Patrick Cockburn Monday, 4 March 2013 If one object had to serve as a symbol Iraqi corruption and dysfunctionality, it might be the ADE-651 bomb detector. Exposed as a fake long ago, it is still employed by the Iraqi… Read More ›
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2013 Forbes Billionaires list: Record number of new entries appear on rich list, but Carlos Slim and Bill Gates still top the charts
An ‘old guard’ remain the richest people on earth John Hall Monday, 4 March 2013 A record number of new entries appear on the 2013 Forbes Billionaires list, but an old guard including Carlos Slim and Bill Gates remain the… Read More ›
U.S. baby’s HIV infection cured through very early treatment
Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:29 GMT Reuters * Mississippi girl’s case is the first account of an HIV cure in an infant * Doctors started treatment within 30 hours of the child’s birth By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 3 (Reuters)… Read More ›
Isles flare-up will be Japan’s fault, China says”Its reporter mentioned reports that the Chinese military is gearing up for WAR over the isles – a point that Lu did not deny.”
Ho Ai Li The Straits Times Publication Date : 03-03-2013 China yesterday said it will hold Japan responsible for any flare-up over the disputed isles at the centre of the worst tensions between the two countries in 40 years. “If… Read More ›
China stands firm on islands: Tokyo must “shoulder all consequences” if it prompts any friction by using military vessels and planes to harass regular Chinese patrols
Zhang Yunbi and Ding Qingfen China Daily Publication Date : 03-03-2013 Tokyo must “shoulder all consequences” if it prompts any friction by using military vessels and planes to harass regular… Read More ›
Egyptian opposition refuses to meet with Kerry: Tells Kerry ” democracy is not just slogans but rules for all “
Sabbahi compares U.S. support for FJP to that of Mubarak 01 March, 19:27 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, MARCH 1 – Two leaders of Egypt’s opposition National Salvation Front (NSF), Hamdeen Sabbahi and Mohamed ElBaradei, will not be attending the meeting… Read More ›
2 dead, hundreds injured in Egypt clashes
Mar 4, 2013 02:06 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Two police officers died and more than 400 people were injured in Sunday’s clashes in Port Said, Egypt, when hundreds of local residents protested the authorities’ decision to move to another prison… Read More ›
Fla. high school student reportedly suspended after disarming gunman
Published March 03, 2013 FoxNews.com A 16-year-old Florida high school student says he was suspended for three days for wrestling a loaded gun away from a teen threatening to shoot. Fox4Now.com reports that the student, who attends Cypress Lake High… Read More ›
Chinese village on lockdown following clashes, reform demands (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
EEV: Leaked video added via AFP – Will Have to Follow AFP link Published time: March 03, 2013 17:49 EEV: Leaked video added via AFP – Will Have to Follow AFP link In this photo taken on March 2, 2013… Read More ›
Buying un-American: Bribery Case Spotlights DoD’s Covert Effort To Obtain Foreign Weapons
Mar. 1, 2013 – 03:25PM By ARAM ROSTON Russian air-to-air missiles – an AA-11 Archer and an AA-8 Aphid – are displayed for then-Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy at the National Air and Space Intelligence… Read More ›
FOIA Dismissed
WASHINGTON – The National Archives and Records Administration should not face a lawsuit over its refusal to give the group Cause of Action records from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a federal judge ruled. – See more at: Courthouse News
New York town bans unrelated roommates from living together after neighbor complains about man shacking up with his fiancee and two friends
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:16 EST, 1 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:11 EST, 1 March 2013 A town in upstate New York has has banned unrelated roommates from living together, in a move that has outraged some residents who… Read More ›
Incomes suffer biggest drop in TWENTY years, alarming new figures show
Part of decline was after 2.6 percent surge in December as businesses rushed to pay dividends and bonuses before the new year Consumer spending rose 0.2 percent linked to utilities but decline in goods Savings were the smallest since December… Read More ›
BPA raises risk for childhood asthma
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Children exposed to the plastics chemical bisphenol A had an elevated risk for asthma Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School… Read More ›
‘Defective’ virus surprisingly plays major role in spread of disease, UCLA life scientists report
Contact: Stuart Wolpert swolpert@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0511 University of California – Los Angeles Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of normal viruses, now appear able to play an important role in the spread of disease,… Read More ›
Mutation altering stability of surface molecule in acid enables H5N1 infection of mammals
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology A single mutation in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that affects the pH at which the hemagglutinin surface protein is activated simultaneously reduces its capacity to infect ducks and enhances its… Read More ›
