Suspect told police that Indian Mujahideen told him to carry out bombings that killed seven and wounded 83 Associated Press in Patna theguardian.com, Monday 28 October 2013 07.08 EDT Indian security agency officials examine debris as they search for… Read More ›
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There’ll Be Revolution Alright Russell – And It’ll Be Thanks to the Internet ( A possible scenario ) ( U.K. )
Hannah Lippitt Journalist who works in digital media Posted: 28/10/2013 15:41 As the world and his dog are by now well aware, multimillionaire comedian Russell Brand has called for “revolution” and for the disempowered everywhere to rise up against “elites” (governments… Read More ›
China coastguard ups pressure in row over islands / As China officially mentions ” War ” if one of its drones is shot down
PUBLISHED : Monday, 28 October, 2013, 1:22pm UPDATED : Monday, 28 October, 2013, 1:23pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A China Coast Guard vessel (front) sails near a Japan Coast Guard vessel near the disputed islands, known as Diaoyus in China…. Read More ›
Obama ‘gave the go-ahead for Merkel phone tapping’ as he wanted to ‘know everything’ about world’s most powerful woman, German newspaper claims
Bild newspaper in Germany called US denials of eavesdropping ‘diplomatic lies’ as new documents emerge They quote a secret source which claims Obama not only sanctioned the operation against Mrs Merkel but extended it By Allan Hall In Berlin PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Europe should be grateful for spying, say U.S. lawmakers
World Oct. 28, 2013 – 07:00AM JST WASHINGTON — Europeans should be grateful for U.S. spying operations because they keep them safe, U.S. lawmakers said Sunday, urging allies to improve their own intelligence and oversight efforts. House Intelligence Committee Chairman… Read More ›
Is your favorite skin remedy BAD for you? How petroleum jelly can ‘suffocate pores, aggravate acne and cause pneumonia’
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 08:20 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:19 EST, 25 October 2013 Petroleum jelly is widely considered a bathroom cabinet essential for its skin-soothing properties, but one New York dermatologist warns that it could be… Read More ›
The NSA’s Secret Spy Hub in Berlin / SCS agents may have been compromised
By SPIEGEL Staff According to SPIEGEL research, United States intelligence agencies have not only targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, but they have also used the American Embassy in Berlin as a listening station. The revelations now pose a… Read More ›
The Bank of America Keyword list is confirmed ( Hundreds of Classified Project Titles )
Engineering Evil Commentary on the code word list: The original release of the Keyword list was 28 FEB 2013. Since then the URL of the hacking group has been taken down. The hypothesis behind the confirmation is due to that… Read More ›
“National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander had briefed Obama on the operation against Merkel in 2010.”
Obama aware of Merkel spying since 2010: German report 27 Oct 2013 Berlin (AFP) US President Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002, German media reported… Read More ›
Japan’s PM warns China on use of force as jets scrambled
By AFP | AFP – 8 hours ago AFP/AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) delivers a speech next to Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) during military review at the Ground Self-Defence Force’s Asaka training ground, on October 27, …more 2013 less … Read More ›
Chinese Company Falling Short of Goal for California Jobs / Company Claims Chinese workers here on legal work visas are not subject to state labor laws, including the minimum wage
Monica Almeida/The New York Times An electric-powered bus built by China’s B.Y.D. By JENNIFER MEDINA Published: October 25, 2013 LOS ANGELES — At the height of the recession, Los Angeles officials spent a year and a half wooing a Chinese… Read More ›
Police buy eBay data to target criminals
New snooping software is helping forces all over the country to unmask gangs selling stolen property on the internet Sam Masters, Paul Peachey Sunday, 27 October 2013 Police forces are paying private sector companies tens of thousands of pounds for… Read More ›
Abe says he is ready to be more assertive against China / “If Japan does resort to enforcement measures like shooting down aircraft, that is a serious provocation to us, an act of war.” China’s Defense Ministry
Politics Oct. 27, 2013 – 06:00AM JST ( 12 ) TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in an interview published on Saturday, said Japan was ready to be more assertive towards China as Beijing threatened to strike back if provoked…. Read More ›
Prince Harry ‘drugs slur’ puts BBC in the line of fire
BBC faces pressure to apologise after Jo Brand insinuated on Have I Got News For You that Prince Harry took cocaine Prince Harry is a captain with the Army Air Corps and has served on two tours of duty in… Read More ›
Thousands of protesters demand answers on HKTV decision
Leung declines to address rally on government decision to reject HKTV PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:45pm UPDATED : Saturday, 26 October, 2013, 3:34am Vivienne Chow, Amy Nip and Tanna Chong Black-clad protesters at government HQ last night. Photo:… Read More ›
Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website ( no-bid contract )
Posted By Patrick Howley On 4:57 PM 10/25/2013 In | First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is… Read More ›
‘We’ve reached the end of antibiotics’: Top CDC expert declares that ‘miracle drugs’ that have saved millions are no match against ‘superbugs’ because people have overmedicated themselves
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 00:30 EST, 26 October 2013 | UPDATED: 01:17 EST, 26 October 2013 Health crisis: Dr Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director of the CDC, told PBS’ Frontline that misuse and overuse of antibiotics over the… Read More ›
