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...week, Iran will see the 40-day anniversary of the death of protest bystander Neda Agha-Soltan - an emotionally charged religious observance that is likely to draw widespread public mourning - and the scheduled presidential inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The dates will be opportunities for opposition leaders to press their case. But are they organized enough to do it amid the official repression? And do they know exactly what they are aiming for? (See pictures of plainclothes terrorism in Tehran...
...Nesson's strategy succeeds, the case could set a precedent that legalizes all non-commercial file-sharing, on the grounds that such behavior in a digital society does not violate existing copyright laws...
...controversy, most recently defending two men accused of smoking marijuana by calling for jury nullification--for the jury to return a vote of "not guilty" despite acknowledging a violation of the law. (Lessig wrote in an email that jury nullification would be "the only honest frame for Joel's case...
...negotiate for better severance or retraining, says Geoffrey Crothall, spokesman for the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin, a workers'-rights NGO. "Downsizing and consolidation in and of itself is not the problem. It's the way in which that process is undertaken," Crothall says. "What has been the case for many years is the privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises. The selling-off of state-owned assets and merger of state-owned companies has nearly always been done behind closed doors. The workers are never involved -they are simply presented with an ultimatum." Employees are angry not just...
...case of Tonghua Iron and Steel, it seems the steel industry's turnaround helped spark the riot. Jianlong had invested in the company in 2005 but then pulled out as Tonghua lost money amid the global downturn this spring. But as China's steel demand surged, Tonghua turned a profit of $6 million last month, renewing Jianlong's interest. After the killing of Jianlong's representative on Friday, the local government announced the deal was canceled, China Daily reported...