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stirring women’s anthem sung by 400 women of victoria australia to mark the centenary of suffrage – finally getting the vote in australia after 19 attempts in parliament.

international women’s day (iwd), originally called international working women’s day is marked on the 8th of march every year. it is a major day of global celebration of women. in different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements. [wikipedia]

nobel peace prize awarded to jailed chinese human rights activist liu xiaobo.

liu xiaobo (born 28 december 1955) is a chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for democratic reforms and the end of communist one-party rule in china. he is currently incarcerated as a political prisoner in the people’s republic of china.
he has served as president of the independent chinese pen center since 2003. on 8 december 2008, liu was detained in response to his participation withcharter 08. he was formally arrested on 23 june 2009, on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” he was tried on the same charges on 23 december 2009, and sentenced to eleven years’ imprisonment and two years’ deprivation of political rights on 25 december 2009.
during his 4th prison term, he was awarded the 2010 nobel peace prize, for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in china.” he is the first chinese person to be awarded a nobel prize of any kind while residing in china.
[wikipedia]

the obama administration is planning to expand the einstein internet surveillance software, a surveillance program authorized by the bush administration to allow the national security agency to spy on the internet activities of federal employees.

big brother scores again!

facebook is going to merge your user profile with rfids.

“google wants to know who you, where you are, and what you like so it can target ads at you.
google, building an empire on your street, on your phone, in your dna, trying very hard not to be evil.”

source: hungry beast