Analysing over 2,500 English Premiership matches, researchers discovered that referees were statistically more likely to award yellow and red cards against the away team – even when home advantage, game importance and crowd size were taken into account.
Released after North Korea's October 9 nuclear test, the report describes Pyongyang's brutal treatment of its citizens, from the beatings of pregnant women to force miscarriages to the abduction, torture and execution of political prisoners. Commissioned by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, former Czech president Vaclav Havel and former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, the paper seeks to spotlight rights abuses that have been previously reported but are often overshadowed by concern about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Here, he demonstrates—for the first time publicly—his intuitive, "interface-free," touch-driven computer screen, which can be manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to varying levels of pressure. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 09:32)
Russia surpassed the United States in 2005 as the leader in weapons deals with the developing world, and its new agreements included selling $700 million in surface-to-air missiles to Iran
"Nu har jag lämnat över det här till en diskretionär förvaltning så det har jag ingen aning om"
Hon hade nog kunnat klara en sådan här situation inför journalisterna, och lugnt och metodiskt partitionera in sitt liv i före och efter, och något överseende korrigera eventuellt vilsegångna journalister.
Moscow gave Mr Yanukovych a soft deal on Russian gas prices for 2007 this week, but the deal appeared to come with strings attached on delaying Ukraine's NATO-entry process and tying Ukraine's WTO-entry to Russia's WTO agenda, The Times' Moscow correspondent reports.
A computer vision system developed in the University of Texas in Austin, US, can already tell the difference between friendly behaviour, such as shaking hands, and aggressive actions like punching or pushing. The hope is that such systems will simplify the task of monitoring huge quantities of CCTV security footage, says Sangho Park, who worked on the project with colleague Jake Aggarwal.
The CBS documentary is cool but it fails like many other articles to describe the root causes of the conflict correctly. They’ve oversimplified it as a racist genocidal war by Arabs against Africans. While racism is definitely an element and the war has taken a genocidal nature, other important points are ignored and some are just plain wrong.
Hitherto, South Africa had been the only African country supported by Paypal. The popular online financial institution has now extended its services to Botswana, Cape Verde, Namibia, Togo and Tunisia, on the African continent. In all the six countries however, users can only send, and not receive funds via paypal.
A new MUHC study provides conclusive evidence that the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine is not associated with the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The study, published in the scientific journal Pediatrics, reveals fundamental errors in previous molecular studies that falsely implicated the MMR vaccine as a risk factor for autism.
"The crew on board discovered the three Egyptians trying to open the door into the cockpit. When the stewards intervened they immediately gave up their attempts and gave the excuse that they were looking for a staff member because they wanted to buy chewing gum,"
There must now be a willingness to send a robust UN force to Sudan - even without the consent of the regime. To avoid an unprecedented confrontation, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan should ask the Arab League to prevail on Sudan to accept the UN mission. But if the League refuses or Sudan refuses the League's entreaties, the Security Council should act to save the lives of Darfur's 2 million internal refugees. The choice is stark: to end a genocide, or let it continue.
Copywriters at the headquarters of a campaign to rebrand India have been agonizing over a slogan to sum up their revamped product. First they tried: "15 years, six governments, five prime ministers, one direction, eight percent GDP growth," which provided plenty of information about economic progress but hardly tripped off the tongue. Then they hit on "India: Fastest- growing free market democracy" - which was still not very catchy, but did at least mark a clear break with notions of a country of elephants, spirituality and exotic mysticism.I have a better slogan for India. It is short, catchy, and it describes both the opportunities of the new India and it's present diversity and cultural heritage:
India. Rich.
Belarus opposition leader Aleksander Milinkevich has won the European Parliament's annual human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, for his work in galvanising pro-democracy campaigners in a climate of fear under president Aleksander Lukashenko's regime.
A European Parliament delegation to the Middle East, including Israel, has been thrown into disarray by the presence of far-right politician Marine Le Pen on the 16-strong list of MEPs.
Jag tror att oavsett vart verksamheten har sitt säte så finns det juridiska inskränkningar. I Sverige har vi hets mot folkgrupp som visat sig användas effektivt för att tysta vissa grupper i samhället. Kopplerilagstiftningen är en annan lag som innehåller inskränkningar om vad man får säga. Personuppgiftslagen och motsvarande lagar om ärekränkning och förtal är andra som effektivt kan användas för att tysta debatten.---
Jag ser inte ett ämne som mer eller mindre stort "problem". Nedstängningen från Internet år 2000 berodde på att vi gav nynazister yttrandefrihet. Rättegången i Marknadsdomstolen handlade om piratkort, och rättegångarna när vi publicerade namn och bild på dömda våldtäktsmän handlade om pressetiska regler. När vi blev utkastade från annonsnätverket Tradedoublers så var orsaken att Flashback i debatten om pedofili haft den "dåliga smaken" att inkluderade både förespråkare och motståndare. Andra angrepp har gällt att vi debatterat frågor som prostitution och narkotika.
Jag skulle säga att det faktum att vi varit konsekventa när det gäller yttrandefriheten och inkluderat alla grupper är det som skapat det största problemet [med rättsväsendet].
Personligen får de ha mitt namn och min bild på löpsedeln varje dag. Jag kan ärligt säga att jag inte berörs av det, och jag vet att Flashback på alla sätt gynnas av negativa skriverier. Så en del av mig tycker att det är bra när de skriver och upprörs.
En annan del av mig tycker det är olyckligt. Eftersom det finns människor som läser dessa tidningar och bygger sina åsikter på de värderingar som sprids. Det skapar ett klassamhälle med en grupp som har tid och råd att konsumera kvalitetsjournalistik, och en större grupp i samhället som får sin nyhetsrapportering via Metro, Expressen och Aftonbladet där journalistiken är näst intill obefintlig. (Med undantag för vissa debattartiklar och krönikor som ibland kan vara riktigt välskrivna).