Protests, cyber-skirmishes rage over WikiLeaks
Skirmishes raged across in cyberspace Thursday between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides of the battle line choked off by attacks. Offline, some efforts by the U.S. government and its allies to punish the website dedicated to publishing secret documents landed in court [...]
In Thailand, Thaksin supporters plan mass protests
Bangkok is expected to witness million-strong demonstrations aimed at pressuring the incumbent Thai authorities into resignation. The Sunday-through-Wednesday protests are to be attended by the supporters of the ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and others to object to the 2006 military coup which toppled him. The September 2006 uprising saw a military junta bloodlessly [...]
