For reasons known only to themselves, people in the Netherlands are showing not inconsiderable interest in the Kim Kardashian sex tape. Considering this tape came out in 2007, it would seem that their Google searching is a little out-of-date but, nonetheless, it has rocketed Ms. Kardashian into the top spot of rising celebrity searches in the past week...And, while the Dutch were hoping to catch a glimpse of something not intended for public viewing, Google Street View was experiencing its own problems with content that shouldn't really see the light of day. You see, while the fanfare of the Antarctic Street View garnered plenty of positive publicity for the Big G, the launch of Street View in Brazil had one or two minor hiccups. For example, the fact that within a day of the service going live two corpses were discovered (one in Rio, one in Belo Horizonte) is likely to have proved a little embarrassing for Google...
Meanwhile, in India, all of the hype surrounded the court decision that would settle the Ayodhya dispute. This is a centuries-old debate between Muslims and Hindus over a patch of land (measuring about 1,080 square metres) that both sides feel is sacred and which has been battled over in the courts since 1949 (with eleven different judges presiding over it). Finally, this week, the High Court of Allahabad set forth a 8,500 page verdict which - in essence (and in a seemingly blatant rip off of King Solomon's landmark judicial ruling) - asks for everyone to just get along and share the land. Rather unsurprisingly, opinion among commentators seems to be split, with some seeing it as a landmark decision to ensure future peace and others seeing as a bit of a cop out that doesn't really solve anything. I guess only time will tell which it is...
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