Metropolitan Police’s child abuse investigation team have interviewed several adults who claim that they were sexually assaulted as children by MPs in a paedophile ring Martin Hickman Wednesday, 12 December 2012 Scotland Yard detectives are looking into allegations that senior… Read More ›
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Officials defend decision not to prosecute in money-laundering case despite HSBC’s ‘blatant failure’ to implement controls
EEV: So the Investors pay while the criminals once again go free HSBC’s record $1.9bn fine preferable to prosecution, US authorities insist Dominic Rushe in New York and Jill Treanor in London guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 December 2012 15.37 EST Assistant attorney general Lanny… Read More ›
Analysts: NASA needs other countries to explore final frontier
EEV: Nothing rings the warning bells of National decline, than the disintegration of its science programs. Nothing spells inadequate leadership more than leaders who spend more time looking down than up. I myself would of Chose NASA, over J.P. Morgan,… Read More ›
Politician threatens the Daily Telegraph if it exposes political corruption
The minister and a warning to the Telegraph before expenses story Maria Miller’s advisers warned The Daily Telegraph to consider the minister’s role in implementing the Leveson Report before this newspaper published details of her expenses. Maria Miller Photo: EPA By… Read More ›
Insulting Facebook post by Seagate employee under investigation
EEV: ??? AsiaOne Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 SINGAPORE – Seagate has posted a statement on its Facebook page saying that it will investigate a Facebook posting by one of its employees which allegedly labelled Singaporeans as ‘rotten’. The statement read:… Read More ›
GhostShell hackers release 1.6 million NASA, FBI, ESA accounts
Hacktivist crew signs off for Christmas By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 11th December 2012 01:19 GMT Free whitepaper – Enabling Datacenter and Cloud Service Management for Mid-Tier Enterprises The hacking collecting GhostShell has announced it has finished… Read More ›
Hollande accused of interfering with partner’s defamation case
French President’s letter defending Valerie Trierweiler in ‘love triangle’ law suit sparks fury Anne Penketh Monday, 10 December 2012 Valérie Trierweiler, the journalist partner of the French President, François Hollande, was back in the headlines today when a libel suit… Read More ›
Saudi Aramco: Foreign hackers tried to cork our gas output
Worm outbreak targeted oil giant’s sensitive machinery By John Leyden Posted in Security, 10th December 2012 14:56 GMT Free whitepaper – A private Cloud-based approach Hackers who used the Shamoon worm to attack oil giant Saudi Aramco were bent on… Read More ›
Egypt: Morsi decree, security powers to military
(ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has charged the armed forces with maintaining security and protecting state institutions until results of a referendum on a draft constitution scheduled on Saturday are announced. The army is also entitled to… Read More ›
In shift, Obama accepts corporate funding for inauguration: “access to donor receptions for $250,000 in individual donations or $1 million in institutional or corporate contributions.”
President Barack Obama’s inauguration committee is accepting corporate donations to help fund the parade and other events associated with his January 21 inauguration after tapped-out Democratic donors spent huge sums helping him get elected. The move is a shift… Read More ›
Personhood: Causality of Modern Medicine
John Geyman Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine Posted: 12/06/2012 1:38 pm Even as we marvel at the latest advances in medical technology in this country, a dire and unacceptable consequence of these… Read More ›
How Michelle Obama is backing fashion queen ‘Ambassador’ Anna Wintour all the way – to Paris, NOT London (despite the fact she speaks little French)
By Sharon Churcher and Nick Pryer PUBLISHED: 20:35 EST, 8 December 2012 | UPDATED: 20:55 EST, 9 December 2012 Anyone doubting the veracity of Washington rumours that Anna Wintour, the famously icy fashion queen of New York City, will … Read More ›
India accuses Pakistan of breaking truce: Pakistani troops fired at forward Indian posts
News Desk Dawn Publication Date : 10-12-2012 Pakistani troops fired at forward Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, but there was no loss of life or damage to property, the… Read More ›
Hackers Hit Former U.S. Military Chief
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/07/2012 06:28:00 AM According to reports, the hackers targeted personal computers retired Admiral Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The FBI is hunting for foreign hackers. Mullen is currently teaching WWS 318:… Read More ›
Illness leads Serb ambassador to NATO to suicide
Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:05 GMT Reuters BELGRADE, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Serbia’s ambassador to NATO who killed himself earlier this week had recently been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, a government official said on Friday. Branislav Milinkovic, 52, jumped… Read More ›
Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
2010 report posted for filing Contact: Sam Wong sam.wong@imperial.ac.uk 44-020-759-42198 Imperial College London Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralize the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London… Read More ›
