Ten talking points from the weekend

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Quality Rodriguez can be believed, Arsenal dodged a bullet and the process of FA ignores another reckless tackle

1) The sky is the limit for Southampton Rodriguez harvest

executives keep telling us that there is a lack of quality and value found in the lower divisions, forcing players to recruit, but is this really the case? Have they or their scouts look hard enough? Jay Rodriguez, exceptional for Southampton against Reading Saturday was signed on loan at Burnley and Barnsley after Stirling. New Saints coach Mauricio Pochettino, said of him: "He is a player who has a dynamic, high quality is obsessed with soccer, live He has a great mind The sky is the limit for him. I do not see a roof ... ". However, reading the face, excess Pavel Pogrebnyak on the bench.

Joe Lovejoy

2) Aston Villa would be a great loss to the Premier League

After Stoke City lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa progressive team, Charlie Adam said.. "He has a good side, Paul Lambert passes and showed intensity" To win the Britannia Stadium is rare - in spite of the severe form of the Potter was just a third league defeat this season - and the team Lambert won for having the courage to continue the philosophy expounded by him Lambert is. young manager of a team of young people who are nice to see. If they hit the fall should result in a better and a very interesting due to the more even distribution of the next summer season.

Jamie Jackson

3) Arsenal rode their luck against waste bags

suggest Arsenal could have been a bit lucky tends to cause angry comments about the origins of the Manchester Guardian, but as Arsene Wenger has certainly shown great spirit and resolve after Per Mertesacker was sent to The Hawthorns defender of an eye, no doubt, accept that the chance that West Brom lost three excellent chances to tie the game. Given its poor positioning Mertesacker aggravated and lack of pace with an attempt to address both clumsy and stupid, the alleged interest Wenger FC Basel impressive (and fast) young defender Aleksander Dragovic much central direction.

Richard Rae

FA rules

4) means another wild challenge remains unpunished

If studs-up rake deliberate or accidental (you can draw your own conclusions) Grant Holt by Chico Flores tibia during the 2-2 draw between the two sides was dangerous and certainly worthy of a red card. Hardly known for his skill and finesse in duels, Norwich City striker was introduced as a substitute when he left Swansea City defender, who had just returned from an absence of seven weeks of injury, rolling on the ground of a courtesy brutal assault.

despite referee Michael Oliver Holt penalizing the ball and his assistant who has a perfect view of the facts, no map was produced and what are the rules of the FA Holt senseless leak retroactive punishment, as Callum McManaman of Wigan after his wild knee high tackle on the left side Newcastle Massadio Ha?dara.

After protest sparked by the leak McManaman sanction, the FA announced its intention to raise the issue with the other "actors" involved in the establishment of disciplinary guidelines at the end of the season, no was not enough to stop labeling officials Newcastle unfit for use. Meanwhile Holt is almost certain to escape unpunished while Oliver will likely enjoy a lot arbitrate one or two levels below the Premier League. Barry Glendenning

5) Tony Pulis and extensive children

• For a team that relied on its aerial threat Stoke City is currently suffering from a chronic lack of width, and all because of Tony Pulis. There are no long of bylines monitored by Matthew Etherington and Jermaine Pennant, Stoke would cross teams into submission, both natural wide men apparently kicking the ball from one side of the penalty area of ??the opposition to another, hoping for a reasonable branch before or could possibly missing ball club in the net. Saturday against Villa, there was no such adverse crossings rather clog downstream of Huth and cooperation, which have been well treated by Ron Vlaar and Nathan Baker in the center of Villa defense. If Stoke to survive in the short term, Pulis must return to playing the traditional wing, get fit entirely Etherington and Ryan Shotton takes far right of the dock as possible. Pulis should be commended for the regularity of his team in recent seasons, but his inability to buy or select a shaped end can beat a defender, however, could prove costly Stoke. His next opponent? Manchester United.

