Tuesday, August 11, 2009

AUGUST 11

New York Times

Eunice Kennedy Shriver died to day. She is aged 88. She is brother of President Kennedy and mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger. She is known as the founder of spl. Olympics.

Comment; why I am mentioning it my news blog? I am a great lover of Kennedy Family. When Kennedy was shot dead I was a college student. His charisma and style of functioning caught my imagination.


Telegraph.co.uk

Pirate Bay leads Swedish Viking charge on paid content

Swedish piracy – digital piracy, that is – is challenging the very essence of traditional copyright law. And even legal Swedish enterprises – such as the popular new music sharing website Spotify - are threatening to rewrite all the laws of conventional media economics.

Internet pirates are now openly crusading in favor of legalising Internet file-sharing. Leading the fight for radical copyright legal reform are two radical Swedish organisations – The Pirate Party, now Sweden’s third largest political party, and the free peer-to-peer music download website, Pirate Bay. Both these organisations are pioneering an increasingly central populist issue in the early 21st century: the right of consumers to freely share creative content on the Intern
Lots of Indian Film Music and movies are avialable free in internet. Some Technology advancement we may not control over. Once actor Kamal once said we can not strictly monitor sale of pirated cds and we just have to learn to live it.


Hindu

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu recorded its first swine flu death on Monday when a four-year old boy fell victim to the illness at a private hospital here. Hospital authorities said he died of multiple organ failure following the flu.

How India is going to tackle swine flu? World watches us.


telegraph.co.uk

Tehran TimesMedia shouldn’t add fuel to fire: Larijani

My heart goes To Neda
Tehran Times Political Desk


Man on a mission
By Kuldip Nayar

Leaders in Pakistan have in Manmohan Singh a person who is determined to travel whatever distance is required to make up with Pakistan. He is thinking of a common market for the South Asian countries. Islamabad should not try to score points while interpreting the joint statement. He should be strengthened. He is a man on a mission.

An interesting article appeared in Tehran Times. My beloved Sardarji is back on tracks. I completely agree with him.

Any way I have this question?- Iran our friend or foe.

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