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Submission + - Can anti-spamming laws ever be enforced?

Submitted by paulraps on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @01:29PM

paulraps writes: In the three years since Sweden made spamming a criminal offence, the authority set up to enforce the law has received 72,121 complaints, reports The Local. The result of investigations into these cases was one single prosecution. And that was dropped. The ratio of 72,121:1:0 begs the question — how can legislation against spammers ever be enforced?

Submission + - Bush on Iraq: Do we need more or less troops?

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nickull

on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @01:17PM

nickull writes: "In response to the recent declaration that Tony Blair will pull about 1600 troups from Iraq in the near future, the Mercury News reports:

"WASHINGTON — The Bush administration said Wednesday that Britain's decision to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq is a positive sign that fits with the overall strategy for stabilizing the country." Is this the same Bush administration that declared it needs to send more troops to Iraq?"

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