Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium The E. coli bugs are able to grow and reproduce as normal despite containing two extra letters in… Read More ›
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Ukraine slides towards war
Both sides bury dead as Ukraine slides towards war Source: Reuters – Tue, 6 May 2014 02:51 PM Author: Reuters * Several days of fighting in east * Rebels hold out in Slaviansk * Violence in Odessa spreads unrest… Read More ›
Bill Gates expected to be first Trillionaire
Tuesday, 06 May 2014 He founded the world’s most famous software company and is dedicated to eradicating malaria. Now Bill Gates could be set to add another line to his CV: World’s first trillionaire, The Telegraph reports. That’s according to… Read More ›
Chinese media threatens Vietnam with a ‘lesson it deserves’ over oil rig row
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 06 May, 2014, 10:47am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Vietnam reacted furiously to a decision by Beijing to move a deep-water drilling rig into disputed waters for the first time. Photo: Xinhua … Read More ›
Vets Claim Nearly 1 in 3 Women Are Raped During Military Service
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – The Department of Veterans Affairs refuses to respond to a rulemaking petition addressing the alarming numbers of rape and sexual assaults in the U.S. military, two veterans’ groups claim in court. The Service Women’s… Read More ›
As Ukraine tumbles into all-out ‘war,’ Russia escalates rhetoric
Kremlin likens violence in contested areas to WWII-era atrocities AFP-JIJI, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg May 4, 2014 MOSCOW/KIEV/UNITED NATIONS – Russian official rhetoric has increasingly compared events in Ukraine to the darkest crimes of Nazi Germany as the anniversary of Soviet… Read More ›
People in Ukraine’s Odessa Died Instantly, Poisoned by Unknown Substance – Report
21:09 03/05/2014 KIEV, May 3 (RIA Novosti) – During the fire at Odessa’s Trade Unions House people died instantly, having been poisoned by an unidentified substance, the UNIAN news agency reported on Saturday. “Many people died by jumping from the… Read More ›
Wastewater disposal may trigger quakes at a greater distance than previously thought
Man-made quakes need to be included in seismic hazard planning say experts SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – Oil and gas development activities, including underground disposal of wastewater and hydraulic fracturing, may induce earthquakes by changing the state of stress on existing… Read More ›
Terrorism works, but only when governments allow it to
Published: April 28, 2014 Contact(s): Jakana Thomas , Andy Henion Terrorism can be a successful strategy for rebel groups during civil war, but only when governments allow it to work, finds a new study by a Michigan State… Read More ›
Judicial Watch: Benghazi Documents Point to White House on Misleading Talking Points
APRIL 29, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on April 18, 2014, it obtained 41 new Benghazi-relatedState Department documents. They include a newly declassified email showing then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public… Read More ›
Elon Musk wants SpaceX to launch spy sats – and will sue US gov to do so
Rocket biz longs to elbow Lockheed Martin and Boeing out of the way By Brid-Aine Parnell Posted in Science, 28th April 2014 10:08 GMT SpaceX has vowed to sue the US government for the right to compete for contracts to… Read More ›
North Korea conducts firing drills near a disputed sea border with South Korea / 100 rounds landed south of the border during that drill, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of rounds
Ju-min Park and James Pearson, Thomson Reuters April 29, 2014 08:45 More than 100 rounds landed south of the border during that drill, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of rounds back into the North’s waters. North Korea conducted live… Read More ›
Here’s how the US could stumble into war in Ukraine
Jean MacKenzie April 25, 2014 15:48 Given Washington’s mishandling of the crisis so far, it is not out of the question. The skeptics were right. Just one week ago, as top diplomats in Geneva heralded an agreement on Ukraine… Read More ›
Satellite shows heightened N Korean nuclear activity – report
A North Korean nuclear test within days “cannot be ruled out” analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site. The report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) chimes with other findings… Read More ›
Ukraine FM says ready to fight Russia
