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		<title>Unfounded european protectionism against Google</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/04/04/unfounded-european-protectionism-against-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several European states and European companies seem to be planning a host of measures to curb the business of Google. The excuse is that Google makes too much money. Not a bad excuse, as lame excuses go. Governments and companies around Europe are “unhappy” that Google is here to compete. Publishers in Germany complain that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Censored Spanish anthem?</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/07/26/censored-spanish-anthem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alberto Contador (from Pinto, in Spain) won the Tour de France today, but when he climbed up to the podium, the Danish anthem was played instead of the Spanish one. Mistake? I doubt it&#8230; it was pretty clear that Contador would win the Tour. How can the organizers make a mistake on what anthem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum of Communism</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/05/18/museum-of-communism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While walking around Prague last week, I ran into the following banner on a street wall: Very nice. More&#160;&#187;]]></description>
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		<title>False privacy protection</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/03/18/false-privacy-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lex Nokia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland&#8217;s Parliament passed a law allowing companies to track workers&#8217; e-mail messages, but not to read the messages themselves. With this law in effect, companies will be able to retain information about the e-mails, such as the sender, recipient, the sent and received time and date, and whether the email contained attachments [ref]. Even with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disreputable business practices go unpunished</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/01/25/disreputable-business-practices-go-unpunished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/01/25/disreputable-business-practices-go-unpunished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryanair lost a court battle in Spain against an intermediary travel agency (Atrapalo) that was selling Ryanair flight tickets irregularly. Ryanair has no agreements with this travel agency. Ryanair sells its own flights through its own web page, directly to its customers. The Ryanair website usage policy states that their website may be used exclusively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embarrassing European Union</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/12/14/embarrassing-european-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ireland and a few other European countries decided to ask their citizens in referendum to ratify (or not) the EU Lisbon Treaty. Other countries simply voted in parliament. In June 2008 the majority of Irish said &#8220;no&#8221; to this treaty, while the rest of Europe voted yes. The single &#8220;no&#8221; vote meant, in theory, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to GMT+1, waiting for GMT+0</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/26/back-to-gmt1-waiting-for-gmt0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/26/back-to-gmt1-waiting-for-gmt0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight (Oct 25 to Oct 26) is the end of DST (Daylight Savings Time), which has kept central Europe artificially in GMT+2, commonly known as CEST (Central European Summer Time), and we&#8217;ll go back to the usual timezone, called &#8220;CET&#8221;, or Central European Time, or GMT+1. Along with central europe goes Spain, which however is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let it all fall down</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/14/let-it-all-fall-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/14/let-it-all-fall-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments around the world are trying out different formulae to tackle the financial crisis. They claim they are trying to reactivate the financial sector, to encourage banks to offer loans to small businesses and people, and to other banks. Other cases of government intervention are focused on preventing banks from going bankrupt. This is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let us establish the death penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/08/17/let-us-establish-the-death-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/08/17/let-us-establish-the-death-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last month (July 2008), it became known that the U.S. would execute the death sentence of soldier Ronald Gray after his conviction for rape and murder. The decision is correct and must be applauded. The death penalty should be applied more frequently in similar cases. The execution of such criminals may not necessarily heal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices, carriers and the Spanish government</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/14/oil-prices-carriers-and-the-spanish-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/14/oil-prices-carriers-and-the-spanish-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Braindead]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ï»¿The recent increase in oil prices affects all transport. Air, ground and sea transportation, passenger and cargo alike, have seen their costs rising in the last few months. Analysts have provided several theories on the causes behind the oil price hike. Some put the blame on the credit crisis in the USA, others blame oil [...]]]></description>
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