Clashes in several other cities, with estimates of 2 million people on the streets Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 June 2013 00.35 EDT Bonfires lit by demonstrators in Rio. Photograph: Reuters The streets of central… Read More ›
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Stoning to death is a fair punishment – expert
© Flickr.com/potaufeu/cc-by Deaths by firing squad, lethal injection, or even the electric chair are all acceptable forms of the capital punishment in the West. Though, in some parts of the world death by stoning is legally upheld, but scolded upon… Read More ›
Woman sleeps with boyfriend with her family in the house
EEV: Enjoy what makes headlines in the rest of the world The Star/Asia News Network Friday, Jun 21, 2013 A twenty-year-old woman was caught sleeping in a room with her boyfriend although her family, including her grandmother, was in the… Read More ›
Government spent more than $16 billion on advertising, marketing in last decade
Requested Repost from Nov 2012 EEV: As all of us in the U.S. have experienced the barrage of dull, poorly done, depressing, fear driven Government during our favorite T.V. or Radio programs. For me personally the Government advertising has become so bizarre… Read More ›
GM crops are safer than conventional crops, says Environment Secretary Owen Paterson
EEV: Hmmm ? They are subjected to much greater scrutiny than traditional varieties, he says Genetically modified crops are “categorically” safer than conventional crops because they are subjected to much greater scrutiny than traditional varieties, the Environment… Read More ›
Crowd of 30,000 overruns police cordon ahead of Brazil football match (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published time: June 19, 2013 22:34 Edited time: June 20, 2013 00:07 Anti-riot police officers carry a wounded demonstrator as clashes erupt in Fortaleza on June 19, 2013.(AFP Photo / Yuri Cortez) Violent clashes have erupted in the… Read More ›
Off-Label Marketing Puts Novartis in Hot Water – Sold to Children and is a Carcinogen
Off-Label Marketing Puts Novartis in Hot Water By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Novartis Pharmaceuticals must face claims that it promoted the use on infants of a drug that U.S. regulators have deemed harmful, a federal judge ruled. While working as… Read More ›
Swiss Govt rejects deal, won’t let US Govt see Bank Accts….
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 Swiss parliament rejected a bill designed to resolve a dispute over undeclared bank accounts held by U.S. citizens, potentially setting the stage for American prosecution of the country’s banks. Members of parliament’s lower house voted… Read More ›
Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
Source: Reuters – Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35 AM Author: Reuters LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) – Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general… Read More ›
Tropicana Orange juice is actually pasteurized, deaerated, stripped of flavor and aroma, and stored for a year or longer before it is made available to the public, states claim.
Tropicana Deception Suit Will Stay on the Shelves By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – Tropicana must face claims that it misrepresents its processed, colored and flavored orange juice as “never from concentrate,” a federal judge ruled. Tropicana’s website claims that… Read More ›
Czech PM forced to resign after female chief-of-staff who was ‘also his lover used secret service agents to spy on his wife’
Petr Necas was under pressure since 7 colleagues charged with bribery Chief of staff Jana Nagyova charged with ordering agents to spy on wife She is also accused of bribing MPs to resign in return for state-firm jobs By Matt… Read More ›
Chinese supercomputer world’s fastest – Processor designed by U.S. firm Intel
Technology Jun. 18, 2013 – 07:00AM JST ( 12 ) BEIJING — A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a U.S. machine which now ranks second. Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed… Read More ›
Exposed: Edward Erin, the doctor whose faked asthma drug test results proved fatal
Fabricated research was not discovered until Edward Erin tried to poison his girlfriend John Lawless Monday, 17 June 2013 A British doctor faked test results during clinical trials for an asthma drug in which one person died and others contracted… Read More ›
Kentucky middle school student,14, faces up to 1 year in jail over NRA t-shirt
The 14-year-old student has no prior criminal record Insists he was only exercising his right to freedom of speech Logan Middle School, where the incident occurred, has a statue of a gun holding man out front By Daily Mail Reporter… Read More ›
The Syrian conflict is looking like a replay of the Spanish Civil War, which paved the way for World War II.