Michael Butler,

6) defense of West Ham is a welcome clean sheet on the road

West Ham supporters, particularly James Collins, have not been covered in glory this season, but the two halves of the center were in circulation in the draw at Anfield. Luis Su?rez has seldom had the ball taken from his toes as often and Collins, with one or two exceptions, read the intentions of the Liverpool striker perfectly. They were the key to the "point mass," as Sam Allardyce, and improve a team that had lost 10 away matches in the Premier League before his arrival at Anfield. "It was the best we have defended away from home all season. Collins and Tomkins were very, very well, "said the West Ham manager.

Andy Hunter

7) Is Sunderland slow?

is common practice for a newly installed director, perhaps only obliquely, to suggest that he inherited a team that is struggling for fitness. In this context, the evaluation of Paolo Di Canio's players simply could not continue their efforts in the first half against Chelsea looked familiar. The team, in the words of the new man "is not the best team in the world" - which could be seen as a criticism of the former owner - and levels must be improved if the action-adventure Di Canio wants to adopt approach is to make your mark. However, exactly how this can be accomplished in April, after an exhausting and demoralizing campaign will properly test the powers of the age of 44. Maybe he spoke so fatigue, physical fatigue, mental. There were a lot of positives for the new man in the defeat of Sunderland at Stamford Bridge, things to think that all is not lost, but the visitors were still beaten and Wigan with a game in hand, they are filled. task seems daunting.

Dominic Fifield

8) Alan Pardew is almost the price of admission alone
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Greek torments keeping Giorgos Karagounis outside cosy football bubble

Fulham veterans memories

favorites now tempered by economic studies fellow playing

Interviews with Giorgos Karagounis

used to stay in football. They can play the free-kick past Fabien Barthez loop components as Panathinaikos Manchester United in the Champions League in the new millennium or the head slipped by David Seaman for Arsenal, one year after the event did not disappoint quarterfinals. But inevitably attracted to this glorious summer dizzying 2004 when Greece, against all odds, won in Portugal.

those days of the bravest issues in which they live. Talk away track to economic recession and financial crisis, their compatriots who are struggling to make ends meet or even feed their families, and the burning of national pride and stimulated teammates Karagounis in Euro 2012 with Section shit party and evoke a night in Gdansk in June when politics and sports mix too easily. "The defeat of Russia in the quarter-final against Germany was a great success," he said. "As for what we faced was almost equal to what we did in Portugal to win competition. Was against us all. Had a duty to put a smile on the faces of the people back home. "

Karagounis is a cult figure in Fulham, a veteran who received the letter of safe release last summer and turned 36 last month, but the streets and the industry experience weight and appreciated by those at the end of Hammersmith. Back in Athens is emblematic. It is a midfielder who, for 14 years in the national team, won a record 124 caps and still talisman for the team currently second World Cup Group G. He was a key player in 2004 and captain in 2012, but lost the culmination of two European campaigns - the first light, the second challenge - through suspension. He appeared in Italy Inter, Benfica of Portugal and now in the Premier League, established and respected reputation throughout the continent.

others can bury their heads in the sand on the events in a distant country, happy with life in the flat Thames Chelsea Juan Mata and Oscar as neighbors and ignoring the political Karagounis readily admits that is impenetrable. But do not live in a football bubble when are idolized by those who suffer in the debt ridden countries as pants through its sixth year of recession, one third of the population lives below the poverty line. "I'm happier than most of Greece, but when you see your friends with the smile wiped from his face, did not have enough to support their families to buy food ... You can not live your life abroad to know what they are fighting for the return home. there all the time. scold you. There is no escape.

"We all feel at the European Championship last summer, there was a desperation that we do, we must give people something positive to cling to .. wanted to put a smile on their faces, so that the victory over Russia, the joy of winning the final group game to qualify, has almost doubled. trying to do something for Greece and make people happy at home. took us, especially when felt everything was against us there. have played half of the first match [against co-hosts Poland] with 10 men. I had booked to Russia when it was a clear penalty against me, which cost me a place in the quarterfinals. and each game was a road game, because the Greeks fans could not afford to travel. Yet, despite all this, we entered the quarter-finals. 'Have made people happy. It meant something for "us.

