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Nikolay Barekov, leader of the Bulgaria without Censorship party, has said that the formation supports a no-confidence motion against the socialist-led government.

According to preliminary results of the European Parliament elections, the Bulgaria without Censorship party of the former TV host will send two MEPs to the European Parliament.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Barekov informed that he would propose that early elections be held on October 26.

He said that the party had sent a letter to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev to invite him to a meeting on the topic of early elections.

Barekov, as cited by dnevnik.bg, explained the choice of a concrete date with the fact that the party needed time to organize an election campaign, adding that the topic of early elections required a serious approach.

He suggested that the new government had to start its term with its own budget.

Barekov claimed that a consensus candidate for the post of Prime Minister had to be found.

He pointed out that the date of October 26 would allow Bulgaria to spend a calm summer and then hold elections.

He said that the Bulgaria without Censorship party insisted on two key points in the talks on an interim government, including an anti-corruption bill they had prepared, and on social policy. Barekov also noted that a new Election Code had to be prepared.

He stressed that the independent MPs who supported the Bulgaria without Censorship party would back the no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, adding that the formation was positive about the support of two MPs from the current Parliament and other MPs could follow suit.

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Twitter has honored five requests made by a Pakistani bureaucrat working for the country's Telecommunications Authority to censor tweets and accounts it considered "blasphemous" and "unethical."

According to the New York Times, the social network agreed to shield certain tweets from the eyes of Pakistani Twitter users at the request of Abdul Batin. The requests including censoring crude drawings of the Prophet Muhammad, photographs of burning Qurans, and tweets from anti-Islam bloggers and an American porn star.

This is apparently the first time Twitter has agreed to block specific content in Pakistan since it introduced its country-specific censorship policy in 2012. The policy takes into accounts local laws that apply to tweets and will consider reactively withholding access to certain content if they receive "valid and properly scoped" requests from authorized entities. Despite this, the NYT claims that a number of accounts were blocked not reactively, but in anticipation of the annual "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," which falls on May 20.

The first time Twitter's censorship policy was enforced was in Germany in 2012 when it banned a neo-Nazi partywhich are not allowed under German lawfrom the social network. Since then the policy has come into effect in several countries, although Twitter aims to remain as transparent as possible using several mechanisms, including partnering with Chilling Effects to publish notifications of when it withholds content, as well requests to withhold it.

Pakistan's oppressive blasphemy laws have been enforced in an increasingly brutal manner recently, resulting in arrests, murders, and assassination attempts, which is why it makes it particularly concerning that Twitter is complying with them. Twitter's defense is that it would rather prevent a small amount of content that contravenes local laws than have the whole site blocked, denying a country the ability to use the platform at all.

This is what caused the social network to bow to pressure from the Turkish government last month. In the face of an outright ban, Twitter agreed to close several accounts the government had deemed harmful.

Several rights groups have questioned the legitimacy of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, as well as Twitter's decision to acquiesce to its requests. Wired.co.uk has put these concerns to Twitter and will update this article if we hear back.

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Councils education chief slams minister after books were cut from English syllabus

6:00am Monday 26th May 2014 in News By Mark Stanford, T&A Reporter

The ditching of Amercian classic novels from the GCSE syllabus smacks of censorship says Bradfords politician in charge of education.

Councillor Ralph Berry has heavily criticised Education Secretary Michael Gove after books including To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, and John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men were removed from exam board OCRs draft GCSE English Literature syllabus.

Instead, more works by British authors will reportedly be included, such as pieces by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.

The Department for Education (DofE) wants pupils to appreciate the power of the English literary heritage and more pre-20th Century works.

Coun Berry, Bradford Councils executive member for childrens services, said Bradford students could miss out if American classics were pulled.

It smacks of censorship. It seems to be getting to some sort of level of what people should, and shouldnt, know.

My main feeling is its a great shame. This is silly. There is some good, stimulating reading he is dismissing.

The new GCSE syllabus, which will start next year, will reportedly include more works by a host of British authors instead, including Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.

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by Trent Clark (@ItsMeTC15) May 25, 2014, 12:37pm

George Zimmerman's murder of Trayvon Martin has caused great distress to the people closet to him and his parents are legally stating they felt the burdened aftermath of his deeds.

They are suing comedian/actress Roseanne Barr for sharing their address on Twitter while the entire world was calling for their son to be arrested in March of 2012.

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Robert and Gladys Zimmerman say the tweet by Barr on March 29, 2012, caused $600,000 in emotional distress, according to federal court documents, after they were forced to "flee their house in the middle of the night."

Of that amount, about $37,400 will cover additional expenses such as hotel rooms, travel, meals out and laundry, since they couldn't live at their Lake Mary, Fla., property after Barr shared their address.

Roseanne Barr is being sued by the parents of George Zimmerman, who say they endured emotional distresss after she shared their address on Twitter.

The comedian later deleted the tweet shared with more than 100,000 people, which also included their telephone number and names, court documents show, but journalists had already descended upon their home.

Barr engaged her Twitter followers after deleting the message, justifying her decision by saying she was simply combating Zimmerman's vigilantism with a taste of his own medicine.

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