Euro Parliament axes data sharing with US – the NSA swiped the bytes anyway
Hacking claims now probed by Continent’s cops By Iain Thomson Posted in Government, 24th October 2013 18:24 GMT The European Parliament has voted to halt the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP), an agreement to share data on financial transactions… Read More ›
How does ursolic acid induce neural regeneration after sciatic nerve injury? ( In Apples / Rosemary )
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Ursolic acid (chemical name 3-hydroxy-12- ursen-28-oic acid) is a triterpenoid extracted from natural plant-based drugs, and has anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and anti-scarring effects, and it regulates the immune system and promotes the… Read More ›
Food additive may prevent spread of deadly new avian flu
Contact: Sharon Parmet sparmet@uic.edu 312-413-2695 University of Illinois at Chicago A common food additive can block a deadly new strain of avian influenza virus from infecting healthy cells, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine… Read More ›
Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer / By over 40%
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Bethesda, MD (Oct. 22, 2013) — Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an up-to-date meta-analysis published in… Read More ›
WSU researchers link DDT and obesity / Effects seen across generations
Contact: Michael Skinner skinner@wsu.edu 509-335-1524 Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to environmental compounds like the insecticide DDT may be a factor in high rates of obesity. The finding comes as DDT is getting a… Read More ›
UWM researchers help reveal how specific wavelengths of light can heal
Contact: Chukuka Enwemeka enwemeka@uwm.edu 414-229-4712 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Light as medicine? Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes progressive paralysis by destroying nerve cells and the spinal cord. It interrupts vision, balance and even thinking. On a suggestion from a colleague,… Read More ›
Breast milk protein may be key to protecting babies from HIV infection
DURHAM, N.C. – A substance in breast milk that neutralizes HIV and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke Medicine. The protein, called Tenascin-C or TNC,… Read More ›
Soros backs push for Hillary Clinton for US presidency
Billionaire adds his influence to unofficial Ready for Hillary campaign to back moves for her to run for the White House in 2016 PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:07pm UPDATED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:07pm Reuters in Washington… Read More ›
Eric Schlosser on US nuclear weapons: ‘People are getting sloppy’
Q&A: Author of Command and Control discusses recent incidents involving those responsible for the US nuclear arsenal Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Friday 25 October 2013 11.35 EDT American author Eric Schlosser. Photograph: REX/FoxSearch/Everett For… Read More ›
Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and NOT the U.S.? Extraordinary twist in spying saga revealed
Agents said to have intercepted 70 million calls and text messages a month France had previously blamed the United States of America US was first suspected of hacking into Nicolas Sarkozy’s phone in 2012 By Nabila Ramdani PUBLISHED: 11:32 EST,… Read More ›
Senator Dianne Feinstein claims eavesdropping on phone callls is not surveillance, nor is it protected under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches.
‘No phone call, no Internet transaction, isn’t recorded by the NSA’: Edward Snowden fires back at U.S. government surveillance denials Senator Dianne Feinstein claimed that the NSA’s phone-tracking is benign Whistle-blower Snowden said in a statement that it is pervasive… Read More ›
Italian mobsters work with Egyptian crime syndicates to imprison migrants and extort cash
Revealed: Mafia’s prime role in human-trafficking misery Michael Day Thursday, 24 October 2013 The role of Italian mobsters in human trafficking – of the kind that saw more than 350 African migrants perish off the coast of Lampedusa in… Read More ›
Chinese journalists obliged to take refresher course in Marxist reporting techniques
Kuchikomi Oct. 25, 2013 – 07:00AM JST ( 15 ) TOKYO — Journalists and reporters employed by the media in the People’s Republic of China are said to number about 250,000. The Chinese government recently announced that in order to… Read More ›
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts
• Agency given more than 200 numbers by government official • NSA encourages departments to share their ‘Rolodexes’ • Surveillance produced ‘little intelligence’, memo acknowledges James Ball The Guardian, Thursday 24 October 2013 14.14 EDT The NSA memo suggests… Read More ›
Japan readies huge island war games amid YouTube PR push – Senkaku islands / Diaoyus ( Major Escalation )
By Shigemi Sato National Oct. 24, 2013 – 05:20PM JST TOKYO — Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in a huge exercise aimed at bolstering Japan’s ability to protect its remote islands, the government said Thursday, amid… Read More ›
Europe Furious Over US Spying Allegations ” Worse than Orwell’s 1984 ” Emergency meeting Called
‘Out of Hand’ The newest allegations of US spying have unleashed a torrent of criticism and concern in Europe. If suspicions unearthed by SPIEGEL that the US tapped Chancellor Merkel’s cell phone turn out to be true, the ramifications for… Read More ›
Call yourself a ‘hacker’, lose your 4th Amendment right against seizures
Court rules coder’s PC can be snatched in ‘software knockoff’ spat By John Leyden Posted in Law, 23rd October 2013 23:19 GMT A US district court has ruled that anyone calling themselves a “hacker” loses their Fourth Amendment protections… Read More ›
