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Tough talk, but Pahamin has a long way to go. As Malaysia's top trademark watchdog since 1998, he has seen the country become one of Asia's biggest centers of piracy for all kinds of digital wares. Just three days after last year's blockbuster Star Wars: Episode 1--The Phantom Menace opened in U.S. theaters, pirated versions were on sale in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Local knock-offs have been spotted as far away as southern Africa, Europe and South America...
...fact, Clinton's campaign ranks first among leading Democratic primary candidates in reporting of donor information - 93.3% of contributions came in with full disclosure, according to an analysis by Krumholz's watchdog group, compared with 90.5% for John Edwards and 83% for Barack Obama. The Clinton campaign also was the most forthcoming in describing its vetting methods. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said, "We make our best effort" to root out problems with donors, but he declined to specify the efforts. Likewise, Edwards spokeswoman Colleen Murray said that "every reasonable precaution" is taken to ensure the legality of her campaign...
...demonstrations taking place in Bangladesh come after eight months of repressive emergency rule, which has restricted the rights to protest and fails to respect basic due process rights,” the watchdog organization Human Rights Watch said in a report...
...deny Toscani's ability to grab your attention. Shocking is again how many are describing his latest creation, a billboard and newspaper campaign for an Italian clothing line that features a stark photograph of a naked anorexic woman. On Friday, the image was summarily banned by Italy's advertising watchdog, citing infringements on the organization's code of conduct for exploiting an illness for publicity purposes. Toscani told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he would sue for damages. On a recent afternoon at his office outside of Pisa, before the ban was announced, he was still absorbing the initial...
...years to absorb. The country is still plagued by double-digit unemployment (2 million Poles now work abroad), crumbling roads and endemic corruption. Poland scored low in the ranks of European Union countries - and tied with Cuba and Tunisia - in the latest global "corruption-perception index" compiled by the watchdog Transparency International. Public trust in Poland is also among the lowest in Europe, according to a recent Danish study...