Karagounis was the goal that defeated the Russians and forced to leave the group, although the player himself had to be replaced by his exhausted mind a reservation by Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson after to protest against the award of the penalty. Prudence, his second of the competition would be to deny participation in the quarterfinals in motion. Germany is the largest creditor of Greece and effectively the country guilty of the severity of choking austerity measures every day after the bailout of the European Union. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was in the crowd that day as Karagounis.

"It was a charge. Moment Politically, he was charged," he said. "When we went to the Euro, we all dream scenarios in our minds. Mien was that we would be in Germany, partly because we had not played for a long time, but also the importance of this competition, as any accessory would be the. for what he had reacted so badly to be reserved to Russia. was devastated, and if I had stayed on the ground, he could be expelled. My mind had disappeared and I was about to do something stupid ... This is the national team, my national team, and he would need our experienced players against Germany. After we see when we lose [ 4-2] ... It is hard to take. 'have won so many tapas but they lost that game and the 2004 final of the suspension. changed the rules after the tournament and striped yellow card in the semi-finals . was the last to lose the old system. Jinxed. "

• At least, he celebrated with his teammates at the Est?dio da Luz, as the world gawped the achievement of Greece. Almost nine years later, almost called travel language of the Hellenic Republic. It was a team led by Angelos Charisteas objectives and gray hair confident on Antonios Nikopolidis' saves. Angelos Basinas and Theo Zagorakis, the captain, graced the Premier League, two eight of the team that made their appearance in the top flight of English, but only Giannokopoulos Stelios at Bolton, had a lasting impact. However, when pushed together before a skeptical public, Otto Rehhagel's team has achieved something extraordinary that even now seems inconceivable.

This unfancied side ranked 35 in the world, had come with a record of five defeats and a draw (with West Germany in 1980) in the final. And yet, after qualifying for his first tournament since a decade, they beat the hosts in the opening match - with Karagounis start the tournament in style - the Rescission, in France, the Czechs in the semifinals , Back in Lisbon, Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is back at the end - not bad for a team based in Vila do Conde, was limited at best

"People have talked about our organization on the ground but outside there was simply no" Karagounis said. "We were probably the only national team in the tournament, no facilities at our disposal. We were in a hotel about 40 outside Porto no gym, so if someone wanted to go to work, they had to find a place.

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WikiLeaks activist in New York to protest US whistleblowers clampdown

Iceland MP Birgitta J?nsd?ttir reached U.S. for the first time since there are controversial WikiLeaks Collateral murder three years

Birgitta J?nsd?ttir, Icelandic MP who was part of a small group of activists who produced the WikiLeaks dump of state secrets in the United States, joined the United States for the first time since the controversy three years ago to protest against what he saw as a disproportionate repression by the U.S. government Internet complainants.

J?nsd?ttir marks the third anniversary of the "Collateral Murder" video to WikiLeaks put on the map, on 5 April 2010 by a developer material from a U.S. Apache helicopter attack against unarmed civilians in Baghdad - in organizing an exhibition of photographs taken from the video in New York. She expects the screen to draw attention to the plight of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier currently facing a court martial for being the WikiLeaks source as well as increasing public debate on the treatment of whistleblowers online.

"Repression against whistleblowers went well beyond what is reasonable," he said in an interview with The Guardian. "No other American president has been treated as many applicants as Obama - who is not in the spirit of transparency that he promised when he was elected"

J?nsd?ttir believes that the American public has been unable to keep pace with the changes, which saw a rapid transfer of the information activity on the Internet. "The general public does not understand that activism to keep our government honest acted in line."

points to the recent suicide of the Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who is being tested as part of a flight of newspaper articles that had been hacked. "How is it justifiable Swartz put in jail for 45 years? Justifiable How Bradley Manning could be sentenced to life in prison?"