Friday, 25 April 2014 In the wake of an attack on the protest city of Slovyansk, Ukrainian interim Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia suggested that not only was Ukraine not being deterred by the threat of Russian intervention to protect the… Read More ›
Guilty Plea in Falsifying U.S. Background Checks
WASHINGTON (CN) – A former government contractor faces prison time after pleading guilty Thursday to falsifying background checks on various applicants, including those seeking classified work. Brian Rapier, 34, is the 18th background investigator to be convicted on charges… Read More ›
Russians are doing a quick reconnaissance of the UK’s air defences / Says No Threat to UK
OPINION: Russian Military Manoeuvres No Threat to UK Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber © RIA Novosti. Norvegian AF 18:42 24/04/2014 LEUCHARS, SCOTLAND, April 24 (RIA Novosti), Mark Hirst – No one really believes there is any “serious intent” by Russia to… Read More ›
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Voskresensky 17:36 24/04/2014 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The special operation against pro-federalization protesters underway in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk has left… Read More ›
Diaoyu Islands vow ‘may backfire / Obama’s remarks may lead to unforeseen problems because the military commitment
‘By Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) 07:26, April 25, 2014 The PLA is fully capable of safeguarding China’s Diaoyu Islands, says spokesman US President Barack Obama’s promise of military cover for Japan’s claim on the Diaoyu Islands faces the potential of… Read More ›
Wealth of US middle class now lower than Canada’s – report
Published time: April 23, 2014 00:59 Reuters / Emmanuel Foudrot American workers who previously made up the wealthiest middle class in the world have lost that distinction, according to new research that attributes the economic stagnation on rising income inequality… Read More ›
Japan warns China that seizure of ship could have consequences
PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 5:12pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship. Tokyo warned on Monday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine… Read More ›
Shanghai court seizes Japanese ore carrier in second world war reparations dispute
UPDATED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 6:24am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com A container ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Tokyo. A court in Shanghai has seized a large Japanese ore carrier at a port in Zhejiang province to enforce a… Read More ›
‘Dressed’ laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
” Development of the technology was supported by a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Defense.” Date: April 18, 2014 Source: University of Central Florida Summary: The adage “Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it”… Read More ›
France admits 2,300 samples of SARS virus are missing / They Claim Harmless
Thursday, 17 April 2014 A routine inventory at a Parisian research body revealed over 2,300 samples of the potentially deadly SARS virus are missing, The Independent reports. The renowned Institute Pasteur in France admitted on Monday that it had misplaced… Read More ›
Whooping cough ‘evolves to beat vaccine’
CLINICALNEWS.ORG 80 per cent of the 2012 whooping cough cases in Australia were from a strain not covered by the vaccine. PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Apr-2014 The bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, has changed in Australia – most likely… Read More ›
Vitamin B3 was found in all eight meteorites analyzed in the study.
CLINICALNEWS.ORG Vitamin B3 Might Have Been Made in Space, Delivered to Earth by Meteorites April 17, 2014 Ancient Earth might have had an extraterrestrial supply of vitamin B3 delivered by carbon-rich meteorites, according to a new analysis by NASA-funded researchers…. Read More ›
Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
CLINICALNEWS.ORG HRR: Yes, we know it is wrong on so many levels. PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Apr-2014 Youngest children from most vulnerable populations benefit most Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, finds… Read More ›
Jordan destroys armored vehicles at Syrian border
By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Jordanian air forces destroyed a number of armored vehicles on Wednesday as they crossed the border from war-torn Syria, the army said in a statement.