Russian representative denies US media claims of his involvement in espionage – Rossotrudnichestvo exchange program
Photo EPA/CJ GUNTHER WASHINGTON, October 24 (Itar-Tass) – Representative of Russia’s Federal Agency for Cooperation with Fellow-Countrymen Abroad /Rossotrudnichestvo/ in Washington, Yury Zaytsev, has expressed astonishment over publications in the U.S. media saying that the FBI suspects him of working… Read More ›
78 percent of Americans say they weren’t inconvenienced by government shutdown: survey
Only 11 percent of Americans reported being ‘majorly inconvenienced’ by the shutdown Experts warn that another shutdown could be on the horizon in coming months By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:08 EST, 23 October 2013 | UPDATED:… Read More ›
Btitain’s Monarchy will now regulate the country’s Press
Press curbs ‘will damage Queen’s standing’ Politicians’ “repressive” plans to regulate press will undermine country’s international standing, free speech groups warn Culture Secretary Maria Miller has unveiled her plans to regulate the press Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA By James Kirkup, Political Editor… Read More ›
Computer Scientists ‘Prove’ God Exists
By David Knight Two scientists have formalized a theorem regarding the existence of God penned by mathematician Kurt Gödel. But the God angle is somewhat of a red herring — the real step forward is the example it sets of… Read More ›
Berlin Complains Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone may of been tapped by US intelligence agencies for years
Did US Tap Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone? By Jacob Appelbaum, Holger Stark, Marcel Rosenbach and Jörg Schindler Berlin is taking seriously indications that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone might have been tapped by US intelligence, according to SPIEGEL information. Merkel spoke with President… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with US over response to conflict in Syria
Saudi Arabia is an important ally to the U.S. as it provides a secure source of oil Saudi diplomats now promise a ‘major shift’ in relations with the U.S. over inaction in the conflict in Syria Secretary of State… Read More ›
‘Kill everyone in China’: Outrage over comment during Jimmy Kimmel skit
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel has angered Americans with a skit that many did not find funny PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 October, 2013, 10:21am UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 October, 2013, 12:48pm Jeremy Blum jeremy.blum@scmp.com A screenshot of the segment on Kimmel’s show…. Read More ›
White House official fired over anonymous tweets ( Claimed Hillary was Whitewashing Benghazi )
Source: Reuters – Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:50 AM Author: Reuters (Fixes Twitter links) By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A senior White House official who was helping negotiate nuclear issues with Iran has been… Read More ›
Chessmaster Garry Kasparov suggests Putin behind Russia bombing
4:06 PM 10/22/2013 Brendan Bordelon Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov — no stranger to strategic deception — thinks there’s something fishy about Monday’s suicide bus bombing in Volgograd, Russia. “Very suspicious details from the Volgograd bus bombing,” Kasparov tweeted… Read More ›
For the first time ever, 10chief executives in the US received more than $100m in compensation/ Up to $6 million a day – A new world Record !!!
US CEOs break pay record as top 10 earners take home at least $100m each Pay gaps within companies widen as top two earners, led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, earn billion-dollar paychecks Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday… Read More ›
TSA searching passengers before they even arrive at the airport by using property, work and car records
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:26 EST, 22 October 2013 The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its searches to check a number of personal records before passengers even arrive at the airport,… Read More ›
Penalty flag? Super Bowl champs Baltimore Ravens are being PAID $130,000 to promote Obamacare in Maryland
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 22 October 2013 The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens inked a sponsorship agreement in September with Maryland Health Connection, the state’s Obamacare insurance… Read More ›
China’s influence over the media growing globally, says US think tank
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:00pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:36pm Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com Africa Live presenter Beatrice Marshall says that through her news show Africans “are telling the story from our perspective”. Photo: AFP China’s government… Read More ›
China says 99.9 per cent of graft defendants found guilty
AFP Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013 BEIJING – A total of 99.9 per cent of the verdicts reached against Chinese corruption defendants find them guilty, judicial authorities said Tuesday. Nearly 200,000 people were investigated for embezzlement or bribery between January… Read More ›
Stoning for adulterers and amputation for thieves: Sultan of Brunei announces strict punishments for criminals under new Islamic laws
The punishments are set to come into force over the next six months John Hall Tuesday, 22 October 2013 The Sultan of Brunei has announced strict new Islamic punishments for criminals – including amputation for theft and stoning for adultery…. Read More ›
Senior officer, NCIS agent are among those arrested in Navy bribery scandal
By Craig Whitlock, Published: October 19 The U.S. Navy is being rocked by a bribery scandal that federal investigators say has reached high into the officer corps and exposed a massive overbilling scheme run by an Asian defense contractor that provided… Read More ›