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ODF Alliance Hails Brazil, India, Italy, and Poland for Recognizing OpenDocument Format (ODF Allianc

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Summary of GNSO Public Forum on Whois, São Paulo, Brazil, 4th December 2006

Robin Gross: “I wanted to pick up on this point about security, and the need for security with the Whois database. Avri talked about the security rights of Internet users, not just of the intellectual property holders but the users … Continue reading

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Brazil judge blocks Amazon jungle dam construction

[JURIST] A Brazilian judge for the Federal Court of the First Region [official website, in Portuguese] ruled on Thursday that work on a dam [Belo Monte backgrounder] being constructed on the Xingu River in the Amazon jungle must cease. The … Continue reading

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Brazil urged to revoke amnesty law

[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Friday urged the Brazilian government to revoke [press release] the 1979 Amnesty Law [text, PDF, in Spanish], which shields military officials from prosecution for crimes committed during the country’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship. In … Continue reading

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Brazil judge convicts two US pilots but suspends prison

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty Source: Associated Press SAO PAULO – A Brazilian federal judge has convicted two American pilots for their role in an airline crash that killed 154 people, but ordered them to perform more … Continue reading

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