Pakistan is suffering millions of dollars losses due to day by day raising piracy rate which is touching about 84 percent these days. Over two-thirds of manufacturers feel that the threat to their intellectual property (IP) has grown, resulting in lost sales, lost market share and lower margins around the world including Pakistan. […]
Georgia, Russia: Interethnic Relationships
Tbilisi-based LJ user shupaka writes this (RUS) about what it feels like to be an ethnic Russian in Tbilisi now: "Today once again I’ve been asked – how do they treat Russians [in Georgia]? Won’t it get them in trouble if they speak Russian in Tbilisi? "My mother is Russian and my mother-in-law is Russian. […]
Unilateral Recognition of Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s Independence
Russia has formally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia today. Below are some of the initial reactions from LiveJournal’s Cyrillic sector. Russian LJ user sholademi (Samson Sholademi) writes (RUS): […] Now the most interesting part begins… P.S. The line has been crossed, sort of. Though, in the past two weeks, since the beginning of the war in Georgia, everything […]
Bloggers React to ‘A Better Fiji’
Posted by John Liebhardt to Global Voices Online A government-appointed committee in Fiji introduced an 11-point framework to augment the Pacific island nation’s constitution and “rebuild Fiji into a nonracial, culturally vibrant and united, well-governed, truly democratic nation.” The 75-page report, called the “Fiji Draft People’s Charter for Change, Peace & Progress” (.pdf available here) […]
Amendment Referendum Fails in Latvia
Posted by Elia Varela Serra to Global Voices Online As blogger Julian Frisch said, “there are still referenda in the European Union that are not EU-related”. On the 2nd of August a referendum took place in Latvia, on amendments to the Satversme -Latvia’s Constitution- that would make it possible for the people to initiate the […]
HEART Act Has Unintended Outcome for Legal Immigrants
The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act, commonly known by its acronym HEART, passed Congress May 22 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on June 17. The bill guarantees $2 billion in tax relief for members of the U.S. military and their families, including spouses who have not yet received […]
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