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• FDA Seeks Advice From Blogger; Google Solves Pharma's Ad Problems

  BNET - 2009-11-12

  The FDA sought the advice of John Mack, a blogger with 20,000 monthly readers who runs the Pharma Marketing Blog, on how drug companies should use the web to advertise their products. The agency usually likes to hear from lawyers, drug company executives and academics when it seeks regulatory advice....

  Tags: Google Inc., FDA, Advertisement, Advice, Drug Company, Pharmaceutical Company, Blogger, Federal Government, Government, Jim Edwards

• US blogger arrested for leaking Guns N' Roses online

  - 2008-08-27

  LOS ANGELES AFP — US federal police on Wednesday arrested a blogger for posting songs from a yet-to-be released Guns N' Roses album titled "Chinese Democracy" online without the rock band's permission. Kevin Cogill, who uses "Skwerl" as an Internet name, is charged with violating copyright laws by putting...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Government, INTERNET

• Bloggers among 95 nabbed over Egypt strike

  - 2008-04-06

  CAIRO, April 6, 2008 AFP — Egyptian authorities arrested 95 people including politicians and bloggers on Sunday for inciting unrest by calling for a general strike around the country, a security official told AFP. "Ninety-five people have been arrested around the country, including in Cairo and Alexandria, for inciting...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET, unrest

• In shift, Malaysia reaches out to bloggers

  - 2008-03-23

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia's government has said it will reach out to bloggers, dropping threats of arrest in a major change of policy triggered by a shock election loss that has raised calls for reform. The nation's mainstream media is mostly part-owned by parties in the ruling coalition,...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET

• Malaysian bloggers warned being monitored: report

  - 2008-02-21

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — A Malaysian government minister has accused bloggers, who have been writing avidly on upcoming elections, of being cowards and warned they are being monitored, a report said Friday. Youth and Sports Minister Azalina Othman said opposition parties were using blogs to get their message out...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blog, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET

• Anger, mistrust at Bhutto death among Pakistan's bloggers

  - 2007-12-30

  KARACHI AFP — "NOT everyone is so naive and dumb," writes Adnam, a Pakistani blogger who decorates his page with a portrait of the country's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. He is one of many sceptics in the blogosphere -- and also in Bhutto's party -- who do...

  Tags: Al-Qaeda, attack, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET, leader, Pakistan, SOFTWARE

• 'Incendiary' comments removed from Malaysia PM's website: opposition

  - 2007-08-01

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Racially sensitive comments have been removed from the Malaysian prime minister's official website, an opposition leader said Wednesday, amid a row over government attempts to silence bloggers. Ronnie Liu, a senior official with the Democratic Action Party DAP, said he had filed a complaint, accusing...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET

• Malaysian minister warns bloggers face harsh laws

  - 2007-07-23

  KUALA LUMPUR AFP — A senior Malaysian minister warned bloggers the government was fast losing patience and would bring the full weight of the law against those who use the Internet to insult the king or Islam, a report said Wednesday. "Even thought the government has been tolerant of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Government, INTERNET, minister, SOFTWARE

• China's bloggers set for rare censorship reprieve

  - 2007-05-22

  BEIJING AFP — China's Internet bloggers look set for a rare reprieve from state censorship with the government abandoning a plan to force them to register their real names online, state press reported. The fast-rising blogging population had been told late last year they would be forced to identify...

  Tags: blogger, Blogging, China, Government, INTERNET, Xinhua News Agency

• US chides ally Egypt over conviction of student blogger

  - 2007-03-15

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States chided its key Middle East ally Egypt on Thursday over the treatment of a student blogger jailed for making online statements deemed insulting to religion and the president. "The United States is disappointed that the initial appeal of the Egyptian student blogger Abdel...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Components, conviction, Egypt, Government, HARDWARE, INTERNET, U.S.