/dev/zero » News http://blogs.pure-chaos.com/andrew The Life and Times of a Unix Geek Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:59:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Guardian blocked from reporting Parliament http://blogs.pure-chaos.com/andrew/archives/1861 http://blogs.pure-chaos.com/andrew/archives/1861#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:13:15 +0000 Andrew http://blogs.pure-chaos.com/andrew/?p=1861

For the first time in history, a British news paper is blocked from reporting the proceedings of Parliament.
A law firm, Carter-Ruck, representing an oil company successfully obtained a gag order preventing the Guardian from reporting that a member of parliament has asked a question of a cabinet minister regarding the actions of the oil company, Trafigura, in dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast.
This is apparently possible due to a the creation of the British Supreme Court earlier this month.

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AP Bets Farm Microsoft Will Crush Google.

As they say, what could possibly go wrong?

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