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Identity Squatting Can Lead to Damaged Reputation and Distrust of Members of U.S. Congress WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A report released today by the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) finds that 27 percent of congressional members' domain names are used in identity squatting. Like businesses, members of Congress face the challenges of delivering authorized online content and protecting their names on the Internet. Overall, CADNA found that...

CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines and MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- True Green Energy Group www.tgeg.asia, ISIN number CA8724191066, Cusip number 872419106 trading on Deutsche Borse AG under the stock symbol TGG.F, forged an agreement to become partners with Mr. Paul Lu, President of Universal Resources Development Incorporated, who also represents the interests of several prospective construction companies and multi-billion dollar firms in China, including but not limited to...

SEATTLE, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The public is invited to "sign and support" House Bill 1026, which is a new bi-partisan bill that would help eliminate the practice of legalized land theft, otherwise known as adverse possession. A public hearing is scheduled at the Washington State Capitol, January 13, 2011 at 10:00 a.m., House Hearing Room A, John L. O'Brien Building. With a mission to abolish adverse possession, End Adverse Possession Now today announced its official endorsement...

CADNA Finds that Only 25 Percent of Domains in Study Belonged to the Appropriate Member of Congress WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has released an identity squatting study that reveals how members of Congress are facing the same challenges businesses face online: the challenges of delivering authorized online content to their audience and establishing an avenue for open dialogue. Overall, CADNA found that only 25 percent of...

Six squatters who have taken up residence in the former Mexican Embassy in London say their presence in the building is part of an art project. The squatters, who range in age from 24 to 34, said they moved into the facility, which is actually a pair of six-story mansions, three weeks ago and are planning to open the facility from Friday to Sept. 20 as an art gallery and theater with guest artists and performers, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The group's spokesman, Dan Simon, 31, said...

London taxpayers have to pay more than $8,200 for the case of a film maker accused of stealing .003 pence in electricity, a magistrates court said. Mark Guard, 44, appeared at two separate hearings in North London before the charge was dropped and the cost added up to $8,200, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Guard was making a documentary about crime and the homeless. He filmed squatters entering an empty building through an open window on Aug. 1. A movement sensor in the building was...

One of the child stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire said Mumbai authorities have demolished the home he shared with his family. The BBC said Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and his parents had been living in a makeshift shelter comprised of plastic sheets and bamboo sticks in one of the Indian city's slums. However, they were forced out by authorities who said they and others were squatting on government-owned property intended to be a public garden. The tents and shacks were...

A pair of seven-story mansions on London's posh Park Lane have been taken over by a group of about 20 squatters and their three large dogs. The squatters, ranging in age from 21 to 45, said they moved into the mansions, which together are worth about $41.6 million, about two months ago, The Sun reported Thursday. There's quite a large squatters community in London and we always pass on information, said one squatter, 27-year-old Martin of Cape Town, South Africa. We'd noticed these houses...

MARGAO: Eight persons, including an 85-year-old woman and a Catholic priest, were arrested by the Quepem police after a group of activists disrupted mining activities at Maina-Cavrem on Saturday afternoon. Clashes between anti-mining activists and Maina villagers resulted in counter complaints of assault being filed at Quepem police station. Until late evening, an over 200-strong crowd laid siege to the police station demanding the immediate release of the protesters and the arrest of...

Text of report by Ben Agina and Isaac Ongiri entitled: "Squatters invade airport land, endanger flights" published by Kenyan privately- owned daily newspaper The Standard website on 11 August Squatters have invaded corridors that aircraft use to approach the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Illegal structures are mushrooming on the land set aside for security, as a new estate, Kiangombe, comes up. The land, measuring about 1,000 hectares, is a corridor for minor and major aircraft...