Friday, April 8, 2016

Help Syrian Refugees

Fantastic how the UN support  refugees in Syria, cartoon!

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Facebook makes a U-turn on nude art after Paris ruling

 Gustav Courbet's L'Origine du Monde, 1866. Photo: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

As per the Art Newspapers, a judge at the Supreme Court in Paris has ruled that Facebook is accountable to French law after a teacher sued the website for banning an image that he had posted of Courbet’s The Origin of the World, 1886, which contravened its rules on nudity. The court ruled that the case comes under its jurisdiction and it is now due to be heard by a civil court in France on 21 May. Facebook’s lawyers had argued that all users agreed to use the courts in California for litigation when they joined the site. Our sister paper Le Journal des Arts said that the judge called this clause “abusive”, while the teacher’s lawyer noted that if it were enforced, none of France’s 22 million Facebook users would “have recourse to French legal jurisdiction in the event of a dispute”. In a seemingly related move, Facebook has issued new guidelines on nudity. “Photographs of paintings, sculptures and other art that depicts nude figures” will now be permitted. Facebook declined to say whether the move was prompted by the legal case.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Friday, December 11, 2015

Israel says will not forgo USD1.8bn compensation in Egyptian gas dispute


Israel is unlikely to pass up on the near USD1.8bn awarded to it in compensation for Egypt halting a natural gas supply contract in 2012, even though the two countries both want a way out of the dispute, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Wednesday.
(Source: Reuters)

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

EquiJuri: Fifa scandal: Jack Warner banned for life

EquiJuri: Fifa scandal: Jack Warner banned for life: Hi, Fifa Scandal I thought you'd like this: Read more Fifa scandal: Jack Warner banned for life Disgraced former vice-president and ally...

The same government of Qatar which corrupted FIFA is still in power, accordingly its relationships with all other international sport organizations such as FEI should also be legally audited for potential corruption. Same should apply to all Qatar relations will all international sports associations, which will also probably reveal other corruption cases. Shame on Qatar and Shame on FIFA

Switzerland bans Volkswagen sales

Switzerland bans Volkswagen sales