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Ebrahim ‘The Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi Sworn in as Iran’s New President

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's new president   Ebrahim ‘The Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi Sworn in as Iran’s New President By JNS News Service Iran’s newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in on Thursday, following an election process in which most of the candidates were disqualified and an election day marked by a low voter turnout. “In the presence of the holy Koran and before the nation, I swear to the omnipotent God to safeguard the official religion of the country and the Islamic Republic as well as the country’s constitution,” he said in a ceremony broadcast live on state television, reported Reuters. Raisi has been sanctioned by the United States for human-rights abuses when he was a judge. He is notorious for his role in Iran’s “death committee” at the end of the 1980s, which sentenced thousands of Iranian opposition members to death. His last position was head of the Iranian judiciary. “The Iranian people expect the new government to improve their livelihoods. … All illegal U

Political thought in ancient Egypt

Political thought in ancient Egypt Humanity knew the Egyptian civilization, the first central government in history, the first unified state, and the first national army that was formed with the First Dynasty (3200 BC). A wide range of ideas spread in ancient Egypt that dealt with society, power, the life of the ordinary individual, and the playing of priests and sages. A pioneering role in the consolidation of political knowledge, as Will and April Durant reported in the Encyclopedia of Civilization: (The historians of philosophy used to start their story with Greece, and the Indians who think they invented philosophy, and the Chinese who think they have reached the point of perfection, that these and those laugh at the narrowness of our minds We lack, and perhaps we are all wrong in our thinking, and because we do not find among the oldest scattered pieces left by the ancient Egyptians writings that have some connection to moral philosophy. Political thought in ancient Egypt was embo

Hezbollah Says Behind Rocket Barrage on Israel’s North as IDF Mulls Response

  Iron Dome batteries in northern Israel, earlier this week Credit: JALAA MAREY - AFP Hezbollah Says Behind Rocket Barrage on Israel’s North as IDF Mulls Response IDF striking sites in southern Lebanon ■ At least 10 rockets launched at Israel ■ Bennett, Gantz to convene security cabinet meeting Hezbollah has taken responsibility for launching at least 10 rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel.  In response to the attack, the IDF struck sites with artillery fire in southern Lebanon.   The Iron Dome defense system intercepted most of the launches, according to the IDF. Two rockets landed in open areas in the Israeli towns Ein Qiniyye and Neve Ativ, according to reports. Rocket sirens sounded around 11 A.M. on Friday morning in communities in northern Israel, namely in the northern Galilee and the Golan Heights.  Video of the Iron Dome intercepting rockets fired from LebanonCredit: Jack Khoury Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been informed of the incident, and will hold an emergency

EU Sends High-Level Representative to Swearing-In of Raisi

EU Sends High-Level Representative to Swearing-In of Raisi The newly-elected president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, is infamous in his country as a murderer, responsible as a prosecutor for the deaths of 30,000 political prisoners in the 1980s, and since then, as a hanging judge, for thousands more. He has always been unrepentant: “From the beginning of my position as a jurist, I have always defended the people’s human rights. Human rights has always been the focal point of all my responsibilities.” “Those who make accusations, it should be said that today we are the accusers as defenders of human rights. All the measures I took during my posts were always in defense of human rights against those who disrupted the rights of humans.” He added that “I should be commended” for defending the rights of the people. “If a legal expert, judge or prosecutor has defended the rights of people and the security of the society, he must be lauded and encouraged,” he said. In an utter shameless statement,

Globalization of Information, Digital Information, and Intellectual Property Law Harmonization-Kim Nayyer

  Globalization of Information, Digital Information, and Intellectual Property Law Harmonization One effect that seems clear is that globalization and the ease of transborder (or borderless) information flow is leading to worldwide similarities in intellectual property laws and rights. "The global period of intellectual property is marked by a weakening, at least in relation to property, of the principles of territoriality and sovereignty... intellectual property owners are finding that the intellectual property systems around the world are beginning to converge on the same substantive standards" (Drahos, 1997). Geller (1998) comments on the legal framework within which such harmonization is occurring and suggests a need for a coherent regime of international intellectual property law: "Digital media have unleashed deep-running changes in the international regime of intellectual property. The patchwork of nationstates can no longer respond, with its purely territorial la

Intellectual property rights

  Intellectual property rights In the Anglo-American legal framework, intellectual property rights generally are understood to consist in the categories of copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial design, and trade secrets. The intellectual property rights most relevant to globalization of information issues are copyrights and patents. In this article intellectual property rights are discussed without reference to specific laws governing one or another of the categories. It will be seen, however, that frequent reference is made to copyright, as it is this area that has seen considerable activity in the domestic and international arenas. General understandings of the nature of copyright protection and a brief overview of the laws and agreements governing it are presented here. Copyright is an intellectual property right of the author of a work, giving the author certain rights in respect of the work. These rights vary among jurisdictions but generally include the right to prevent

intellectual globalization Editing / Hatem Babiker Awad Al-Karim

  intellectual globalization  Editing / Hatem Babiker Awad Al-Karim Globalization is broader than being limited to some topics, issues and aspects, including capitalism, liberalism, modernity, and others, so it is difficult to define its content, scope, dimensions and depth of impact. The reality created by globalization can be expressed in the global messaging market that contains everything. Globalization is a container that contains different goods, in an active market, in which every person chooses what he wants and what he tends to, so it is natural for competition to be dominant, as lust attracts new dealers in addition to dealers specialized in it. , The competition remains fierce. Capitalism has become a global system that promotes the marching Western culture. Democracy has become a sought-after commodity at the global level, which highlights its preference for other models of state building and power management. The climate of globalization is dominated by intense competition