Tuesday, 08 October, 2013, 3:44pm Agence France-Presse in Taipei The Taiwanese military has said that China will be able to take Taiwan by force before the end of 2020. Photo: Reuters China’s arms buildup over the last two decades… Read More ›
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California allows undocumented migrants to obtain driver’s licences
Governor Jerry Brown predicts that endorsement of driver’s licenses for migrants will mean more states will follow Associated Press in Los Angeles theguardian.com, Thursday 3 October 2013 17.44 EDT California governor Jerry Brown said: ‘No longer are undocumented people… Read More ›
Kaiser Had No Right to Sterilize Mom, She Says
By BARBARA WALLACE OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – While she was in labor, under sedation and on her way to a C-section, Kaiser staff coerced a woman into signing a consent form for a tubal ligation, she and her… Read More ›
X Factor producers are deliberately creating crueller twists because viewers are becoming ‘immune to the sob stories’, claims psychologist
By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 11:29 EST, 8 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:03 EST, 8 October 2013 The X Factor producers are forced to create cruel twists to the competition because viewers are becoming immune to sob stories, a psychologist… Read More ›
Carter: American ‘Middle Class’ lives in Poverty
Tuesday, 08 October 2013 Former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday that the income gap in the United States has increased to the point where members of the middle class resemble the Americans who lived in poverty when… Read More ›
North Korean army placed on high alert
USS George Washington Photo: EPA The North Korean army is placed on alert to be ready to begin combat actions at any time in response to the US-South Korean manoeuvres that begin in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, North… Read More ›
Body Armor Details May Be Kept Close to the Chest
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge won’t force the Pentagon to release autopsy information of U.S. soldiers killed in action to a former Marine doing research on the effectiveness of body armor. Roger Charles has… Read More ›
North Korea puts army on high alert, warns U.S. of “horrible disaster”
Source: Reuters – Mon, 7 Oct 2013 11:41 PM Author: Reuters SEOUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Tuesday its military would be put on high alert and be ready to launch operations, stepping up tension after… Read More ›
Get richer, die younger: study
08 Oct 2013 Paris (AFP) We all live longer when times are good, right? Not so, according to a new study which says that in developed countries, the elderly have a higher mortality rate when the economy goes into higher… Read More ›
Report: Libyan Troops Occupy Prime Minister’s Office To Demand Pay
<!—-> Oct. 7, 2013 – 03:10PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | TRIPOLI — Dozens of unarmed Libyan soldiers occupied the prime minister’s office in Tripoli on Monday to demand unpaid wages, the privately-owned Alnabaa television reported. The channel said the… Read More ›
Amber Alert website has been taken offline during the shutdown but Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move site is up and running
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 09:42 EST, 7 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:44 EST, 7 October 2013 The website dedicated to helping find kidnapped children has been turned off during the government shutdown but the First Lady’s healthy living initiative… Read More ›
The recession’s biggest winner: Warren Buffet made an astonishing $10BILLION from the financial crisis
Buffett invested in well known companies at record lows in 2008 Investments acted as ‘lifelines’ to firms His endorsement and confidence saw their stock prices rise Sometimes special deals were created with buyback options making Buffett even richer Oracle of … Read More ›
Greece: former Defense minister found guilty of money laundering
07 October, 13:01 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, OCTOBER 7 – Judges at the criminal appeals court in Athens have found former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos guilty of money laundering. His sentence is due to be announced on Tuesday, as… Read More ›
Russia to build own space station if ISS is shut
Photo: RIA Russian space officials say Russia may build its own orbital space station after 2020. The project will be given the go-ahead in the event Russia’s partners on the International Space Station fail to agree to extend the useful… Read More ›
Thinking of calling in sick? The doctor will pop by to see you, under Belgian crackdown
Charlotte Mcdonald-Gibson Sunday, 6 October 2013 Calling in sick with a hangover or to enjoy unexpected good weather may soon be more difficult in Belgium – the government has proposed a law which would require employees taking a sick… Read More ›
China warns U.S., Japan, Australia not to gang up in sea disputes
Politics Oct. 07, 2013 – 02:05PM JST SHANGHAI — China said on Monday the United States, Australia and Japan should not use their alliance as an excuse to intervene in territorial disputes in the East China Sea and South China… Read More ›
Twitter pays just £5,000 to tackle images of child abuse online – and is unhappy about being asked to contribute more
Industry-funded charity Internet Watch Foundation is raising the fees paid by members, but have met resistance from the social media giant Adam Withnall Sunday, 6 October 2013 As Twitter prepares for an estimated $1.1 billion flotation on the stock market,… Read More ›