NATO Plan Backfires: Ukrainian Troops switch side, Tanks wave Russian Flags
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Separatists flew the Russian flag on armored vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
Cuts and red tape are gagging US and Canadian science / Only 14 per cent said they felt they would be able to share a concern about public health and safety
14 April 2014 by Rachael Jolley Politicians in the US and Canada are undermining scientific freedom through cuts, shutdowns and media policies ON 1 October last year, the US federal government shut its doors after Congress failed to agree a… Read More ›
Kiev Military Op in Eastern Ukraine, civilians reported killed
Tuesday, 15 April 2014 The activists who controlled the base said they were forced to retreat. “There are about 60 units of armored vehicles. They have been preparing for several days, and now they started to storm [the airfield]. The… Read More ›
A Russian fighter buzzed a US warship in the Black Sea
DEBKAfileApril 14, 2014, 7:32 PM (IDT) The Russian Fencer fighter is now revealed to have made close-range passes near the USS Donald Cook destroyer in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine…. Read More ›
Forced Meds Are OK to Prosecute Threat Charges / “client was exposed to asbestos and was a “whistle-blower”
By TIM HULL (CN) – The government can continue to forcibly drug the man it says threatened to kill federal employees over a delusional asbestos cover-up, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Charles Lee Gillenwater II was charged in 2011 with… Read More ›
Russia wants permanent Moon base
Sunday, 13 April 2014 While the West is busy staging coups around the world, Moscow today set out plans to conquer and colonise space, including a permanent manned moon base. Deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin said: ‘We are coming to… Read More ›
New study puts a cost on ’round-tripping,’ a method investors use to avoid the tax collector
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 How widespread is tax evasion? Tax evasion is widely assumed to be an eternal problem for governments — but how widespread is it? For the first time, a new study, co-authored by an MIT professor, has… Read More ›
Gutting of campaign finance laws enhances influence of corporations and wealthy Americans
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 – “This study dashes hopes for this democratic kind of interest-group influence,’ PRINCETON, N.J.—Affluent individuals and business corporations already have vastly more influence on federal government policy than average citizens, according to recently released research by… Read More ›
Global poverty could be up to a third higher than reported
Public Release: 10-Apr-2014 With over one billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, the World Bank aims to end ‘extreme poverty’ by 2030. But new research suggests that global poverty figures could be underestimated by… Read More ›
Requested Info Graphic Post from Our Sister Site / “Vaccine induced Depression”
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Al Sharpton was ‘flipped into being an FBI informant after he was caught talking about drug deals with an undercover agent’
New reports contradict Rev. Al Sharpton’s claims that he went to the FBI and started working as an informant after a mobster threatened him He said that he began giving the federal agents recordings of meetings with gangsters in… Read More ›
2014 Jefferson Muzzles
The U.S. Department of Justice The White House Press Office The National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security The North Carolina General Assembly Police The Kansas Board of Regents Modesto Junior College The Tennessee State Legislature Wharton High… Read More ›
Nevada rancher’s land surrounded by heavily-armed federal agents, his cattle confiscated
– Cliven Bundy – the “last rancher in Clark County, Nevada” – has since 1993 refused to pay fees to the federal government for the right to raise cattle on land his family has ranched since the 1870s Published time:… Read More ›
Philippine police accuse Italian ambassador of human trafficking and child abuse
PUBLISHED : Monday, 07 April, 2014, 11:44pm Agencies in Manila Philippine Police Superintendent Noel Calderon Alino (left) answers questions from reporters about Daniele Bosio (inset) beside Senior Superintendent Romulo Sapitula at a police station in Binan, south of Manila. Photo:… Read More ›
Russia urges Ukraine to halt military preparations to avert civil war
“the operation involves some 150 American mercenaries from a private company Greystone Ltd” April 08, 0:49 UTC+4 MOSCOW “Units of the Interior troops and national guards as well as militants from the illegal armed formation ‘The Right Sector’ are being… Read More ›
Eastern Ukraine in Crisis: Clashes erupt as Kharkov protesters declare independence
By Russia Today Global Research, April 07, 2014 RT Region: Russia and FSU In-depth Report: UKRAINE REPORT – Police have clashed with anti-coup protesters in Kharkov, in an effort to push the crowd back from the administration building. Earlier, activists… Read More ›
US arms Syrian rebels with first heavy weapons, anti-tank BGM-71 TOW missiles – raising war stakes
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 7, 2014, 8:56 AM (IDT) BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Two Syrian rebel militias judged moderate in Washington have in the last few days taken delivery and begun using – mostly in the Idlib region – the… Read More ›
New method for making human-based gelatin for gelatin-type desserts, marshmallows, candy and innumerable other products
Public release date: 13-Jul-2011 (HRR-Requested Repost) Scientists are reporting development of a new approach for producing large quantities of human-derived gelatin that could become a substitute for some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin produced annually for gelatin-type… Read More ›
New manual helps Africa’s Muslim farmers tackle climate change / Climate activists try their hand at religion
EEV: ? Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:00 PM Author: Pius SawaMore news from our correspondents Ambrose Nzambi, a research officer from Kenya’s agricultural research institute, shows an example of conservation farming. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Pius… Read More ›
China stands to benefit as Russia clashes with West over Ukraine
” the 2005 Anti-Secession Law permits the use of military force against Taiwan, should it declare independence through a referendum or some other official mechanism.” PUBLISHED : Sunday, 06 April, 2014, 6:01am Whenever Russia and Western powers face… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 