Interesting news

Surfing around earlier this morning I found some interesting news:

Zimbabwe eyes plan to spy on citizens
Times are hard and getting harder in Zimbabwe, where people too proud to cry about hunger, joblessness and misrule could soon find it too dangerous to joke about them.

Parliament plans to debate proposals next month to empower the secret police to eavesdrop on mail, e-mail and phones without any court approval.

I’m just shaking my head and lost for words. Let’s just say I’m not a very big fan of Robert Mugabe. The Bewilderness has more about Robert Mugabe who also refuses to pay his son’s schooling.

EU to continue stem-cell research funding
The European Union decided Monday to continue funding human embryonic stem cell research, although new rules adopted by the 25-nation bloc prevent human cloning and destroying embryos.

Quite a controversial subject, I know, but I’m a firm believer that this kind of research needs to be done so there will be cures for illnesses like Alzheimer, Parkinson’s and diabetes.

Venezuelan president meets Belarus leader
Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez exchanged declarations of solidarity Monday with the authoritarian leader of isolated Belarus, who shares his anti-U.S. views.

Chavez, a frequent and harsh critic of the United States, made Belarus the first stop on a major international tour that will also take him to Russia, Iran and Vietnam.

What can I say?! Two peas in a pot. I hope they enjoyed each other’s company because there isn’t that many out there who like what they are doing or their regimes.

MTV bringing social networking to TV channel
MTV Networks is launching a TV channel that features user-generated video clips and messages, becoming the latest media giant to embrace the social networking craze and the first to adapt it to traditional broadcasting.

Another media company jumping on the social networking bandwagon. Doing it on TV is new thing and it will be interesting to see if it works. In this case TV is actually an old media compared to the Internet and its user-generated content.