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- Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated
- Social networks asked to visit UK Home Office after riots
- New York executive files $60 million libel lawsuit over insurance scandal
- Pakistan government must investigate killings and abductions of journalists, says UN
| Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt up and down U.S. east coast, Pentagon evacuated Posted: |
| Social networks asked to visit UK Home Office after riots Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Representatives of leading social network platforms have been asked to attend a meeting at the United Kingdom's Home Office to discuss their role in the recent UK riots. The meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, comes after rioters used the networks to further fuel violence and looting that occurred earlier this month. More...   |
| New York executive files $60 million libel lawsuit over insurance scandal Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 A former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive has hit former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with a $60 million defamation lawsuit over an online magazine article regarding an insurance bid-rigging scandal. More... |
| Pakistan government must investigate killings and abductions of journalists, says UN Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 The United Nations (UN) on Friday called on the government of Pakistan to investigate numerous killings and abductions, particularly of journalists. "In the past eight days alone we have received reports on the killing of one journalist, Munir Shakir, in Balochistan on August 14 2011, and the disappearance of another journalist, Rehmatullah Daparkhel, three days earlier in North Waziristan on August 11," said spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville. More... |
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