Grape seed and skin extract – a weapon in the fight against kidney disease caused by high-fat diets
28 February 2013 Download a PDF of this press release Ottawa, ON (February 28, 2013) – New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape… Read More ›
Eating junk food while pregnant may make your child a junk food addict
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research in The FASEB Journal shows that eating a junk food diet during pregnancy changes the development of the opioid signaling pathway in the baby’s brain, resulting… Read More ›
UCLA study could explain why some people get zits and others don’t
Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences 2 strains of acne bacteria linked to pimples, another to healthy skin The bacteria that cause acne live on everyone’s skin, yet one in five people is… Read More ›
Good bacteria may expunge vancomycin-resistant bacteria from your gut
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Probiotic possibilities loom Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity. That, in turn, renders the GI tract vulnerable to being colonized by… Read More ›
First signs of heart disease seen in newborns of overweight/obese mums
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Artery wall thickening already present at birth The walls of the body’s major artery – the aorta – are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds… Read More ›
Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease ” dietary cholesterol is good for your heart “
Contact: Diana Yates diya@illinois.edu 217-333-5802 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: Fred Kummerow, a 98-year-old emeritus professor of comparative biosciences at the University of Illinois, explains the primary causes of heart disease. His research contradicts commonly held… Read More ›
Quantity of sugar in food supply linked to diabetes rates, Every 150 Calories = +1% increased risk
Contact: Erin Digitale digitale@stanford.edu 650-724-9175 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? For years, scientists have said “not exactly.” Eating too much of any food, including sugar, can cause you to gain weight;… Read More ›
Women’s iron intake may help to protect against PMS
Contact: Janet Lathrop jlathrop@admin.umass.edu 413-545-0444 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop PMS than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this… Read More ›
Prenatal DHA reduces early preterm birth, low birth weight
Mon, 02/25/2013 Contact Karen Henry Life Span Institute 785-864-0756 kahenry@ku.edu LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have found that the infants of mothers who were given 600 milligrams of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy… Read More ›
Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a… Read More ›
Johns Hopkins study: Risk of pancreatitis doubles for those taking new class of diabetes drugs
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine People who take the newest class of diabetes drugs to control blood sugar are twice as likely as those on other forms of sugar-control medication to be hospitalized with pancreatitis, Johns Hopkins… Read More ›
BPA may affect the developing brain by disrupting gene regulation
Contact: Rachel Harrison rachel.harrison@duke.edu 919-419-5069 Duke University Medical Center IMAGE: Exposure to BPA may disrupt development of the central nervous system by slowing down the removal of chloride from neurons. As an organism matures and the brain… Read More ›
Panel Recommends ***Against*** Daily Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Postmenopausal Women
EEV: I had to read the title a few times. They claim that 1 kidney stone per 273 woman over seven years is to great a risk. 2.5% Sup group vs. 2.1 Placebo Group. Hmmmm. I recommend that this taskforce… Read More ›
Woodward at war
By: Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei February 27, 2013 08:01 PM EST Bob Woodward called a senior White House official last week to tell him that in a piece in that weekend’s Washington Post, he was going to question President… Read More ›
Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward
The meaning of the word “regret.” posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:39pm EST Ben Smith BuzzFeed Staff posted a few minutes ago Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward Source: whitehouse.gov The White House official who Bob Woodward charged had crossed a line… Read More ›
A nasty, brutish, imperial presidency
By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: February 28th, 2013 Barack Obama is not amused by growing press criticism Thomas Hobbes wrote that the life of man is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Today’s White House definitely isn’t… Read More ›
Sarkozy’s Gaddafi campaign scandal: Police search office of French ex-Interior Minister
Published time: March 01, 2013 00:46 Nicolas Sarkozy greets Muammar Gaddafi in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris as he arrives for a five day official visit December 10, 2007. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) French police searched the office… Read More ›
US drug prosecutors switch sides to defend accused Colombian traffickers
After working to take down cartels, former officials say America’s ‘war on drugs’ is misguided and the human cost too high Rory Carroll in Los Angeles The Guardian, Wednesday 27 February 2013 11.46 EST Leo Arreguin, right, was a… Read More ›