J?nsd?ttir was part of a small group of volunteers who joined Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, Iceland to prepare the Collateral Murder video for publication. He fled in a real solid state secrets U.S. admitted that Manning WikiLeaks from between 2009 and 2010, including hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables from around the world.

The video was one of the most spectacular and impressive releases that showed U.S. military apparently taking pleasure in attacking the Iraqis were supposed militants, but that turned out to be civilians including children and two Reuters journalists were killed. The New York exhibition also includes images showing the scene of the attack helicopter training in people with titles drawn audio inside the Apache recorded.

• "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards," "Keep Shoot'n, keep Shoot'n!" "Light 'em up, we'll fire" the legends say.

J?nsd?ttir is defeated by the fact that the only person who was prosecuted because of his alleged filtered video, Manning. "None of those responsible for war crimes contained in Collateral Murder have been brought to justice. Than him. "

J?nsd?ttir Given the heavy-handed approach of the U.S. government towards those he considers the complainants of the Internet began to tarnish the reputation of the United States in the world. "It's like China, alertness when the U.S. government ordered its employees not to look at WikiLeaks, it was as if the Chinese regime telling his people not to look at the Internet material on Tibet -. I I see no difference. "

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Human rights groups fear impact of draft Egypt law restricting their work

legislation may force international non-governmental organizations for permission to new committee for almost all aspects of each project

Parliament

of Egypt is about to pass a law that advocates say will severely restrict the activities of groups of human rights and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and is considered a serious betrayal objectives of the uprising in 2011 that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak.

According Heba Morayef, Egypt, the director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), the bill, if approved without change, "make it almost impossible for human rights organizations Human operating in Egypt. "

In its current form, the law - which has been condemned by the UN and the EU, which could be approved next week - could force international NGOs for leave to almost all aspects of each project. The work must be authorized by a new committee could veto any project that believes that work against the national unity of Egypt, morals and development goals - loose activists fear concepts enable the authorities to suppress any project which challenges activity Islamist government in Egypt.

"His language is so vague that it gives the government discretion to stop any activity that does not agree with the noun," said Morayef, which are mostly human rights activist high level in the country.

"I can not fully imagine saying that in the future, if you want to work on women's rights, then it is not a priority in Egypt. No work on women's rights. "Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, and most of the current members of the country are subsidiaries of the Muslim Brotherhood, who recently condemned the measures for granting basic rights for women.

In a situation where many believe will be exacerbated by the new legislation, the government has tried to limit funding to groups of women's rights, such as the New Woman Foundation, which in turn were forced reduce staff salaries and losing.

activists also criticized the way the law gives the authorities of state security a leading role in the authorization process. "This is a back door of the security apparatus to restrict the activities of NGOs - not approve funds for NGOs monitoring elections and the situation of human rights or torture," said Mohamed Zaree, program director of Egypt in Cairo Institute for the Study of Human Rights.

Morayef agrees: "The idea of ??MI6 or the CIA the right to make non-governmental organizations in the UK and U.S. organizations would be ridiculous"

• Although the committee did not reject the business of direct governmental organization, it is feared that he might still considerably slow down their work by the bureaucracy. "The law does not say that you will be killed immediately," said Gasser Abdel Razek, associate director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. "But ... that essentially you really lose a lot of its resources to sustain life means rather than contribute to what you are about to do. "
• international groups are not the only threat. Among other restrictions, local groups need permission to receive funds from foreign sources. This would be particularly restricted NGOs of human Egyptian man, whose work - according to UN officials - is funded almost entirely by donations overseas

"If you look back over the last 10 years in Egypt and other Arab countries, organizations of human rights, which have their funds?" Marwan Abi Samra demand, the head of the democratic governance of the United Nations in Egypt. "Let's say that 90% comes from foreign sources. This means that [the law] will have a very negative impact on the organizations defending human rights. "

