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Angels Invest Where Banks Dither

For innovative young folks, angels are by no means mythical beings or messengers of God as depicted in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran. They are flesh-and-blood source of equity capital at the seed and early stage of company formation, particularly when banks are reluctant to lend.

Article by Ramesh Jaura

Nuclear Dangers, The World Is “One Minute Closer to Midnight”

Berlin – “We want a nuclear weapons free world.” More than 80 percent of people around the globe have expressed this overwhelming desire to authors of a new report. But a close look shows that very little is happening rather slowly in terms of reducing nukes and putting a halt to proliferation. This is cause of profound concern also to atomic scientists.

Four men

Four men, tied to Outlaws biker gang, have been charged with assault on Greek tourist in Iceland.

These four men, citizens from the nordic country of Iceland, are facing charges at Reykjavik district court today in connection with the beating up of Greek national that was traveling in Iceland during the last summer.

Europe Is Sick, the Whole World to Suffer

“Countries throughout the world will experience an economic slowdown this year as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to unfold,” says a UN report.

Media Council deals serious blow to broadcasting pluralism

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns yesterday’s decision by Hungary’s Media Council to strip Klubradio, the country’s only national opposition radio station, of its broadcast frequency within a couple of months.

ActiveWatch – MMA and Reporters Without Borders condemn acts of violence during protests

ActiveWatch – Media Monitoring Agency and Reporters without Borders condemn the acts of violence perpetrated against journalists by both policemen and protesters over the past four days. The two organizations also denounce basic human rights violations by the riot police, such as the right to free speech, the right to freedom of movement and the right to freedom of assembly

Occupy LSX loses Court battle to stay but gets congratulations from the Judge

Nobody expected the Occupy the London Stock Exchange campsite at St Paul’s Cathedral courtyard to win the Court Case for eviction brought about by the almighty City of London Corporation. However the support the Occupiers got from unexpected quarters points to some awareness that actually, they may be a real ray of hope in a crumbling system.

The Long Slow March to Nuke Abolition

“We want a nuclear weapons free world.” More than 80 percent of people around the globe have expressed this overwhelming desire to authors of a new report. But a close look shows that very little is happening rather slowly in terms of reducing nukes and putting a halt to proliferation. This is cause of profound concern also to atomic scientists.

Former PM may get off the hook

At 28. September 2010, the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi) voted that Mr. Geir Haarde, former PM, should face charges of misconduct as PM. It was the first time in Icelandic history, Court of Impeachment (Landsdómur) was called together.
After going over the charges against Mr. Haarde, they threw out all but four out of eight charges.

March Nice – Athens in Rome: video reportage

The International March to Athens left the Italian capital, Dario Lo Scalzo share with us some video showing the moments of the visit in Rome
This March started from Nice to join Athens has just left Rome. We show the videos recorded during the roman stay

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