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Media rights group wants Vietnamese blogger freed

HANOI - Reporters Without Borders has called for a blogger arrested by Vietnamese officials on suspicion of tax fraud to be freed, saying he was detained for comments that went against the communist government.

Freed blogger says arrest was politically motivated

A Malaysian blogger arrested for displaying the national flag upside down on his site said yesterday that his detention was politically motivated and challenged the government to charge him.

Briton freed after stripping off at palace

TOKYO (AFP) - Police on Wednesday released a British tourist who shocked onlookers by swimming naked in the moat of

Microsoft Freed From $1.5B Patent Award

A federal appeals court ruled that Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) doesn't have to pay Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) $1.54 billion in damages in a patent-infringement case involving MP3s.

Moroccan Blogger Freed

On 18 September 2008, the Court of Appeal in Agadir overturned the two-year sentence imposed on blogger Mohamed Erraji by the Court of First Instance for “lack of respect for the king” and dropped all charges against him on the grounds of procedural irregularities in the previous trial.

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Pilfered primate freed from jail, returns to Maine (AP)

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Pilfered primate freed from jail, returns to Maine

EAST MACHIAS, Maine -- An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla is back home at an eastern Maine flea market-style store two weeks after it was stolen and later dumped in a cornfield in Vermont.

Detained Malaysian blogger freed on bail

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police on Saturday released on bail a blogger, detained under the Sedition Act, news report said Sunday. Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, 38, also known as Sheih Kickthefella, was detained September 17 for allegedly inciting the public to fly the Malaysian flag upside down in one of his Internet postings.

M'sian blogger freed

Syed Azidi Syed Aziz (pictured) drew the government's ire last month when he posted a picture of Malaysia's national flag upside down on his popular blog and urged other Internet bloggers to follow suit to protest the country's political and economic problems. -- PHOTO: THE STAR

Cow's head freed from washing machine

TRURO, England, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists in Britain say they had to free a cow's head from a washing machine after the animal got a bit too curious.

Blogger Who Criticised King Freed [press release]

On 18 September, a Moroccan appeals court overturned a two-year jail sentence given to a local blogger for criticising the King and the royal family, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Israel: 200 Palestinian prisoners to be freed

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Universities add iPhones, iPods to list of students' needs

A student at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., activates an iPhone. Some colleges are providing such devices, which seems to be a hit among the students.

Malaysia frees blogger accused of sedition

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have freed a prominent political blogger accused of sedition after he launched an online protest against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's embattled government.

Reckless cow rescued from washing machine head-trap nightmare

A cow had to be freed by the RSPCA after getting her head stuck in a fly-tipped washing machine drum.

Malaysia frees blogger accused of sedition

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police have freed a prominent political blogger accused of sedition after he launched an online protest against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's embattled government.

'Free Fishermen From Red Tape'

The fishing industry needs to be freed up from top-down and bureaucratic constraints if it is to have a sustainable future, said Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg.

Construction work of sculpture on Liberation War inaugurated in Barisal

Construction work of the 'Mukto Bihango' ( the freed bird) ,first sculpture on liberation war in Barisal, has been inaugurated on Friday morning at Amtala crossing of the city entrance point after 37 years of independence.

Banks move to trim prime rate further after Ottawa offers mortgage relief

TORONTO - Canada's big banks are passing on more rate cuts to consumers and companies after credit markets freed up Friday in the wake of federal government help for the mortgage industry.

NEWS: Expansys leaks BlackBerry 8210 clamshell

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REVIEW: Too Human - Xbox 360

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Cooking and Cognition: How Humans Got So Smart

Learning how to cook food stimulated a big leap in human cognition some 150,000 years ago, a new study suggests. Cooking breaks down fibers and makes nutrients more readily available, so our digestive systems then required less energy than those of creatures eating all raw foods. This freed calories up to feed our brains, the thinking goes. Image credit: Dreamstime

NASA Mars Rover Spirit: Warming Up on Mars

With Martian winter on the wane, Spirit is using significantly less energy to stay warm. During the winter solstice, Spirit needed 90 watt-hours to run the heater. Now, the rover uses between 30 and 40 watt-hours. The reduced demand for power, more than the slow increase in solar-array input, has freed up energy for other things. In particular, Spirit has added more images to the 360-degree view of its winter surroundings, known as the "Bonestell panorama." The top tier, one of three tiers needed for the final image mosaic, is almost complete.

NEWS: Wii gets Sqweeze for building up those arm muscles

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