Samra added. "Not what we expected after the revolution in Egypt, and most importantly, many of these problems are in total contradiction with international law

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Britain seeks opt-out of new European social media privacy laws

"right to be forgotten" laws, giving users - instead of services such as Facebook -. Controlling personal data will save billions of euros and thickets of bureaucracy so why Britain resist

Britain trying to choose a European initiative allowing anyone to cancel their personal data from online service providers - a power known as the "right to be forgotten"

The confrontation between Brussels and the Ministry of Justice has erupted in the final stages of negotiations on the protection of data of the General Regulations of the EU, which aims to rebalance the relationship between the individual and the Internet.

The debate reflects growing tensions between freedom of expression and privacy as an increasing number of people are complaining that your online reputation is being eroded by outdated information, or malicious harm which may not be remove. In France, the number of complaints relating to the right to oblivion rose 42% last year. Project Guardian discovered hundreds of cases of people alarmed by the mismanagement of their data or personal information.

British

main objection to the disposal of the EU is that unrealistic expectations are created by extending the right track because the proposed controls will be relatively modest in its impact on the margins data or traded either websites.

The right to oblivion, Article 17 of the Regulation on data protection has been developed by the Office of the Commissioner of Justice of the EU, particularly in response to complaints how social media such as Facebook, conserve and manage information. Although the terms of the regulations have not yet been finalized in its current form provides for punitive fines - up to 2% of global turnover - for companies that refuse to comply with requests to remove data Customers

Viviane Reding, the Justice said: "Today, a citizen may request deletion only if [the data] is incomplete or incorrect We want to extend this right to make it stronger in the E-world .. The burden of proof is on the companies. have to demonstrate that the data are needed.

"This law is one of the largest market opener in recent years. Removes conflicting rules 27 [one representative from each EU country] ... and replace mechanism to all continent. This means savings of € 2.3 billion (EUR 1.9 billion) per year.

"[But] the British government has asked us not to do it and [more] Acts. One for UK and one for another, that is, there would be separate layers of complication I exchanged letters with. [UK Justice Secretary] Chris Grayling in what is something like Kafka Britain intends to oppose the bureaucracy by Britain wants an extra layer of bureaucracy is crazy The UK is 27 rules - one for each country ... "

Grayling In a letter dated March 8 Reding wrote: "You raise the possibility of specific rules for [small and medium enterprises] SMEs operating nationally and border

"I would be surprised to learn that the UK intends to introduce a new layer of complexity, cost and risk of failure by having a number of obligations to use other domestic and cross-border transactions. "

The UK is pushing for changes to be part of a directive, which would give the government more flexibility on how to adopt, instead of being enclosed in a market regulation innermost normative.

Reding, who is from Luxembourg and also Vice-President of the European Commission, said that the new right to be forgotten "is not absolute" and to be evaluated by comparison to ' other rights, such as freedom of expression, preservation of medical records or data for tax purposes. It would, for example, allow students who show embarrassing pictures of themselves on social media sites to remove at a later date. If these images has spread to a third party, however, the right of withdrawal would be diluted considerably site undergoes first contact should be with other sites that are linked informing them that the request had been made for clear information.

"[There will be] no power to remove the other, but if a company has given to the other [company] without asking if you can sell, then individual rights will be strengthened . "

The law does not apply to newspaper archives, comment on articles or posts of bloggers, to be exempted on the basis of freedom of expression. Documents published by other people - friends or antagonists - are also affected: no exception to the rules of data protection to the matter of "personal or domestic" nature

• Reding added: .. "European standards [will] apply to all companies ... operating in the European internal market is a large market, with 500 million people if you want to enjoy this gold mine, then apply rules. Facebook and suppliers as unique. They appreciate the fact that the rules are the same everywhere. Not opt-out. It is a regulation of the market. a decision to be adopted majority rule. "
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Ireland, where Google and Facebook's European headquarters are based, the presidency of the EU. It has been said that the adoption of legislation on data protection is a priority of his presidency, which ends in June.

