Engineering Evil

By: Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei February 27, 2013 08:01 PM EST Bob Woodward called a senior White House official last week to tell him that in a piece in that weekend’s Washington Post, he was going to question President… Read More ›

Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward

The meaning of the word “regret.” posted on February 27, 2013 at 9:39pm EST Ben Smith BuzzFeed Staff posted a few minutes ago Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward Source: whitehouse.gov The White House official who Bob Woodward charged had crossed a line… Read More ›

Sarkozy’s Gaddafi campaign scandal: Police search office of French ex-Interior Minister

Published time: March 01, 2013 00:46 Nicolas Sarkozy greets Muammar Gaddafi in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris as he arrives for a five day official visit December 10, 2007. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen) French police searched the office… Read More ›

US drug prosecutors switch sides to defend accused Colombian traffickers

After working to take down cartels, former officials say America’s ‘war on drugs’ is misguided and the human cost too high Rory Carroll in Los Angeles The Guardian, Wednesday 27 February 2013 11.46 EST Leo Arreguin, right, was a… Read More ›

Inflammatory Beijing restaurant sign triggers online fury

By Ralph Turchiano on February 27, 2013 • ( 1 )

World Feb. 28, 2013 – 06:30AM JST A Beijing restaurant sign that reads, “This shop does not receive the Japanese, The Philippines, The Vietnamese and Dog” AFP HANOI — A sign at a Beijing restaurant barring citizens of nations involved… Read More ›

Missile shipment intercepted in Egypt

Feb 28, 2013 01:00 Moscow Time © Photo: “Вести.Ru” A large shipment of anti-tank missiles was intercepted on Wednesday by Egyptian Security Forces on the outskirts of Cairo. According to local media, 60 rockets complete with warheads, were found in… Read More ›

Exclusive: Secret war on enemy within – British terror suspects quietly stripped of citizenship… then killed by drones

By Ralph Turchiano on February 27, 2013 • ( 3 )

Chris Woods, Alice K Ross, Oliver Wright Wednesday, 27 February 2013 The Government has secretly ramped up a controversial programme that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds – with two of the men subsequently killed… Read More ›

Russia’s Putin tells army to shape up to face foreign threat

By Alexei AnishchukPosted 2013/02/27 at 10:44 am EST MOSCOW, Feb. 27, 2013 (Reuters) — Vladimir Putin ordered military leaders on Wednesday to make urgent improvements to the armed forces during his new presidential term, saying Russia must thwart attempts by… Read More ›

Crisis: Greece; over 8 in 10 are unable to repay loans

86% in trouble with mortgage and consumer credit payments 27 February, 16:14 A woman carries bags of goods as she enters the metro station at the main Omonia square in Athens, Greece (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, FEBRUARY 27 – At… Read More ›

Facebook pays no income tax

Feb 27, 2013 16:39 Moscow Time Photo: EPA It is known that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. The only problem that the today’s America is the home of corporations which are free… Read More ›

Symantec discovers 2005 US computer virus attack on Iran nuclear plants

Internet security firm finds early ‘Stuxnet O.5’ version revealing espionage and sabotage virus released under George W Bush Charles Arthur, technology editor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 February 2013 13.19 EST An alleged uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran. Symantec have… Read More ›

Maldives girl gets 100 lashes for pre-marital sex

By Ralph Turchiano on February 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

A 15-year-old rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex, court officials said. The charges against the girl were brought against her last year after police investigated accusations that her stepfather had raped her… Read More ›

Bank of England mulls negative interest rates

By Ralph Turchiano on February 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

Deputy Governor floats plan that could mean new charges for customers Ben Chu Tuesday, 26 February 2013 People across Britain could see their savings hit or face new charges on their current accounts after a senior official at the Bank… Read More ›

‘The country that attacks first will die 27 minutes later’ – Stanislav Petrov

Oksana Zenner Feb 19, 2013 15:58 Moscow Time Stanislav Petrov Photo: RIA Novosti The International Peace Prize ceremony was held in Dresden. Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov became the prize-winner this year. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov prevented the beginning… Read More ›

Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil

Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe Ian Traynor in Brussels, John Hooper in Rome and Phillip Inman The Guardian, Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.38 EST Italy’s decision… Read More ›

Alexander Litvinenko murder: Government accused of cover-up

Terri Judd Tuesday, 26 February 2013 The British government was accused of colluding with the Russians to cover up vital evidence into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko at a pre-inquest hearing into the former KGB agent’s death today. Ben… Read More ›

