By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:59 EST, 27 March 2013 A county health board in Ohio has condemned two houses recently built by the Amish because they have outhouses… Read More ›
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‘MoneyPak’ Cards Used for Extortion, Victims Group Claims
DALLAS (CN) – CVS Caremark, Kmart, Kroger, Walmart, Walgreens and 7-Eleven are helping criminals collect ransom payments for hijacking computers with a virus, a crime victims advocacy group claims in a proposed class action. MoneyPak Crime Victims LLC… Read More ›
Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse…. Read More ›
North Korea rockets and artillery ‘target’ US bases
Pyongyang puts military in ‘combat mode’ saying it is now targeting US bases in Guam, Hawaii and American mainland Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk,Tuesday 26 March 2013 13.55 EDT North Korea has reportedly trained its rockets and long-range artillery on… Read More ›
Experts doubt Anonymous Mossad spy outing claims are kosher
Tinker, tailor, soldier, cobblers By John Leyden Posted in Security, 26th March 2013 12:56 GMT Free whitepaper – IT infrastructure monitoring strategies Hacktivists claim to have published leaked data on more than 30,000 Israeli officials, including members of Israel’s Mossad… Read More ›
South Korean spy steals Russian missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti The achievements of the Republic of Korea in the field of rockets and space are largely based on Russian technologies, including stolen ones. This conclusion is evident from sensational confessions of a South Korean businessman to the… Read More ›
Guccifer emails link Tony Blair to top-secret Bohemian Grove gathering
Published time: March 25, 2013 17:28 Former British prime minister Tony Blair (AFP Photo / Carl Court) Attending the elusive Bohemian Grove retreat should be a priority for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, News Corp executive Andrew Knight… Read More ›
Harvard stripped of quiz championships for cheating
Harvard University has been stripped of a string of US quiz championship titles after a cheating scandal was uncovered by organisers. Championships awarded to the Ivy League college, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2009 and 2010, and two separate titles… Read More ›
Mursi warning stirs fears in Egypt opposition
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:32 GMT Reuters * Mursi warns of steps to “protect this nation” * Stirs fears among opposition of a crackdown * Warning follows protest outside Brotherhood HQ By Tom Perry CAIRO, March 24 (Reuters) – Egyptian… Read More ›
Tense in Cyprus, National Guard burns German Flags
Friday, 22 March 2013 Cypriot national guard soldiers have removed German flags from two building and burn them. The buildings housed German soldiers who are engaged in UN peace mission in Lebanon. Bank employees are protesting in Nicosia, earlier in… Read More ›
She’s being thrown out the home she’s lived in for 47 years because of $49 in property taxes — which she paid early
The Saddest Story You Ever Heard By DAVID LEE AUSTIN (CN) – An ill, elderly Texas woman claims in court that she’s being thrown out the home she’s lived in for 47 years because of $49 in… Read More ›
Child Soldiers In Syria: Sick Mascots or the New Face of Global Jihad?
posted by Versha Sharma on March 22,2013 in Sneak Peek Young kids with Ak-47s. Really young. As in toddlers. Some of the rebels in Syria’s civil war think it’s cute. Some of the pro-Assad forces are using the pictures of… Read More ›
Education Department website removes Chairman Mao quote
5:21 PM 03/22/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller News Foundation In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold portraits of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong and wave Communist party and national flags while marching on the… Read More ›
How Low Can a TV Show Go?
