Rents Tel Aviv Rooftops To Cover Iran War – OpEd
Richard Silverstein writes:
That’s what the foreign press corps appears to be doing now in Tel Aviv in preparation for an attack on Iran. They’re renting the right to put film crews and reporters on the city’s rooftops (Hebrew) during the upcoming war in order to cover the anticipated Iranian counterattack. That way they can get great photo ops and pictures of missiles wreaking havoc on the city. What a story! What a feast for the eyes! Other news organizations like CBS, Fox News, and NBC are sending their senior producers to Israel to scope out the place in case they have to send in the big boys–the news anchors and senior correspondents (especially since no one can report from Teheran!).
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Richard Gere Praises Self-Immolating Monks
Recently, there has been an uprising of protests by Tibetan monks over China’s occupation of Tibet and the exile of the Dalai Lama. The protests are not done with signs and chanting but with self-immolation or the act of burning oneself alive. Richard Gere has praised the actions of the Buddhists monks calling them “a pure act.”
Gere, a long-time Buddhist, says, “It all really comes down to motivation. I mean none of these self-immolators have harmed anybody else. It is totally a self-sacrifice for their people, for others. So on that level it’s a pure act. But I think it’s more important to look into the causes of why people would feel they need to do these kinds of things.”
'To take it down, you have to take down the internet': New file-sharing technology is IMMUNE to government attacks
Government attempts to knock out file-sharing sites in the battle against music and film piracy could be doomed.
A new file-sharing software called Tribler cannot be knocked out by governments or anti-piracy organisations, its creators claim.
'The only way to take it down is to take the internet down,' says Dr Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology.
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The Global Teach-In April 25, 2012
The Global Teach-In will take place simultaneously in a number of cities, starting on April 25th, 2012 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Standard Time. This interactive and participatory event will include discussions by experts, grassroots activists and citizens at large concerned about developing solutions to policy problems and creating alternative institutions. The Teach-In will involve face-to-face deliberation, teleconferencing and an internet-based broadcasting network. Local teach-in groups already exist or are in formation. Participate by organizing a teach-in, joining a local group or listening to the broadcast.
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