Abdus Sattar, an official of the Bangladesh industrial police, said that workers had tried to block a major road leading north from Dhaka but had retreated after police units wielding batons moved to restore order.
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who are leading a bi-partisan fight in Congress to block passage of dangerous new copyright legislation (SOPA and PIPA).
Of late the two companies that are leading the IP headlines are Apple and Samsung as they battle back and forth using their IP assets to block product launches by the other.
On 10 January, leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband - which is based in Uttar Pradesh - called on the government to block Salman Rushdie's visit as he "had annoyed the religious sentiments of Muslims in the past".