By ROBERT KAHN MANHATTAN (CN) – ABC TV filmed a man dying in a hospital, and a doctor telling his family he had died, and broadcast it all on the show “NY Med” without telling the family or… Read More ›
Couples caught having sex before marriage could be sent to prison for FIVE YEARS under new Muslim law in Indonesia
Even couples living together out of wedlock and have sex to face year in jail Part of a raft of proposals which include a ban on witchcraft and black magic Bid to revise laws based on laws of former colonial… Read More ›
Cyprus Keeps Banks Closed indefinitely
Friday, 22 March 2013 Russia rebuffed Cypriot entreaties for aid on Friday, leaving the island’s increasingly isolated leaders scrambling to strike a bailout deal with the European Union by next week or face the collapse of its… Read More ›
Guccifer releases second trove of Clinton emails
Published time: March 22, 2013 18:17 Hillary Clinton.(AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan) The hacker that has targeted Hillary Clinton and the Presidents Bush has leaked a new trove of classified emails to RT that discuss in detail the Algerian… Read More ›
Florida college student suspended for not ‘stomping on Jesus’
By Arturo Garcia Friday, March 22, 2013 14:38 EDT<!– Begin Social Code — A Florida Atlantic University student is accusing an instructor and local Democratic party leader of suspending him for refusing to stomp on a piece of paper… Read More ›
Rapper gets jail for calling police dogs in song
Reuters Friday, Mar 22, 2013 TUNIS – A Tunisian court has sentenced a rap singer to two years in jail in absentia for insulting the police in a case likely to fuel debate over free speech under the Islamist-led government…. Read More ›
USA: Almost Half of Children born to Unwed Mothers
Thursday, 21 March 2013 Calling it “The Great Crossover,” a report by academics and social activists shows that for the first time in history the median age of American women having babies is lower than the median age of marriage… Read More ›
U.S., Japan review plans for retaking disputed islands
National Mar. 21, 2013 – 06:05PM JST ( 52 ) Disputed islands claimed by China and controlled by JapanAFP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officers are discussing worst-case contingency plans for retaking disputed islands in the East China Sea if… Read More ›
South Korea Cyber Attack was launched from a Chinese IP Address
South Korea Cyber Attack, Wiper malware and Chinese IP Address Posted by: Mohit Kumar onThursday, March 21, 2013 Yesterday we reported about a massive Cyber attack on South Korea that was responsible for shutting down networks of South Korean banks and… Read More ›
Was there a Chinese spy at NASA? Fleeing researcher ‘carrying hard drive and laptops’ arrested on China-bound plane at Virginia airport
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:20 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:23 EST, 20 March 2013 Arrest: Bo Jiang, who worked for NASA, ‘failed to disclose the devices he was taking back to China’ A Chinese national… Read More ›
Is she a spy? Mystery of 27-year-old enigma Chinese student who ‘caught US defense contractor, 59, in honeytrap to get classified information’
Benjamin Pierce Bishop, 59, of Honolulu, charged with passing on secrets The defense contractor met younger lover at military defense conference He did not tell authorities about her as he should have done A covert search of his home in… Read More ›
South Korea on alert for cyber-attacks after major network goes down
Computer systems of banks and broadcasters are interrupted, with fingers immediately pointed at North Korea Tania Branigan in Beijing ◦guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 March 2013 06.00 EDT South Korea is investigating a suspected cyber-attack that paralysed systems at major media and… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan, Guam
21 Mar 2013 The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. “The US should not forget that… Read More ›
New York Times says Royal Charter harms free speech
Small publishers and websites under threat, says paper that helped expose hacking scandal IAN BURRELL Wednesday, 20 March 2013 The New York Times has warned that British proposals to regulate the press through a Royal Charter will “chill free speech… Read More ›
French authorities raid IMF chief Christine Lagarde’s home in ’embezzlement’ probe
Investigation concerns the payment of almost €400m in state compensation to a disgraced French tycoon John Lichfield Wednesday, 20 March 2013 French magistates and anti-fraud police have raided the Paris home of the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) chief,… Read More ›
Hillary Clinton’s hacked Benghazi emails sent to RT
*Requested Re-Post / Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) It is difficult for Hacked E-mails to be confirmed. If Guciffer’s hack was legitimate the Russian’s should be in possession of some or all of Clinton’s original E-mails (correspondence) with or just from Sidney… Read More ›
US Army lieutenant colonel accused of passing nuclear secrets to Chinese mistress
Published time: March 19, 2013 16:42 Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann A Hawaii-based US defense contractor is facing charges for giving classified defense information, including top secret information about nuclear weapons, to a 27-year-old Chinese woman that he had a romantic interest… Read More ›
French budget minister Had a secret Swiss bank account, from which funds were transferred to Singapore
French budget minister resigns amid investigation © Flickr.com/hounddog32/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 French President Francois Hollande has granted a request by the French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac to terminate his responsibilities and accept his resignation. According to French media reports Bernard Cazeneuve has been… Read More ›
Cyprus rescue in chaos as MPs reject bail-out
Nation could face bankruptcy within weeks after terms of £10bn package are voted down Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Nathalie Savaricas Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Cyprus stood on the brink of bankruptcy tonight after its parliamentarians voted down a bailout deal that would… Read More ›
New Zealand planning account seizures?
