Woman living in California kept Kenyan maid confined to house and took passport, say prosecutors in human trafficking case Reuters in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 00.23 EDT Meshael Alayban, who is accused of keeping a Kenyan maid as… Read More ›
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Israel admits holding second secret prisoner / Prisoner X2
A second secret prisoner is being held in same jail that Israeli-Australian spy known as Prisoner X killed himself in 2010 Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 July 2013 10.35 EDT A prison guard keeps watch from a tower… Read More ›
Meet the small yellow worm that can REGROW its own head – and its old memories
If the planarian worm’s head is cut off it can regenerate a new one Scientists have found this new head contains memories from the old one This suggests memories are stored in another part of the body By Victoria Woollaston… Read More ›
Pentagon purges Osama bin Laden raid records
Posted By Associated Press On 10:59 AM 07/08/2013 In Politics WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. special operations commander, Adm. William McRaven, ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense… Read More ›
SAS sniper Danny Nightingale guilty of possessing gun and ammunition
Weapon was found in wardrobe and ammunition under his bed in plastic box Terri Judd Wednesday, 10 July 2013 A SAS sniper, whose jailing for possession of a war trophy pistol led to public outrage, was found guilty at a… Read More ›
Japan: Risk of Incident From ‘Coercive’ Acts By China / fighters were scrambled more than 300 times against Chinese planes flying near Japan’s airspace for the year to March
Jul. 9, 2013 – 08:48AM | By SHINGO ITO for AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | TOKYO — China’s “coercive” behavior in waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan is dangerous and could trigger an incident, Tokyo said… Read More ›
US Govt threatens Federal workers, must spy on each other / pay particular attention to the lifestyles, attitudes and behaviors
Wednesday, 10 July 2013 In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not… Read More ›
Kosovo lobbyist behind attack on Egypt army
Paper: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 The man who’s behind the attack on the Egypt army in front of the Republican Guard building where President Mohamed Morsi is detained, is Safwat Hegazi, Islamic preacher and one of the most important Kosovo… Read More ›
Wealthy widow AVOIDS jail after keeping maid as a virtual slave for more than five years and ‘making her sleep in a closet’ in her 20,000-square-foot mansion
Annie George, 41, sentenced to five years’ probation, eights months of home confinement Judge ordered George to forfeit her $1.9million Llenroc stone mansion in Rexford, NY Widow was acquitted of treating Valsamma Mathai as a slave for financial gain Mathai… Read More ›
Homeless woman has snuck into top security MacDill Air Force Base FOUR TIMES since last October – and has lived inside for days at a time
Suzanne M. Jensen was charged with trespassing on the Tampa, Florida base last month At least once, the 50-year-old got into the especially well-guarded home to U.S. Central Command–which overseas operations throughout the Middle East–by climbing atop a trash … Read More ›
Europe’s rich ‘could face uprising similar to Peasants’ Revolt’
Europe’s rich Baby Boomers are behaving like the nobility in the Peasants’ Revolt, and could face an uprising by the younger generation if the situation doesn’t change, HSBC’s chief economist has warned. Stephen King said the Occupy movement was the… Read More ›
Fukushima Nuke Plant manager dies of cancer
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Masao Yoshida (AFP Photo / Japan Pool via JIJI Press) The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of esophageal cancer on July 9, 2013…. Read More ›
American Samoa’s battle against obesity as 95 per cent of the nation are declared overweight
WHO figures reveal extent of the obesity crisis in the small Pacific island One airline charging passengers tickets based on their weight to save costs Island-wide health push to encourage healthier eating and more activity By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 11:58… Read More ›
St. Joe’s “dead” patient awoke as docs prepared to remove organs / So they sedated a dead person?
