Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Wikileaks on Rupert Murdoch

"Julian Assange says he has loads of cables on Rupert Murdoch and Murdoch's News Corporation that will be automatically released if he meets an early demise. It's nice to see that the Wikileaks founder hasn't lost his melodramatic touch.

Assange says he's sitting on "insurance files" about Murdoch — State Department cables about the mogul and his company, plus, Assange seems to imply, dirt on a specific broadcaster (Fox News?): "There are 504 US embassy cables on one broadcasting organisation and there are cables on Murdoch and News Corp," he tells the New Statesman
" [Gawker] [The Guardian]

Monday, February 21, 2011

Confusing News From Libya

Some sources say that Gadfafi has left Libya and fled to Venezuela. [worldthreats] [La Vanguardia]

Other sources say that "Libya air force bombs protesters heading for army base"
[haaretz] [La Vanguardia]

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Egypt Latest News

Good News from Egypt?

Al Jazeera anounces that police chief responsible for security of Tahrir Square, may be being asked about his responsability in the chaos that Cairo lived yesterday night.

Also, some Mubarak allies may have been forbidden flying out of Egypt.

UPDATE

BBC also confirms that Egyptian State Television has given this news:

"1425: The Egyptian state news agency reports that those former ministers prevented from leaving the country include ex-interior minister Habib al-Adly, former housing minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi and former tourism minister Zuhair Garana."

"1445: State TV reports that another of those banned from leaving the country is Ahmed Ezz, former member of the National Democratic Party and billionaire businessman. Bank accounts have also been frozen."