Crisis: Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life
Turkish Shias in fear of life on the edge Sectarian hatred is moving from Syria into the mainstream of Turkey’s political life. Patrick Cockburn explains the complex battle lines Patrick Cockburn Sunday, 6 October 2013 The poison of sectarian hatred… Read More ›
China’s Xi says political solution for Taiwan can’t wait forever
Reuters Sunday, Oct 06, 2013 NUSA DUA, Indonesia – Chinese President Xi Jinping told a senior envoy from self-ruled Taiwan on Sunday that a political solution to a standoff over sovereignty lasting more than six decades cannot be postponed forever,… Read More ›
Hilarious: US Govt to close access to Ocean – to make life difficult for Americans
Saturday, 05 October 2013 Just before the weekend, the US National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was “closed” due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited… Read More ›
Obama admin. knew about WWII veterans’ request and rejected it
Posted By Charles C. Johnson On 5:20 PM 10/01/2013 In US | The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request from Rep. Steven Palazzo’s office to have World War II veterans visit the World War II… Read More ›
Brain stimulation affects compliance with social norms
Contact: Christian Ruff vchristian.ruff@econ.uzh.ch 41-446-345-067 University of Zurich How does the human brain control compliance with social norms? The biological mechanisms that underlie norm compliance are still poorly understood. In a new study, Christian Ruff, Giuseppe Ugazio, and Ernst Fehr… Read More ›
Bad luck? Knocking on wood can undo jinx: study
Knocking on wood is the most common superstition in Western culture used to reverse bad fortune or undo a “jinx.” Other cultures maintain similar practices, like spitting or throwing salt, after someone has tempted fate. Even people who aren’t particularly… Read More ›
As U.S. shutdown drags on, House votes to pay idled workers ( Huge Paid Vacation )
EEV: So, if they get Full pay, then why are they not working? Source: Reuters – Sat, 5 Oct 2013 03:45 PM Author: Reuters By Thomas Ferraro and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Democrats and Republicans in the… Read More ›
Saudi court jails four young men for up to TEN YEARS and sentences them to thousands of lashes for naked dance on car
One of the men was jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 2,000 lashes Another got seven years and 1,200 lashes while two others received three years and 500 lashes By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:30 EST, 4 October 2013… Read More ›
Obamacare activists STRIP to their underwear in taxpayer-funded, PETA-style stunt to persuade young Coloradoans to ‘get covered’
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 15:53 EST, 3 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 3 October 2013 Obamacare organizers in Colorado are taking Obamacare promotion to a new low – at least in terms of their dress … Read More ›
US indicts 13 suspected members of Anonymous hacking collective
Indictment filed in US district court in Virginia charges that members attacked government and credit card websites Reuters in Washington theguardian.com, Thursday 3 October 2013 17.15 EDT The loose-knit international group known as Anonymous has been in frequent battle with… Read More ›
Children ‘too embarrassed to read’
12:16am Friday 4th October 2013 in National News © Press Association 2013 The Duchess of Cornwall is backing the campaign to uncover the nation’s literary heroes Children increasingly see reading as “embarrassing”, with fewer youngsters picking up a book for… Read More ›
Cost-effective laser-based asteroid defense system pitched to NASA
By David Szondy October 2, 2013 Artist’s impression of a massive asteroid impact (Image: NASA/Don Davis) Last year, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow put forward the idea of using fleets of laser-toting satellites to deflect potentially dangerous objects away… Read More ›
University for all was a complete nonsense
WHEN historians come to ponder quite what a shambles the last Labour government made of absolutely everything they will dwell on the headline stuff: Iraq, Afghanistan, destroying the pension system and so on. But there’s a less high-profile mess-up… Read More ›
‘Death doctor’ accused of misdiagnosing cancer patients to scam millions out of Medicare a ‘serious risk’ to flee the country
Dr. Farid Fata will remain behind bars until trial after $9m bond revoked The oncologist ‘systematically defrauded Medicare by submitting false claims for services that were medically unnecessary,’ authorities say Woman claims her mother died of kidney failure after too… Read More ›
Bill Gates: Microsoft investors reportedly call for co-founder to depart
Unnamed investors said to be lobbying the board for the departure of Microsoft’s co-founder Reuters in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday 1 October 2013 21.12 EDT Bill Gates: hints of pressure for him to step down. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters Three of… Read More ›
As More Americans Have Surgeries Overseas, US Companies Consider ‘Medical Tourism’ a Health Care Option
Sept. 30, 2013 By BYRON PITTS and NIKKI BATTISTE US Companies Look to ‘Medical Tourism’ to Cut Costs Joy Guion was boarding a plane for the first time to fly from her native North Carolina to Costa… Read More ›
Amnesty accuses Turkey of abuse on ‘massive scale’