Italian DM: Will Syria Boil Over Into Regional Conflict? Jun. 16, 2013 – 11:10AM | By TOM KINGTON | Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro (File photo / Agence France-Presse) ROME — Italy’s new defense minister has a dire warning for… Read More ›
Egyptian President Mursi names a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city of Luxor over a decade ago as governor of that province on Sunday
Egypt’s Mursi tightens Islamist grip with governor appointments Sunday Jun 16, 2013 | Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi named a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city… Read More ›
I have watched Barack Obama transform into the security president
During his 10 years as the Observer’s correspondent in America, Paul Harris has seen a new toughness from the once fiery campaigner Paul Harris in New York The Observer, Saturday 15 June 2013 11.11 EDT Barack Obama giving… Read More ›
Czech PM Petr Necas to resign over aide and spying scandal
Petr Necas told a televised briefing that he was aware of his “political responsibility” Related Stories More pressure on Czech PM to quit Czech mate? PM faces lurid claims Czech PM aide held in police raids Czech Prime Minister Petr… Read More ›
GCHQ surveillance – the documents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2013/jun/16/gchq-surveillance-the-documents?guni=Network TOP SECRET STRAP1 Economic crisis [edited for classification] Sigint continues to provide occasional high-value, sensitive and timely reports. More strategically, a key focus for the Prime Minister is the G20 heads of state meeting in London on 2 April…. Read More ›
Avril Haines- New Female CIA Deputy
EEV: Story posted for second source validation. June 13, 2013 by Jen President Obama’s pick for deputy director of the CIA, set to replace outgoing deputy director Michael Morell and putting a woman for the first time in one of… Read More ›
Avril Haines, new CIA #2, ran indie bookstore remembered for ’90s ‘erotica nights’
EEV: Originally thought the report was a plant. Even though it is not a reflection on her abilities, this story now appears validated. – By The Reliable Source, Published: June 13, 2013 at 10:57 am For the baby boomers, it… Read More ›
Protesters who return to Taksim are terrorist supporters – Turkish minister
Published time: June 16, 2013 12:04 Edited time: June 16, 2013 12:40 Activists returning to Taksim Square will be considered “supporters or members of a terror group,” Turkey’s EU minister told local media. This comes after police bulldozed the tent… Read More ›
HPV vaccine issues trigger health notice: Japan has issued a nationwide notice that cervical cancer vaccinations should no longer be recommended for girls aged 12 to 16 because several adverse reactions
Speaking out: Mika Matsufuji (center), who represents a parents’ association of cervical cancer vaccination victims, answers reporters’ questions Friday at the health ministry in Tokyo. | KYODO Kyodo Jun 15, 2013 Article history Online: Jun 15, 2013 Print: Jun 16,… Read More ›
Saliva proteins may protect older people from influenza
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society Spit. Drool. Dribble. Saliva is not normally a topic of polite conversation, but it may be the key to explaining the age and sex bias exhibited by influenza and other diseases, according… Read More ›
BPA linked to obesity risk in puberty-age girls
Contact: Catherine Hylas Saunders csaunders@golinharris.com 202-585-2603 Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif., June 12 —Girls between 9 and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had double the risk of being obese than girls with lower… Read More ›
Early exposure to bisphenol A might damage the enamel of teeth.
10.06.2013 – Video releases Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by Ariane Berdal of the Université Paris-Diderot and Sylvie Babajko, Research… Read More ›
Do antidepressants impair the ability to extinguish fear?
Contact: Rhiannon Bugno Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-0880 Elsevier Answers from a new study in Biological Psychiatry An interesting new report of animal research published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically…. Read More ›
Reducing unnecessary and high-dose pediatric CT scans could cut associated cancers by 62 percent
Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study examining trends in X-ray computed tomography (CT) use in children in the United States has found that reducing unnecessary scans and lowering the… Read More ›
Investigation into safety of new diabetes drugs — will manufacturers release their data?
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmj.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Joint BMJ/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation The BMJ and Channel 4 Dispatches investigated and found that evidence suggesting potential harm from the drugs in industry studies has not been published. Some independent studies… Read More ›
IRS spent more than $121 million on travel charge cards for employees and ‘leniently’ disciplined those who abused them: Report
Report finds that more than 1,000 IRS employees abused their government-issued charge cards IRS officials demonstrated a pattern of being overly lenient when punishing employees who misused charge cards, or who failed to pay their bill on time By Daily… Read More ›
Tony Blair strongly denies affair with Wendi Deng as outrageous rumours sweep the internet over reason behind Murdoch divorce
Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce in New York Supreme Court on Thursday Wendi Deng is Murdoch’s third wife – they were together for 14 years Pair were married in 1999 after meeting in Hong Kong two years before Previous… Read More ›
What makes good people do bad things? The mere smell of money can make people behave unethically
Researchers from Harvard and University of Utah found that the mere promise of money is enough to cause people to make unethical decisions Results of the study found people would engage in insider trading and lying if they stood to … Read More ›
Time to re-write the textbooks: British scientists discover a new part of the human body – hidden deep in the eye
Nottingham researchers found the new layer – which is just 0.001 mm thick – within the cornea, the clear window at the front of the eye Called ‘Dua’s Layer’, it could dramatically improve corneal graft treatments The previously undetected layer… Read More ›
