Anti-war lawmakers are getting a chance to make their case before facing almost certain defeat of a House resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
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House debates troop withdrawal from Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Resolution was carried by 633 to 13 The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.
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EU Parliament calls for openness on ACTA plans (TechWorld)
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Iran fired up its verbal sparring match with the United States over Afghanistan on Wednesday, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul and charged the US with playing a “double game” in the country.
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Iran President Ahmadinejad attacks US during Afghanistan visit (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
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In a test of congressional support for President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy, lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would direct him to pull U.S. forces out of the war.
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House to vote on pullout from Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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In Japan the ancient practice of eating marine mammals continues, and some Japanese decry international criticism of their carnivorous proclivities (while other Japanese agree that killing dolphins and whales is a bad idea), …
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Dead sea lion, and other delicacies – Scott Bowen – Beaufinn …
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Online giants say Internet piracy bill ‘threatens freedom of speech’ Google, Facebook and eBay are among the tech giants that have slammed the government’s plans to tackle internet piracy, claiming it will “threaten freedom of speech”.
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Facebook, Google and eBay slam Digital Economy Bill (TechWorld)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but Tehran has growing clout.
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Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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After surveying training camps in eastern Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates hinted Wednesday that U.S. troops could be leaving earlier than the announced July 2011 troop withdrawal date.
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Gates: Early pullout reliant on ‘conditions’ in Afghanistan (CNN)
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Ahmadinejad: US playing ‘double game’ fighting Afghan militants it once backed. Afghanistan – United States – Taliban – Hamid Karzai – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Iran Leader: US Playing ‘Game’ in Afghanistan (ABC News)
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The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.
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Parliament threatens court action on anti-piracy treaty (EurActiv)
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