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said today. Open Bank… Read More ›
Wal-Mart Evades Suit Over Exploding Toy
ST. LOUIS (CN) – A man who picked up a malfunctioning battery-operated toy, only to have it explode in his hands, cannot sue Wal-Mart, the 8th Circuit ruled. Jon Sommervold sued the retailer over the 2008 injury because he had… Read More ›
Fukushima loses cooling power
No electricity to pumps that feed ponds where spent nuclear fuel rods must be kept underwater at a safe temperature Associated Press in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 March 2013 00.38 EDT A damaged reactor building at the Fukushima power plant… Read More ›
Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from N Korea cargo : ( Singapore-flagged ship )
Crime Mar. 19, 2013 – 06:50AM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan has seized aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship which was carrying cargo from North Korea, a government spokesman… Read More ›
U.S. contractor charged with passing nuclear secrets to Chinese woman
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:18 GMT Reuters By Tim Gaynor March 18 (Reuters) – A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been arrested on charges of passing national defense secrets, including classified information about nuclear weapons, to a Chinese… Read More ›
Savers across Europe will look on in horror at the Troika’s raid on Cyprus
It’s now become clear: the threat to European savers and banks isn’t anti-austerity parties but the Troika Michael Burke The Guardian, Sunday 17 March 2013 13.06 EDT Account-holders withdraw money from a cash machine in the Cyprus capital,… Read More ›
Families in ‘squeezed middle’ see first drop in disposable income in a generation (UK)
Families caught in the so-called “squeezed middle” have suffered a nine per cent drop in their income since the start of the recession, official figures show. Families are marginally better off than there were a year ago, research by Asda… Read More ›
Frantic day ahead as EU tells Cyprus it can rethink controversial bailout terms as key vote postponed
Cyprus postpones crucial vote on controversial bank deposit levy as stocks plummet around the world John Hall, Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Nathalie Savaricas Monday, 18 March 2013 German and European bank officials have said Cyprus can amend the terms of its €10… Read More ›
N. Korea Says Nukes Are Not A Bargaining Chip For Aid
Mar. 17, 2013 – 12:58PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it would never trade its nuclear weapons program for aid and stressed its “unshakeable” stance to retain the deterrent, following a third atomic test… Read More ›
‘They took our money while we were sleeping’ WITH VIDEO
By Peter Stevenson Published on March 17, 2013 THE AIR of disappointment and rage on Ledra Street yesterday morning was almost tangible with groups of middle-aged men gathering to express their disbelief and fury about the haircut on deposits. Social… Read More ›
Osborne says UK will help troops hit by EU raid on British savers in Cyprus
George Osborne: UK will compensate troops and government workers affected by Cyprus bailout levy Savers in Cypriot banks will be forced to hand over up to 10 per cent of their deposits to raise about €6bn James Legge Sunday 17… Read More ›
Spain protesters accuse EU of servility to markets
16 Mar 2013 MADRID (AFP) Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Madrid and other cities in Spain against European Union leaders’ handling of the financial crisis, condemning “an EU that belongs to the markets”. The marches, organised by Spain’s “indignados”… Read More ›
Heavy fighting in front of Cairo’s Muslim Brotherhood office
Mar 17, 2013 01:28 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Violent clashes between police and a group of protesters broke out Saturday night at the headquarters of the “Muslim Brotherhood” in Cairo. According to local media, the riots were sparked by an… Read More ›
£80m ‘wasted’ on smallpox terror threat
Leading scientist says fear that terrorists might attack Britain with the virus was ‘far-fetched’ Brian Brady Sunday, 17 March 2013 One of the country’s foremost scientists has claimed Britain “wasted” almost £80m buying smallpox vaccine, after it emerged that the… Read More ›
Nowhere to run or hide from America’s ‘financial Nazism’
EEV: There is some hidden irony here 😉 – Max Keiser, the host of RT’s ‘Keiser Report,’ is a former stockbroker, the inventor of virtual specialist technology and co-founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange. – Published time: March 15,… Read More ›
Bloggers expose lavish lifestyles of Putin loyalists
16 Mar 2013 MOSCOW (AFP) Bloggers who oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin are targeting top lawmakers loyal to the Kremlin with scandalous revelations about their luxury apartments and jet-setting lifestyles which run counter to their patriotic rhetoric. Recent exposes have focused… Read More ›
French first lady accused of ’embezzlement’ for funding lavish lifestyle with taxpayers’ money… despite not actually being married to president
Valerie Trierweiler is accused of being just Francois Hollande’s ‘mistress’ Accusations made in criminal court complaint by millionaire Xavier Kemlin He claims she makes France the ‘laughing stock of all heads of state’ Says tax shouldn’t ‘house, feed, fund woman… Read More ›
Obama couldn’t eat at Hill meeting without food ‘taster’
March 14, 2013 WASHINGTON — Following President Obama’s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins described the food served and said the president was not able to eat since his “taster” was not present…. Read More ›