Britain sent nuclear submarines to the Falklands – Argentina’s Eduardo Zuain

By Ralph Turchiano on February 25, 2013

Feb 25, 2013 22:37 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/Rita Willaert/cc-by-nc Argentina has accused the UK of sending nuclear-armed submarines to the South Atlantic, after making an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands dispute. The country’s representative at the UN… Read More ›

Britain to India: Diamond in royal crown is ours

by Reuters|21 February 2013 Queen Alexandra wearing the Koh-i-Noor in her coronation crown (left) and a copy of the new cut of the Koh-i-Noor. Amritsar, India – British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India… Read More ›

North Korea warns top American commander in South Korea of ‘miserable destruction’ ahead of war drills

North Korea’s Pak Rim Su sent a rare direct message to U.S. general U.S. military preparing for routine joint drills with South Korea Message warned of ‘miserable destruction’ if ‘reckless’ drills go ahead Strong words come after North conducted nuclear… Read More ›

Fish mislabeling widespread in U.S. and 84% of ‘white tuna’ is a species which causes distressing gastrointestinal side effects

59 percent of fish sold as ‘tuna’ in restaurants and grocery stores is not actually tuna Fish sold as ‘white tuna’ is usually escolar which causes prolonged, oily, anal leakage when eaten in quantities more than six ounces By Daily… Read More ›

Revealed: How Then Governor Goodluck Jonathan Gave Obaigbena $1 Million From Bayelsa’s Poverty Alleviation Funds For Beyonce And Jay Z’s Visit To Nigeria

Posted: February 20, 2013 – 22:55 Posted by siteadmin caption: Beyonce and Jayzee in Nigeria in October 2006 By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has uncovered a document indicating that a million dollars of Bayelsa State’s poverty alleviation fund was… Read More ›

Will new fed guidelines force companies to hire more employees with criminal pasts?

Published February 23, 2013 | FoxNews.com Employers could be pressured to hire more workers with a criminal background under recent guidelines issued by the federal government. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines warn businesses about rejecting minority applicants who… Read More ›

Egypt insists food supply secure as wheat imports dive : selling bread (less than 1 U.S. cent / loaf ) since last overthrow

By Yasmine Saleh and Sarah McFarlanePosted 2013/02/24 at 10:59 am EST CAIRO/LONDON, Feb. 24, 2013 (Reuters) — Egypt’s wheat imports are sharply down this year as it endures economic and political crisis, but state and private buyers insist they still… Read More ›

Beef to the rich, horsemeat to the poor? “We can’t just throw away good food” – Germany’s Minister

By Ralph Turchiano on February 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

Feb 24, 2013 00:36 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Horsemeat-tainted food should be given to the poor, Germany’s development minister Dirk Niebel suggested. The opposition dismissed the idea as absurd, but a priest said it should be considered, although horsemeat may… Read More ›

Macedonia to jail individuals producing or selling GM Foods

By Ralph Turchiano on February 23, 2013

Saturday, 23 February 2013 While the Serb Government has promised to find and punish individuals and organizations repsonsible for spreading false stories natural milk was poisonous in order for the population to favor the import of GM milk, Macedonia went… Read More ›

Tory MP warned of powerful paedophile ring 30 years ago

New evidence supports claim former backbencher’s life was threatened Friday, 22 February 2013 A burly veteran of scores of amateur boxing bouts, the Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens was best known during his bustling 16-year career in Parliament as a pugnacious… Read More ›

FBI agents caught sexting and dating drug dealers

By Ralph Turchiano on February 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

Dating drug dealers, harassing ex-boyfriends with naked pictures, and pointing guns at pet dogs: these were just a few of the offences committed recently by serving FBI agents, according to internal documents. Egyptian state security thanked the US for ‘training… Read More ›

Papal resignation linked to inquiry into ‘Vatican gay officials’, says paper

Pope’s staff decline to confirm or deny La Repubblica claims linking ‘Vatileaks’ affair and discovery of ‘blackmailed gay clergy’ John Hooper in Rome The Guardian, Thursday 21 February 2013 The Vatican is awhirl with rumours about the pope’s decision… Read More ›

China slams Abe over comments in Washington Post

Feb. 22, 2013 – 04:10PM JST BEIJING — China on Friday slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for telling a U.S. newspaper that Beijing had a “deeply ingrained” need to challenge its neighbors over territory. Abe, visiting the United States… Read More ›

Epicenter of Gulf Oil Spill Says BP Hasn’t Paid It 1 Cent