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...down dissidents and protesters. American health insurance providers, already notorious for their predatory practices, could use similar tactics to preemptively deny coverage to those who they suspect are at risk for a certain disease. And Comcast, one of the largest telecommunications providers in the country, has already come under fire for limiting the bandwidth of consumers who supposedly paid for an “unlimited” subscription to its high-speed Internet service. Policymakers should also take extra steps to make the importance of privacy rights clear to those who may not understand the significance of secure hyperlinks...
...Exarchia on the night of Saturday Dec. 6. That killing sparked riots that spread to at least a dozen towns and cities across the country and have so far left 67 people injured, including 37 police officers. Protesters have destroyed at least 17 banks and set fire to dozens of shops and cars. It is the worst political violence in Greece in 17 years. (See pictures of the riots in Greece...
...clashes erupted Monday in several midsized cities, on the island of Corfu, and in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, where youth overturned trashcans, set them on fire, and threw rocks at a police station. Further protests are planned though this week. Organizers hope they will remain non-violent, but police are preparing for more clashes...
After a week of breathing fire on Pakistan for failing to crack down on the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which India blames for orchestrating the lethal Mumbai attacks of last month, New Delhi reacted with caution to reports of a Pakistani raid that led to the arrest of an alleged Mumbai mastermind. Indian security analysts are concerned that the move may be a feint by Pakistan's all-powerful military to buy time. "If the reports are true, the raids show some movement forward," says defense expert C. Uday Bhaskar. "But given how the civilian and military establishments...
...charitable organization that terrorism experts say became the legal front of the banned LeT. Soldiers entered the office after a 3 p.m. deadline for its occupants to surrender had passed. Some 30 people fled. Local residents report that they heard fighting and machine-gun fire but no heavy weapons. The army has refused to comment. Latif Akbar, a leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party in Muzaffarabad, told TIME that he's "very worried about the law-and-order situation. There will be retaliatory attacks [by militants] for sure." (See pictures of Mumbai as it sifts through the rubble...