Information Office of the Commissioner in the UK, agrees that the new regulation will change the balance between consumers and "data controllers." But he warns: "Our concern is how difficult (or impossible), this can be achieved in practice and how it might lead people to falsely believe that they can achieve the complete elimination of information about them

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Corporate initiative can play a major role in anti-trafficking movement

The Global Business Coalition against human trafficking needs the support of the biggest brands to have a truly global impact

convincing politicians is a constant struggle for the non-profit organization. Years of relationship building and foundation work usually required. Not the case for the Global Business Coalition against Trafficking in Persons (gBCAT). President Barack Obama spoke about it from the podium of the Clinton Global Initiative shortly after the coalition was formed.

Why

seal of approval? Partly because of the seriousness of the case. Human trafficking is the wrong side of the current global trade networks. Affects about 2.5 million people per year, its market value is estimated at $ 32 billion (? 21 billion) - making it the second most profitable criminal activity after drug

gBCAT

The coalition is a unique company that has some of the largest companies in the world among its founders, including Coca-Cola, Exxon Mobil, Ford, Microsoft and ManpowerGroup. Overall, really pack a punch.

"NGOs and governments are very passionate about it [the fight against trafficking in persons], but for U.S. companies is behind this reality, nothing changes his mind," said Robert Rigby Hall, co-founder of gBCAT.

In this spirit, Rigby Hall and co-founder David Arkless hired Mark Logan, former director of the U.S. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, identify brands with an interest potential in the subject.

Arkless said that some degree of "neurosis" initial negotiations with the company colors. Taking a public position on the issue, many feared that the public assumes that they have problems in this area and "trying to hide something," he said.

His answer was simple. "When you're involved in something like this to your employees will love, the audience will love and enjoy its shareholders."

All

was not so reticent. While the brand entrepreneurship gBCAT highest profile to date traffic is far from the first. Many of the early supporters of the coalition of current policies in the field and experience in the fight against human trafficking in their supply chains.

jobs Manpower

global service company provides a good example. As a former director of corporate affairs and government Arkless put the name of the employer of the Athens Ethical Principles, which have a "zero tolerance" against suspected traffic providers.

Reply

ManpowerGroup includes support for support groups, such as human trafficking end now, and fundraising used by organizations in the fight against trafficking. It also aims to address the root causes of trafficking, support for a program of counseling and employment support for abandoned and at-risk youth in Colombia.

travel industry and hospitality

It is not a coincidence that gBCAT supporters include a number of companies in the travel industry and hospitality. Hotel group Carlson (including Radisson), United Airlines and Delta provider Travelport business services business coalition, which has made the fight against sex trafficking in the tourism industry as a key issue for the future. The tourism industry is not blind to the reality of sex tourism and the possible complicity of hotels, airlines and others to facilitate traffic. The objective of the industry is focused primarily on children to date. In the United States alone, about 18,000 children are suspected of illegally entering the country by train, car or plane - many of whom are victims of abuse in the sex tourism industry main industry response came 10 years ago when British charity ECPAT has developed a code of conduct for travel agencies that seek to protect children against sexual exploitation. The adoption of this code has grown after the abduction case of Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007. More recently, the International Association of Tourism has developed a position statement on the human trafficking industry, which has 16 hotels worldwide between its signatories.

• employee awareness is at the heart of most business operations. Major travel companies and hospitality to provide staff training on how to identify and report suspected incidents of child trafficking.
• international travel company TUI
went further than most. NSPCC charity work with children, has implemented a training program for trainers who sees all the staff care for 350 children receive an education on issues of child protection. It also offers a NSPCC Helpline 24 hours TUI staff can call when incidents occur suspects.

Similarly, the UK ABTA Travel Association has distributed all of its 5,500 members advice on security procedures for children. These measures include anti-trafficking measures, such as signing children in and out of the hotel and take note of the coordinates of parents.

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