A Saudi Arabian prisoner has died in an apparent suicide at the US detention facillity at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the US millitary has said.
A statement by the US Southern Command said the detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing by guards.
The president of the US Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner told the death was likely an act of desperation.
He had five and a half years of desperation there with no legal way out.
[Reference]
・BBC online(america) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6706635.stm
2007年5月31日木曜日
2007年5月25日金曜日
EU sets new digital media rules
European ministers have agreed on new rules for television and on-demand video on the internet, allowing more advertising and "product placement".
The new version of the 1989 "TV Without Frontiers" directive will make the EU's audiovisual market more competitive, so, the new package features broadcasters that governed by the rules of their home country, even if their programmes are transmitted in other states with different rules.
And the practice will remain banned from children's and news programmes.
EU Media Commissioner said that the new rules promises less regulation, better financing for European content and higher visibility to Europe's key values, cultural diversity and the protection of minors.
[Reference]
BBConline(Europe) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6690655.stm
The new version of the 1989 "TV Without Frontiers" directive will make the EU's audiovisual market more competitive, so, the new package features broadcasters that governed by the rules of their home country, even if their programmes are transmitted in other states with different rules.
And the practice will remain banned from children's and news programmes.
EU Media Commissioner said that the new rules promises less regulation, better financing for European content and higher visibility to Europe's key values, cultural diversity and the protection of minors.
[Reference]
BBConline(Europe) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6690655.stm
2007年5月15日火曜日
Koreas agree cross-border train
Millitary officers from North and South korea have given the go-afead for the first train crossing over the heavily fortified border in more than 50 years.
It will be the first such crossing since rail links between the two were severed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
Generals from the two Koreas agreed to provide military security for the trial during talks held in the truce village of Panmunjom - the first such high-level talks for a year.
If and when the rail link finally opens, there are obvious advantages for both sides.For South Korea, goods could be more easily transported out of the country, and for the North, it would boost the tourist trade.
A test-run will carry out on 17 May.
[Reference]BBConline (news)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6644151.stm
It will be the first such crossing since rail links between the two were severed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
Generals from the two Koreas agreed to provide military security for the trial during talks held in the truce village of Panmunjom - the first such high-level talks for a year.
If and when the rail link finally opens, there are obvious advantages for both sides.For South Korea, goods could be more easily transported out of the country, and for the North, it would boost the tourist trade.
A test-run will carry out on 17 May.
[Reference]BBConline (news)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6644151.stm
2007年5月2日水曜日
Interrnet cafe survey to gauge working poor
The labor ministry will conduct its first survey ever on the living conditions of day laborers with no fixed residence who stay at internet cafes overnight.
The "Net cafe refugees" are increasing with the rise in the number of "woking poor",who have jobs but cannot escape poverty, because net cafe is cheaper for stay at than capsule hotels.
We need to grasp the high-profile social problem and assist something they need most.
[Question]
・What can we assist for these net cafe refugees?
[Reference]
The Japan Times online(News) http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070414f1.html
Saturday, April 14, 2007
The "Net cafe refugees" are increasing with the rise in the number of "woking poor",who have jobs but cannot escape poverty, because net cafe is cheaper for stay at than capsule hotels.
We need to grasp the high-profile social problem and assist something they need most.
[Question]
・What can we assist for these net cafe refugees?
[Reference]
The Japan Times online(News) http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070414f1.html
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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