Indonesia shuts down 1 million porn Web sites

With the beginning of Ramadan, the Indonesian government closes pornographic Web sites and hints that it may continue the closure past the country's holy month.Gearing up for Islamic holy month, the Indonesian government announced it has shuttered more than 1 million pornographic Web sites, according to the Times of India. And it hasn't stopped there -- the government said it has plans to crack down on millions more.
"We will block more porn sites during Ramadan," Indonesia's communications and information minister Tifatul Sembiring told the Times of India. Then, hinting at the possibility of keeping the sites shut down indefinitely, he said, "though that doesn't mean that we will allow such sites to operate during the rest of the year." 
Ramadan begins in Indonesia today and lasts for one month. This country has one of the world's most populous Islamic populations and is known for being intolerant of pornography.

Last year, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion came under fire from the Indonesian government. Threatening to block off all mobile Web browsing, the government finagled RIM to shut off all porn accessed through its smartphones. The company complied by developing a filter for all BlackBerry users residing in Indonesia. Minister Sembiring told the Times of India that roughly 2 billion porn Web sites exist and that all of the sites the government has now closed were running from other countries.

Source: Cnet

Is King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Dead?

Death of Prince Sultan produced quite a stir in the history of Saudi Arabia, I mean he was already diagnosed with cancer, his death didn't come as a surprise to most of people in Saudi Arabia. Prince Naif was made a crown prince who after weeks ago passed away as well, really a terrible loss.

But later this evening, I heard from my friend that King Abdullah passed away, was told the news of his death would be on air this Saturday. Well, Saudi Arabia's 86-year old King Abdullah was discharged from New York Hospital after undergoing two back operations in December 2010. Sources stated that after getting into a heated discussion with President Obama of USA, King Abdullah suffered a heart attack to which the doctors ran to his rescue, now some says he died, some says he lives, no one knows for sure but time will tell.

If King Abdullah dies, it would be quite uncomfortable for the people of Saudi Arabia. I mean a crown prince and a King dies in the year 2012. Already the year 2012 has remained a very hot topic for many people around the world, this year has been discussed alot in many movies, music industry, tv shows and media. What more tragic news this year would bring? For this to know, you have to live through this year.

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Link is blocked in Saudi Arabia, I wonder why.