The state Health Department fined St. Joseph’s Hospital $22,000 for nearly removing organs from a patient who was alive in 2009. (Photo by Paul Finch) By John O’Brien | jobrien@syracuse.com The Post-Standard Follow on Twitter on July 07, 2013 at … Read More ›
Global corruption survey reveals one in four people paid a bribe in past year
Transparency International investigation highlights lack of public faith in politicians and widespread public concern about graft Mark Tran The Guardian, Monday 8 July 2013 Urban perturbation … on a scale of concern about corruption ranging from one to… Read More ›
New book documents Cold War experiments on kids
By JOANN LOVIGLIO / Associated Press / July 7, 2013 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A half century later, Charlie Dyer still vividly remembers the day he was picked to join the ‘‘Fernald Science Club.’’ It was 1954 and at 14, he had already spent nearly… Read More ›
IRS published online thousands of Social Security numbers
Published time: July 08, 2013 19:41 AFP Photo / Karen Bleier The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly exposed as many as 2,319 Social Security numbers by posting them on the Internet, which a California-based archivist discovered last week. The IRS… Read More ›
Child abuse kept secret because insurers feared compensation claims
Jillings Report: Revealed after 17 years – child abuse kept secret because insurers feared compensation claims Supressed account finds ‘appalling’ and ‘extensive’ history of abuse in North Wales in the 1970s and 80s Jonathan Brown Monday, 8 July 2013 Campaigners… Read More ›
How the CIA Helped The Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrate the West
EEV: Posted at request, in regards to U.S. historical support of the Muslim Brotherhood. by Jerry Gordon (August 2011) Muslim Brotherhood and founder Hasan al-Banna In April of 2007, then House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer had an encounter… Read More ›
Airport landing system off when plane crashed in San Francisco
Sunday Jul 07, 2013 | Peter Henderson, Dan Levine for Reuters The San Francisco skyline is seen in the background as an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane lies off the runway after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International… Read More ›
Spanish ruling party funded itself illegally, says ex-treasurer
Source: Reuters – Sun, 7 Jul 2013 04:28 PM People hold a giant Spanish flag on the 34th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution at Madrid’s Colon Square December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Susana Vera MADRID, July 7 (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling… Read More ›
Asiana Crash incoming airplane’s glide path was not working on Saturday
EEV: This is not likely the cause, but is worthy of investigation… Investigators seek cause of deadly plane crash San Francisco Credit: Reuters/Xu Da By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO | Sun Jul 7, 2013 11:02am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S…. Read More ›
Police, murder and India’s next prime minister
Jason OverdorfJuly 7, 2013 06:07 A leak accuses a controversial leader of a role in a political murder. Chief Minister of Gujarat state, Narendra Modi speaks on June 11, 2013. A leading hopeful to be the next prime minister of… Read More ›
Warning over ‘epidemic’ of skin allergies from chemical in cosmetics and household products
A chemical found in everyday cosmetics and household cleaning products may be responsible for an “epidemic” of painful skin allergies, doctors have warned. Some well-known products that contain MI By Claire Duffin 7:00AM BST 07 Jul 2013 The preservative… Read More ›
NSA ‘In Bed Together with the Germans’
In an interview, Edward Snowden accuses the National Security Agency of partnering with Germany and other governments in its spying activities. New information also indicates close working ties between the German foreign intelligence agency and the American authority. In an… Read More ›
Was it murder? Mystery as Army claims 19 year old airwoman committed suicide in Guam base but family deny she was depressed and say they’ve been blocked from getting answers
Nineteen year-old Kelsey Sue Anderson died at an Air Force Base in Guam from what the Army ruled a self-inflicted shotgun wound Anderson’s parents claim she wasn’t depressed in the days leading up to her death and have asked the… Read More ›
International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting / 1,677 illegal pharmacy Web Sites claiming to be CVS, Walgreens etc..
Pill of Goods: International Counterfeit Drug Ring Hit in Massive Sting Court documents review process that led the FDA to shut down more than 1,600 illegal pharmacy Web sites By Dina Fine Maron | Wednesday, July 3, 2013 | 5 Pill… Read More ›
Good news for the NSA: There are 42% fewer new secrets for future Edward Snowdens to leak
By Josh Meyer @JoshMeyerDC July 3, 2013 Oops, didn’t mean to declassify that. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite One of the reasons former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was able to get away with stealing top-secret documents about government surveillance programs is… Read More ›
Hacker’s Appeal Paints Him as Whistle-Blower
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – A hacker who is serving 3 1/2 years in prison for publicizing an AT&T server security flaw has appealed what he calls a “remarkable and unprecedented” felony conviction. Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, now… Read More ›
The picture that proves Secretary of State John Kerry HAS been out on his boat while Egypt plunges into chaos – after his spokesman denied he been sailing in Nantucket
New pictures show Kerry on kayak as he celebrates July 4 holiday Secretary of State’s aides retract denial that he had been sailing By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 15:55 EST, 5 July 2013 | UPDATED: 16:53 EST, 5 July 2013… Read More ›
New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
Contact: Jim Feuer jim.feuer@cchmc.org 513-636-4656 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Why do so many mothers have difficulty making enough milk to breastfeed? A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of California Davis adds… Read More ›
Clues about autism may come from the gut
