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Golden moment
Published August 28, 2008, 3:57 am, The Prague Post
The Czech Olympic team returned home from the Summer Games with mixed feelings. In the 16 days of competition, Czech athletes won six medals in four different sports, taking three gold and three silver medals.
Tuning in to an old beat renewed
Published August 28, 2008, 3:57 am, Queanbeyan Age
THE great historians have often used cataclysmic events - wars, plagues, revolutions and depressions - to signal the end of one epoch and the dawn of another. Arnold J. Toynbee, the father of this school of history, believed World War I marked the beginning of the end of empire.
Canada could re-instate visas for Czechs
Published August 28, 2008, 3:55 am, The Prague Post
(Updated August 28, 2008) Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek is planning to address the possibility that Canada will re-instate a visa requirement if Czech citizens continue to ask for asylum, Mladá fronta Dnes wrote on Thursday.
Hacker to be extradited to US
Published August 28, 2008, 3:54 am, ITV.com
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will be extradited to the US after the European Court of Human Rights rejected his appeal. McKinnon's lawyer Karen Todner said he could be extradited within a fortnight after losing his case at the court in Strasbourg, France.
Hacker loses extradition appeal
Published August 28, 2008, 3:52 am, BBC News
A Briton accused of hacking into secret Nasa military computers loses his appeal against extradition to the US.
Syed Hamid: Data Protection Bill to complement DNA Identification Bill
Published August 28, 2008, 3:52 am, The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug28, 2008) : Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said a Data Protection Bill will be tabled by the end of the year to complement the weaknesses found in the DNA Bill.
Bahrain's workforce hailed by US report
Published August 28, 2008, 3:51 am, AME Info
Bahrain's increase in labour productivity has been the highest in the Gulf since 2000 according to research by the Conference Board, an independent, not-for-profit organisation based in the USA.
Thai anti-government protesters defy court
Published August 28, 2008, 3:48 am, Channel 4
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have resisted attempts by authorities to break up their takeover and occupation of the prime minister's office compound in Bangkok.
Secret pacts spoil Philippine peace
Published August 28, 2008, 3:48 am, Asia Times
MANILA - About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, said to be "frustrated" by a new hitch in a peace agreement.
Hacker to be extradited to US
Published August 28, 2008, 3:48 am, ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will be extradited to the US after the European Court of Human Rights rejected his appeal.
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