Rich are running out of mansions to buy
Robert Frank CNBC Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage There are fewer mansions available in the richest areas of the country, but this mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. is available for a cool $34.9 million. While housing inventory is… Read More ›
Revealed: State Department employs ‘TWO THOUSAND agents with criminal records or checkered backgrounds’
Revelations made in memo to State Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel The 2012 memo was written by a team leader in the IG’s Office The person asserts that the hiring process is flawed Previous memo revealed State Department called off… Read More ›
NYU accused of KICKING OUT blind Chinese dissident over lucrative building deal with Communist government
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources By JAMES COVERT Last Updated: 9:04 AM, June 13, 2013 Posted: 3:03 AM, June 13, 2013 EXCLUSIVE NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in… Read More ›
‘The smell of burning flesh filled the room’: Workers reveal hellish conditions in Chinese labour camp where man hid letter pleading for help that was found U.S. store’s decorations box
American woman found plea for help in Halloween decorations she bought Letter came from Chinese labour camp worker who has now come forward He wrote workers were suffering ‘torturement, beat and rude remark’ Inmates at the labour camp work seven… Read More ›
N.J. Superior Court Judge Suspended After and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend,
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CN) – A recently appointed Superior Court judge was suspended without pay after being arrested and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend, the Newark Star-Ledger… Read More ›
Violence, Corruption in Utah Police Force : Accusations of assassinations and systemic corruption
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – Police shot a young woman to death “assassination style” as she sat in her car, amid “widespread and systemic corruption” in the undercover drug force, the woman’s… Read More ›
Iron Fertilization, Process of Putting Iron Into Ocean to Help Capture Carbon, Could Backfire
Left: a map of silicon distribution in a diatom. Right: a map of the distribution of iron in the same diatom. Lighter colors indicate higher concentrations. Note how the distribution of iron mirrors the distribution of silicon. (Credit: Image courtesy… Read More ›
The CIA’s deputy director announced his shock retirement following a 33 year career at the agency today. / His replacement will be White House lawyer Avril D. Haines
Michael Morell, 54, made a joint statement with CIA Director John O. Brennan this afternoon explaining that he wants to devote more time to his family. He is married with three college aged children. Departing and arriving: Michael Morell,… Read More ›
98% of Childhood cancer survivors have significant chronic disease
By Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME.com updated 10:21 AM EDT, Wed June 12, 2013 A new study shows childhood cancer survivors may be more likely to have chronic diseases. STORY HIGHLIGHTS A study shows a majority of childhood cancer survivors have chronic… Read More ›
Erdogan: Protest ‘will be over in 24 hours’ – Published time: June 12, 2013 19:57
The Turkish Prime Minister says protests at Taksim Square and Gezi Park ‘will be over in 24 hours.’ This comes hours after Tayyip Erdogan met a group of activists, in an attempt to start dialog, and vowed to… Read More ›
Violence of security forces in Taksim Square ‘unprecedented’ says Amnesty International
Demonstrators stockpiling face masks and goggles to protect against tear gas, and rebuilding barricades that have been destroyed Richard Hall Thursday, 13 June 2013 Protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square are preparing for further clashes with police, as a leading rights… Read More ›
GM Goldfish
OAKLAND, Calif. – Pepperidge Farm promotes its Goldfish Crackers as natural though they contain genetically modified soy and other unnatural ingredients, a class action claims in Federal Court. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/11/58402.htm
Erdogan of Turkey crosses the Rubicon, adopts hard line against demonstrators (Warning Graphic Includes Death)
Turkey: police occupy Taksim, Erdogan adopts hard line Premier attacks, we will cut Gezi Park trees 11 June, 19:50 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, JUNE 11 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has adopted a hard line against demonstrators who have… Read More ›
Honoured in Britain, the US psychiatrist who took $1.2m from drug companies
Professor’s invitation to give prestigious lecture in London causes outrage among peers Jeremy Laurance Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain’s premier institute for the study of mental illness has become embroiled in a damaging row over its decision to invite a… Read More ›
Exclusive: UK is warned it is losing fight against modern slavery
In many cases, victims of trafficking – rather than the criminal bosses – are prosecuted Emily Dugan Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain risks “losing the fight” against human trafficking unless the criminal justice system urgently improves its response to the… Read More ›
Who is the unnamed U.S. Ambassador who ‘solicited prostitutes in public parks?’ Damning internal memo reveals disgrace of top diplomat
EEV: This article has been updated with the accused Ambassador at the following link: https://engineeringevil.com/2013/06/13/revealed-state-department-employs-two-thousand-agents-with-criminal-records-or-checkered-backgrounds/ An internal memo obtained by CBS News reveals specific instances where investigations were ‘influenced, manipulated or simply called off’ One investigation regarded allegations that… Read More ›
Americans widely back NSA phone tracking: poll
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A solid majority of Americans support the US government’s programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found Monday. Despite US intelligence concerns raised by contractor Edward Snowden’s leak… Read More ›
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