Contact: Joseph Caspermeyer Joseph.Caspermeyer@asu.edu Arizona State University Bacterial flora inhabiting the human gut have become one of the hottest topics in biological research. Implicated in a range of important activities including digestion, fine-tuning body weight, regulating immune response, and producing… Read More ›
Thyroid cancer — rising most rapidly among insured patients
Contact: Donna Dubuc Donna.M.Dubuc@Dartmouth.edu 603-653-3615 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Study points to over diagnosis as the factor (Lebanon, NH, 6/26/13) —The rapid increase in papillary thyroid cancer in the US, may not be linked to increase in occurrence, according to a… Read More ›
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
July 3, 2013 By RON NIXON WASHINGTON — Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: a handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters… Read More ›
Obama’s Egypt policy a ‘stunning diplomatic failure’ as protestors carry anti-Obama and Morsi signs
Ted Cruz: Obama’s Egypt policy a ‘stunning diplomatic failure’ 4:36 PM 07/03/2013 Brendan Bordelon Texas Republican Sen.Ted Cruz blasted the Obama administration’s policy toward Egypt in a scathing op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine, slamming the president’s stance on the Muslim… Read More ›
Exclusive: Banned Cleric’s Outspoken Deputy Visits White House
by Steven Emerson and John Rossomando IPT News June 26, 2013 Radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf Qaradawi is considered so radical that the United States bans him from entering the country. Qaradawi, considered the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement,… Read More ›
Qatar: foreign workers banned from driving, holding licenses
Human rights organizations condemn measure as discriminatory 03 July, 16:58 (ANSAmed) – DOHA, JULY 3 – In a move the Doha Traffic Department said will alleviate congestion on the streets and human rights organizations condemned as discriminatory, Qatar… Read More ›
5,000-year-old Peruvian pyramid ‘demolished by construction companies’
‘El Paraiso’ was one of the oldest structures in the Americas Oscar Quine Thursday, 4 July 2013 A 5,000-year-old pyramid in Lima, Peru has been torn down by two private construction companies. The El Paraiso pyramid, located in the San… Read More ›
Report: N. Korea Deploys New Guns Along Border
Jun. 30, 2013 – 12:37PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea has deployed new rocket launchers along its border capable of hitting targets beyond Seoul, a report said Sunday. Artillery units from the North were spotted replacing… Read More ›
Egypt security slaps travel ban on Morsi, top Islamists
03 Jul 2013 CAIRO (AFP) Egyptian security forces on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on President Mohamed Morsi and several top Islamist allies over their involvement in a prison escape in 2011, security officials said. Airport officials confirmed to AFP that they… Read More ›
Freedom and Justice Party called on Morsi to “prepare for martyrdom,”
Neither side is backing down in Egypt’s latest political crisis, as President Mohammed Morsi refuses to bow to pressure from both the military and the millions of demonstrators who are still in the streets. A statement from the… Read More ›
Egypt army says ready to die in “final hours” / Egypt’s armed forces have banned the president and his entourage from leaving the country
EEV: UPDATE https://engineeringevil.com/2013/07/03/egypt-security-slaps-travel-ban-on-morsi-top-islamists/ 19:38 GMT: Egypt’s armed forces have banned the president and his entourage from leaving the country, ITAR-Tass reported. – Source: Reuters – Wed, 3 Jul 2013 01:21 AM Author: Reuters CAIRO, July 3 (Reuters) – Egypt’s high… Read More ›
Medical schools could drop grades for poorer students
Medical schools could drop their grades for students from poorer backgrounds, meaning those with better results miss out, under a project which has sparked concern from academics. The project hasbeen launched by the Medical Schools Council Photo: Getty By Laura… Read More ›
Even Dirtier Food, Brought to You by the Environmental Protection Agency
Just when it seemed the United States Department of Agriculture might finally be taking a second look at crops engineered to resist pesticide application, another branch of government, the Environmental Protection Agency, now seems poised to raise the level of… Read More ›
Scandal of doctors paid more to do less
Senior hospital doctors have received pay rises of up to 28 per cent following the introduction of a “nonsensical” contract that allows them to refuse to work in the evenings and at weekends, a report warns. Taxpayers are now faced… Read More ›
Vitamin C Helps Control Gene Activity in Stem Cells
Vitamin C, in a natural source such as an orange and as a supplement. Vitamin C affects whether genes are switched on or off inside mouse stem cells, and may thereby play a previously unknown and fundamental role in helping… Read More ›
China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence
Source: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:30 AM Author: Reuters Armed paramilitary policemen run in formation during a gathering to mobilize security operations in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) – Chinese state… Read More ›
How the cost of giving birth in the U.S. has TRIPLED since 1996 to $9,775 – thanks to expensive fees for everything from an epidural to placenta removal
The average cost of a hospital delivery in America is $9,775, the highest in the world In France, delivery costs $3,541, and in the UK it is just $2,641 Many industrialized countries offer flat fees for prenatal care and delivery,… Read More ›
Russian Proton-M rocket crashes on takeoff / Nuclear Fuel Released
Published time: July 02, 2013 03:18 Edited time: July 02, 2013 04:18 Screenshot from YouTube user Spaceflight101 A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three navigation satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday morning. Immediately after takeoff, the… Read More ›
Egypt: 15 of Brotherhood deputy chief’s bodyguards arrested
Brotherhood governor of Ismailiya resigns 01 July, 20:27 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, JULY 1 – Egyptian security forces on Monday arrested 15 of powerful Muslim Brotherhood deputy chief Khairat el Shater’s bodyguards, security sources said. Gunfire was heard… Read More ›
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