Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and combat rising prices and a global shortage of provisions.
But yesterday the Prime Minister and other… Continue reading
Russia will be forced into a military response if the US pushes ahead with constructing a missile defence system in the Czech Republic, the Russian foreign ministry warned tonight.
The… Continue reading
Almost 8,000 U.S. recipients of the vaccine used to protect against cervical cancer have reported adverse reactions, ranging from pain at the injection site to serious side-effects, says the U.S. Centers for Disease… Continue reading
Video from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast July 7, 2008.
As CNN reports (see video), Congress is forking over $100 for “security… Continue reading
A new law has been passed by the Iranian parliament extending use of the death penalty to online crimes. Previously, only people charged with insulting Islam or drug trafficking had been… Continue reading
World Bank President Robert Zoellick has called for reform of biofuel policies in rich countries, urging them to grow more food to feed the hungry.
He was speaking at the… Continue reading
Last week the seriousness of our economic predicament became palpable. There was a string of bad economic news but for many people what really struck home was the company news.… Continue reading
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.… Continue reading
From the beginning, there was purpose behind forced schooling, purpose which had nothing to do with what parents, kids, or communities wanted. Instead, this grand purpose was forged out of what… Continue reading
Hundreds of endangered monkeys are being taken from the African bush and sent to a “secretive” laboratory in Iran for scientific experiments.
An undercover inquiry by The Sunday Times has revealed that wild monkeys… Continue reading
WASHINGTON - Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro? Signs saying "We accept euros" are cropping up in the windows of some Manhattan retailers. A Belgium company is trying… Continue reading
Jul 05
Arrest leads to Rainbow riot
U.S. Forest Service officers pointed weapons at children and fired rubber bullets and pepper spray balls at Rainbow Family members while making arrests Thursday evening, according… Continue reading
Jul 04
Slavery’s new Mecca
To enter Dubai’s most notorious brothel, the Cyclone, I paid $16 for a ticket that the bursar stamped with the official seal of the Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing. Prostitution… Continue reading
Robert Mugabe’s henchmen have long been suspected of stealing civil servant postal ballots. This GuardianFilms exclusive provides the first evidence of how they did it… Continue reading
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
The… Continue reading
A Down’s syndrome man and Special Olympics champion who has been working for free for years is now being charged a fee to wash councillors’ dishes.
Virgil Taylor has been helping to wash up… Continue reading
Up to 18,000 females, including girls as young as 14, are working in brothels across Britain… Continue reading
On 19 March 2008 Monsanto accepted their responsibility for the genetic contamination of Schmeiser’s canola fields in an out of court settlement between Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto.
In an earlier trial the Canadian Supreme Court… Continue reading
FORKS OF SALMON, Calif. — The price of gas isn’t an annoyance here. It’s a calamity.
Peggy Hanley uses a… Continue reading
The Columbus Division of Police is following in the footsteps of the successful “No-Refusal Weekend” that the Delaware County Sheriff’s office participated in Memorial weekend. This is a first for Columbus… Continue reading
Britain’s manufacturing sector contracted last month at the fastest rate since 2001 while factory-gate inflation hit record… Continue reading
A licence to create human-pig embryos to study heart disease has been issued by the fertility watchdog.
This marks the third animal-human hybrid embryo licence to be issued by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority… Continue reading
From its Texas Rangers to its enthusiastic take on the death penalty, the Lone Star State has long been known for its aggressive stance on law enforcement. Thanks to a strange new law, it’s… Continue reading
Jun 30
Iran-Contra’s ‘Lost Chapter’
To understand this extraordinary development, historians might want to look back at the 1980s and examine the Iran-Contra scandal’s “lost chapter,” a narrative describing how Ronald Reagan’s administration brought CIA tactics to bear… Continue reading
DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler LLC said Monday it will indefinitely close one Missouri plant and cut production at another due to slumping demand for trucks and other large vehicles.
Officials with the Auburn Hills-based… Continue reading
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — Austin’s police chief has a new idea to draw your blood if you refuse a Breathalyzer test.
Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo is hoping to… Continue reading
NEW YORK (CBS) ? Undercover police officers who arrested four men on drug charges are under investigation after surveillance video proved the men they arrested committed no crime.
Drug… Continue reading
The EU is close to finalising an agreement with the US that would allow the FBI to see the internet browsing habits and credit card histories of UK citizens. … Continue reading