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Friday, February 25
Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Feb 2005 03:19 PM EST
I posted a new photo to Broll.
 . Ukraine President Viktor Yuschenko was at the NATO Summit in Brussels, a historic occasion given the nature of the peaceful "Orange Revolution" at Christmas time that saw Yushchenko emerge victorious and given the fact that it was, after all, NATO.
Yushchenko ... more »
This message brought to you by the ACLU
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Feb 2005 10:02 AM EST
The American Civil Liberties Union and many other groups in the United States are campaigning hard to shoot down proposals to build One Big Database which its enthusiasts say would help improve U.S. national security. To make its point about the kind of privacy and civil liberties risks associated with ... more »
There are 6.5 billion of us
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Feb 2005 08:24 AM EST
The United Nations says there will be 6.5 billion human beings on the planet this July but that population growth rates are slowing. Still, the UN says that by 2050, there will be 9 billion on this Earth.
"The world has added nearly 500 million people since 1999 – just ... more »
CIBC is getting sued over fax fiasco
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DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Feb 2005 07:23 AM EST
A Toronto lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce over the fax fiasco. Last year, we reported that CIBC had been faxing the confidential information of hundreds of customers to a West Virginia scrapyard operator. Later we learned that similar faxes were being transmitted ... more »
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