Human rights widely violated in Gezi Park crackdown 02 October, 20:22 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA – Amnesty International released a report Wednesday accusing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government of turning a blind eye to killings, torture, sexual abuse and… Read More ›
MIT Scientist: UN Global Waming report is hilarious
Monday, 30 September 2013 Not all scientists are panicking about global warming — one of them finds the alarmism “hilarious.” A top climate scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lambasted a new report by the UN’s climate bureaucracy… Read More ›
Foreign diplomats gathered for UN General Assembly ‘pack Manhattan strip club’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:56 EST, 29 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:02 EST, 29 September 2013 After a long day of international peace-keeping, it’s important to let off some steam. According to a report in the New York… Read More ›
Syria Christian church looted, ruined by rebels
Photo: RIA Novosti Three weeks after seizing the mostly Christian-populated town of Maaloula north of Damascus, Syrian rebels have ruined and looted the community’s church, destroying or stealing a lot of revered old icons. The 4th-century church of St Sergius… Read More ›
Chinese court tries man who planned Tiananmen protest
AFP Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 BEIJING – A man who planned a protest on the anniversary of China’s Tiananmen square crackdown went on trial Sunday for “inciting state subversion”, his lawyer said. Gu Yimin denied the charge at the hearing… Read More ›
Navy Vice Admiral Timothy Giardina is accused of using counterfeit poker chips at an Iowa casino
American nuclear chief investigated over casino cheating Tim Walker Sunday, 29 September 2013 Apparently, the US military would prefer the officers in charge of its nukes not be the gambling sort. Over the weekend it emerged that Navy Vice… Read More ›
Home Office: Drugs must remain illegal to ‘protect society’
Government clashes with one of England’s leading police officers who says Class A drugs should be decriminalised Charlie Cooper Sunday, 29 September 2013 Drugs are dangerous and must remain illegal to “protect society” the Government has insisted, after one of… Read More ›
Special report: The punishment was death by stoning. The crime? Having a mobile phone
This barbaric form of execution is on the rise, and campaigners are calling on the UN to act Emma Batha Sunday, 29 September 2013 Two months ago, a young mother of two was stoned to death by her relatives on… Read More ›
Glenn Greenwald working on new NSA revelations ( May release info on Washington’s assassination program )
Sunday Sep 29, 2013 | The Associated Press Journalist Greenwald, other top investigative reporter, team up for project on NSA RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two American journalists known for their investigations of the U.S. government say they’ve teamed up… Read More ›
No. 2 US nuke commander suspended amid probe
ROBERT BURNS 16 minutes ago . This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina in a Nov. 11, 2011, photo. WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 officer at the military command in charge of all… Read More ›
Reports ‘warned’ of Kenya mall attack
28 Sep 2013 Nairobi (AFP) Kenya’s government had been warned, including by Israel, of the high risk of an attack before the deadly assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen, security sources said Saturday. Cabinet ministers and Kenya’s army… Read More ›
Greek police arrest leader, deputies of far-right Golden Dawn party
Source: Reuters – Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:55 AM Author: Reuters By Renee Maltezou and Harry Papachristou ATHENS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Greek police arrested the leader, two lawmakers and party members from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Saturday,… Read More ›
Stop lending money to the yakuza, FSA tells Mizuho
Criminals’ bank of choice: Pedestrians walk by a sign for Mizuho Bank in Tokyo. Financial regulators on Friday ordered the mega-bank to stop lending money to yakuza. | BLOOMBERG AFP-JIJI Sep 27, 2013 Online: Sep 27, 2013 Print: Sep 28,… Read More ›
Matchstick-sized sensor can record your private chats ( From far away )
26 September 2013 by Jim Nash Magazine issue 2936. A sensor previously used for military operations can now be tuned to secretly locate and record any single conversation on a busy street EVERYONE knows that to have a private… Read More ›
Militant Sunnis add Pakistani Christians to hit list
Deadly attack on church signals shift in fight against rival Muslims AP Sep 25, 2013 Article history Online: Sep 25, 2013 Print: Sep 26, 2013 Last Modified: Sep 25, 2013 ISLAMABAD – A Sunni militant group known for targeting rival… Read More ›
Cold War documents show NSA spied on US senators ( “Minaret ” )
26 Sep 2013 Washington (AFP) The National Security Agency eavesdropped on civil rights icon Martin Luther King and heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali as well as other leading critics of the Vietnam War in a secret program later deemed “disreputable,” declassified documents revealed… Read More ›
Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘slaves’
Exclusive: Abuse and exploitation of migrant workers preparing emirate for 2022 Pete Pattisson in Kathmandu and Doha The Guardian, Wednesday 25 September 2013 12.46 EDT Link to video: Qatar: the migrant workers forced to work for no… Read More ›
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