Assassin of Turkish-Armenian journalist ‘treated as national hero’

Saturday, February 3, 2007 According to news reports from Turkey, a number of the members of the Turkish security forces, though unofficially, are treating Ogün Samast, the assassin of Hrant Dink as if he were a national hero. For instance, after being taken into custody, Samast was filmed shoulder to …

New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted

Thursday, September 28, 2006 Gerasimos Macridis, 39-years-old, left the court room discharged without conviction after hacking into the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s phone system and then asking for money for his services after pointing out these security flaws to both the Reserve Bank and Telecom New Zealand in May, 2006, …

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Incomplete data may mislead doctors into overprescribing expensive medicines

Thursday, September 25, 2008 Medical doctors have not been getting the full picture about newly FDA-approved drugs, concludes a research team from the University of California, San Francisco. This is because not all the studies required for FDA approval get published. New drug studies that do see publication tend to …

Greek lawmakers approve contentious campus police legislation

Saturday, February 13, 2021 The Greek Parliament passed contentious legislation on Thursday allowing for the creation of a campus police force and disciplinary council to end the tradition of violence at Greek universities. The decision, passed 166–132 in a parliament of 300, was opposed by many students and professors, who …

Iraqi elections kept low-key, but secure, in Paris

Saturday, January 29, 2005 Fourteen countries outside of Iraq have been selected for the installation of polling stations for the Iraqi National Assembly election. Among these, Paris, capital city of France, will welcome voters from France, Belgium, and Switzerland. While the event has not been kept secret, the French government …

US, UK embassies in Yemen close due to al-Qaeda threat

Monday, January 4, 2010 The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures came after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government. The American embassy’s website said the threats come from al-Qaeda in the …