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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140724 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/07/140724.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Leaked: Secret text exposes #foodsafety dangers in #TTIP - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-07-leaked-secret-text-exposes-food-safety-dangers-in-us-europe-trade-deal pretty much as bad as we feared #racetobottom

NATO to expand Polish base in response to Russian threat - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/nato-expand-polish-base-response-russian-threat-303713 yeah, that will help calm things down...

UN official: Yemen could be 'first country to run out of water' - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/un-official-yemen-could-be-first-country-run-out-water-303678 but certainly not the last #climatechange

.@KimDotcom : 'The Internet party will abolish mass surveillance' - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/25/kim-dotcom-interview-the-internet-party-will-abolish-mass-surveillance-snowden shrewd - and welcome - promise #NZ

What the UK Government’s adoption of #ODF really means - http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2014/07/24/uk-odf/ good points (v @schestowitz)#openstandards

Square Enix Nixes 3 Years Of Fan Translation Work On PSP, Despite Not Releasing English Version For PSP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140721/13153627958/square-enix-nixes-3-years-fan-translation-work-psp-despite-not-releasing-english-version-psp.shtml petty

"SPS provisions in TTIP will not lower the level of protection in the EU nor in the US" - http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/july/tradoc_152685.pdf but mutual recognition will

What the recent ECJ ruling means for transparency in the #TTIP negotiations - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/what-the-recent-ecj-ruling-means-for-transparency-in-the-ttip-negotiations/ excellent analysis of important ruling

9/11 Commission's '10 Years Later' Report: The Only Problem With US Counterterrorism Efforts Is The General Public - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140722/10532827968/911-commissions-10-years-later-report-only-problem-with-us-counterterrorism-efforts-is-general-public.shtml

UN "made repeated attempts to negotiate a window of time during which people could safely leave area, none granted" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/palestinian-protests-continue-israel-considers-ground-operation-ceasefire

Food. It's on the table. - https://www.foe.co.uk/blog/food-its-table how the European Commission will circumvent its promises on #foodsafety for #TTIP

Cambodian expert shows how to disarm a mine, using a live landmine as an example... Cambodian shows how to disarm a mine respect

"cost of rebuilding Gaza homes destroyed so far in Israeli bombing $800 million - whole of Gaza's annual budget" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2014/jul/25/gaza-crisis-israel-strike-un-shelter-palestinian-protesters-west-bank-live-updates#block-53d249c1e4b09c9edf9b0211

#OpenSource Software in Local Government - https://foi.brighton-hove.gov.uk/requests/3405 interesting FOI showing obstacles to overcome

Australian Government Proposes New Copyright Law: Basically Hollywood's Wishlist - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140725/07082528003/australian-government-proposes-new-copyright-law-basically-hollywoods-wishlist.shtml just awful #AU

Rep. John Conyers Realizes Mid-Hearing That His (c) Position Contradicts His Stand Against Overcriminalization - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140724/16280827993/epiphany-rep-john-conyers-realizes-mid-hearing-that-with-copyright-hes-pushing-overcriminalization-something-hes-against.shtml

#Israeli cabinet rejects US proposal for 'humanitarian pause' in Gaza fighting - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/israel-rejects-us-ceasefire-proposal boycott & disinvestment the only way

In #Gaza, Hamas fighters are among civilians. There is nowhere else for them to go - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/gaza-hamas-fighters-military-bases-guerrilla-war-civilians-israel-idf  there's your problem, #Israel..

A word in your ear: the interpreters who speak for world leaders - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/interpreters-world-events-gorbachev-reagan-deng-xiaoping-ahmadinejad fascinating glimpses