Engineering Evil

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 Ralph Turchiano on March 22, 2013 • ( 2 )

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2013

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2013

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 21, 2013

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’

By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2013 • ( 1 )

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 20, 2013 • ( 1 )

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?

By Ralph Turchiano on March 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 18, 2013 • ( 1 )

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2013

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 Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2013

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

By Ralph Turchiano on March 17, 2013 • ( 1 )

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