www.techdirt.com The attempts to limit the press during the Bradley Manning trial have been somewhat ridiculous. The press hasn't been allowed to record anything, even though someone clearly did so surreptitiously. Furthermore, there's been no plan for...

www.bbc.co.uk Turkey's Kesk trade union confederation prepares for a two-day strike in support of anti-government protests which began last week.

reason.com In a 5-4 decision handed down today in the case of Maryland v. King, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 4th Amendment does not prevent law enforcement

www.rawstory.com The company that engineered an herbicide-resistant strain of wheat which was never cleared for commercial use is baffled as to how the genetically modified organism (GMO) came to be growing in an Oregon wheat field. According to New Scientist,...

www.independent.co.uk Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s political party, already enfeebled by a chaotic national leadership election last year, faces further ridicule in a Paris town hall primary election which ends tonight.

www.guardian.co.uk Patrick Barkham visits a lion breeding farm in South Africa to investigate the relationship between the rearing of lions in captivity and the so-called 'canned hunting' industry

www.guardian.co.uk Police with stun batons were called to end a protest over pay by 3,000 mostly female workers making clothes for the US firm

that they "choose" not to let their family know they've been arrested

www.guardian.co.uk Three individuals claiming to represent the Turkish people raise money from more than 1,300 backers on crowdfunding site