The Watch Towers: World News Headlines – Feb 07 2013

An Egyptian Salafi preacher said raping and sexually harassing women protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square is justified, calling them “crusaders” who “have no shame, no fear and not even feminism.” (english.alarabiya.net)

The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the copyright monopoly stands in direct conflict with fundamental Human Rights. This means that as of today, nobody sharing culture in the EU may be convicted just for breaking the copyright monopoly law. (falkvinge.net)

A small hole for Mars a giant hole for mankind: Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity has turned its drill in rock for the first time (bbc.co.uk)

Japan says scrambled jets after Russian intrusion into air space (reuters.com)

Beef lasagne was up to 100% horsemeat. (bbc.co.uk)

Two Russian fighter jets have violated Japanese airspace, prompting Tokyo to scramble its own aircraft, reports say. (bbc.co.uk)

A Somali court has sentenced a woman to a year in prison after she accused security forces of raping her. (cnn.com)

This is what true anger looks like. Ex-LAPD officer: “I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform”(content.clearchannel.com)

Anti-snow chemicals used in Moscow take 1.3bn years to dissolve (rt.com)

Child Sexual Abuse Rampant and Untreated in India while even Police refuse to help- in one case they jailed a young girl for 12 days because she claimed she was raped (india.blogs.nytimes.com)

Colombia’s Farc proposes legal coca and marijuana crops as part of land reform in the country. (bbc.co.uk)

The drone war is a shadow war, widely reported in the media but officially unacknowledged by the CIA and the White House. no one knows precisely how many casualties our shadow war has caused, but media and NGO reports suggest that the number of deaths is somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000. (foreignpolicy.com)

Secret’s spilled in life’s final minutes. (cnn.com)

South Korean soldiers on the world’s most heavily armed border now have orders to shoot back immediately if they come under attack(reuters.com)

Filipino Faces Jail Time for ‘Offending Religious Feelings’ (world.time.com)

South African girl’s gang-rape and murder triggers political outrage – Attack on Anene Booysen likened to Delhi bus case, but similar protests unlikely in country where rape has become normalised (guardian.co.uk)

Over the past year a New Zealander named Roger Shepherd has had almost unprecedented access to North Korea. He has spent nearly three months in the country over four visits, and was allowed, even encouraged, to travel far and wide into the remotest corners of the country.(nknews.org)

All dogs will now have to be microchipped in England (telegraph.co.uk)

Doctor shocked by rape victim’s injuries (news24.com)

Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Former LAPD Officer Attempted to Flee Country Before Allegedly Shooting Cops – Vigilante police officer killing corrupt policemen and innocents, manifesto in comments (abcnews.go.com)

Iran’s supreme leader rejects Joe Biden’s offer of direct talks (worldnews.nbcnews.com)

Dad must pay child support for 3 kids that aren’t his: Court rules | Canada (torontosun.com)