Contaminated Diet Contributes to Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Phthalates and BPA * 183mg per Kg of bodyweight per Day!!! *
Phthalates and bisphenol A are synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Previous studies have linked prenatal exposure to phthalates to male reproductive system abnormalities. Fetal exposure to BPA is linked to hyperactivity, anxiety, and depression in girls. People may exposed to these chemicals… Read More ›
Inflammatory Beijing restaurant sign triggers online fury
World Feb. 28, 2013 – 06:30AM JST A Beijing restaurant sign that reads, “This shop does not receive the Japanese, The Philippines, The Vietnamese and Dog” AFP HANOI — A sign at a Beijing restaurant barring citizens of nations involved… Read More ›
Missile shipment intercepted in Egypt
Feb 28, 2013 01:00 Moscow Time © Photo: “Вести.Ru” A large shipment of anti-tank missiles was intercepted on Wednesday by Egyptian Security Forces on the outskirts of Cairo. According to local media, 60 rockets complete with warheads, were found in… Read More ›
Exclusive: Secret war on enemy within – British terror suspects quietly stripped of citizenship… then killed by drones
Chris Woods, Alice K Ross, Oliver Wright Wednesday, 27 February 2013 The Government has secretly ramped up a controversial programme that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds – with two of the men subsequently killed… Read More ›
Russia’s Putin tells army to shape up to face foreign threat
By Alexei AnishchukPosted 2013/02/27 at 10:44 am EST MOSCOW, Feb. 27, 2013 (Reuters) — Vladimir Putin ordered military leaders on Wednesday to make urgent improvements to the armed forces during his new presidential term, saying Russia must thwart attempts by… Read More ›
Crisis: Greece; over 8 in 10 are unable to repay loans
86% in trouble with mortgage and consumer credit payments 27 February, 16:14 A woman carries bags of goods as she enters the metro station at the main Omonia square in Athens, Greece (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, FEBRUARY 27 – At… Read More ›
Facebook pays no income tax
Feb 27, 2013 16:39 Moscow Time Photo: EPA It is known that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The only problem that the today’s America is the home of corporations which are free… Read More ›
Symantec discovers 2005 US computer virus attack on Iran nuclear plants
Internet security firm finds early ‘Stuxnet O.5’ version revealing espionage and sabotage virus released under George W Bush Charles Arthur, technology editor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 February 2013 13.19 EST An alleged uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran. Symantec have… Read More ›
Maldives girl gets 100 lashes for pre-marital sex
A 15-year-old rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex, court officials said. The charges against the girl were brought against her last year after police investigated accusations that her stepfather had raped her… Read More ›
Bank of England mulls negative interest rates
Deputy Governor floats plan that could mean new charges for customers Ben Chu Tuesday, 26 February 2013 People across Britain could see their savings hit or face new charges on their current accounts after a senior official at the Bank… Read More ›
Increased risk of sleep disorder in children who received swine flu vaccine : Up to 16-fold increased risk
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Results consistent with findings from Finland and Sweden, but may still be overestimated The results are consistent with previous studies from Finland and Sweden and indicate that the association is not confined… Read More ›
Fecal microbiota transplantation cures gastrointestinal diseases: 90% cure rate
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Stool transplants highly efficient for Clostridium difficile infections and other gastrointestinal conditions — 2nd World Summit ‘Gut Microbiota For Health’ held in Madrid (26 February 2013) Clostridium difficile infections have developed into… Read More ›
‘The country that attacks first will die 27 minutes later’ – Stanislav Petrov
Oksana Zenner Feb 19, 2013 15:58 Moscow Time Stanislav Petrov Photo: RIA Novosti The International Peace Prize ceremony was held in Dresden. Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov became the prize-winner this year. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov prevented the beginning… Read More ›
Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil
Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe Ian Traynor in Brussels, John Hooper in Rome and Phillip Inman The Guardian, Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.38 EST Italy’s decision… Read More ›
Alexander Litvinenko murder: Government accused of cover-up
Terri Judd Tuesday, 26 February 2013 The British government was accused of colluding with the Russians to cover up vital evidence into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko at a pre-inquest hearing into the former KGB agent’s death today. Ben… Read More ›
Dairy Industry Wants to Put Aspartame in Milk ” would particularly benefit school children “
By NICK MCCANN WASHINGTON (CN) – Dairy industry groups have asked the Food and Drug Administration to be able to put artificial sweeteners in milk, and not change the label, claiming that it is so consumers can “more easily identify… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 