Serbia: ambassador to NATO commits suicide
05 December, 13:31 (ANSAmed) – BELGRADE, DECEMBER 5 – Serbia’s ambassador to NATO, Branislav Milinkovic, 52, committed suicide last night at the Zaventem airport in Brussels, Serbia’s diplomatic delegation confirmed to ANSA. The sources did not indicate the… Read More ›
US and UK spooks alerted over massive Swiss data leak
Rogue IT admin plundered state secrets By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 4th December 2012 19:25 GMT Free whitepaper – A private Cloud-based approach The Swiss intelligence agency (NDB) has been warning its US and UK counterparts that… Read More ›
Egypt: protesters clash with police, Morsi flees palace
(ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Egyptian police on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to scale the barbed wire barrier separating them from President Mohamed Morsi’s palace, leaving dozens intoxicated, sources said. The president fled the palace after demonstrators smashed… Read More ›
Mother Of Former Greek PM Papandreou Linked To $714 Million Swiss Bank Account
Adam Taylor Dec. 3, 2012, 4:22 PM pasokphotos via Flickr The so-called “Lagarde List” is causing trouble in Greece again, with new reports linking it to the very top levels of political society. On Sunday two Greek weekly magazines, To … Read More ›
Kissinger and the secret spy network of old Nazis and German aristocrats ‘who plotted to overthrow West German goverment’
‘The Little Service’ was made up of many former Gestapo and S.S. men as well as titled barons and counts Kissnger even discussed with them the possibility of a coup to overthrow the government of Chancellor Willy Brandt The Little … Read More ›
Ambassador Anna? Further speculation at Vogue’s editor-in-chief may retire in order to take up residence in the British- or French- embassies as a thank you from Obama
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 23:52 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:53 EST, 3 December 2012 Rumors that Vode editor-in-chief Anna Wintour may be headed back to her native England to serve as an ambassador for the United States… Read More ›
Turkey fines TV over Simpsons show for ‘mocking God’
CNBC-E was fined because it “mocked God” by depicting him serving Satan a cup of coffee. -AFP Mon, Dec 03, 2012 AFP ANKARA – Turkey’s media watchdog has fined a private television channel for broadcasting episodes of the American… Read More ›
Indian navy prepared to deploy to South China Sea to protect oil interests: Asian giants could be on a collision course
India has sparred diplomatically with China in the past over its gas and oil exploration. -AFP Mon, Dec 03, 2012 AFP NEW DELHI – The Indian navy is prepared to deploy vessels to the South China Sea to protect India’s oil… Read More ›
Is the end of the world really nigh? Authorities reassure Russians over Mayan Armageddon prophecy amid reports of ‘unusual behaviour’
Some parts of Russia, which is often said to have a penchant for mystical thinking, appear to have been spooked by the Mayan predictions Rob Williams Monday, 3 December 2012 As the 21st of December nears, Russian authorities are attempting… Read More ›
The Hobbit film leaves fans with an unexpected sickness
Latest J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation was filmed at a higher frame rate, but the results have left viewers queasy LAST UPDATED AT 12:33 ON Sun 2 Dec 2012 MOVIEGOERS who went to see the first screening of The Hobbit in New… Read More ›
Are U.S. Defense Experts Getting China Wrong? Yes on Everything
Dec. 1, 2012 – 12:56PM | By WENDELL MINNICK | TAIPEI — Are Western experts on China’s military modernization efforts misreading and downplaying the level of ambition, sophistication and just plain guts the Chinese are showing in the country’s quest… Read More ›
UK doctor testifies that under socialized medicine, sick babies are sent home to die
Posted By Jessica Stanton On 3:22 AM 11/30/2012 @ 3:22 AM In DC Exclusives – Blurb,World | No Comments A British physician’s disturbing testimony is shedding light on the increasingly common practice of National Health Service (NHS) hospitals sending sick… Read More ›
Social Workers Immune to Foster Parents’ Claims : Letter of Law, above the Spirit of the Law
By SAM REYNOLDS (CN) – A Kansas appellate panel acknowledged that two ex-foster parents had “suffered a devastating violation of their 14th Amendment rights,” but ultimately sided with the social workers who removed the couple’s would-be adopted son… Read More ›
China plan to board ships sets off alarm : ” potential military flash point, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes “
News Desk Philippine Daily Inquirer Publication Date : 01-12-2012 Southeast Asia’s top diplomat warned yesterday of great anxiety over China’s plan to board and search ships that illegally enter what it considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea… Read More ›
Egypt: Youth paint and sing against the Muslim Brotherhood: Street artists in Tahrir to defend freedom of thought
30 November, 18:51 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, NOVEMBER 30 – ”They beat us and they stop us from expressing our ideas. They say they are our brothers, but of brotherhood they have absolutely nothing”: that is, except for the name by… Read More ›
Give back our money, savers yell at Spain banks
News @ AsiaOne Furious Spaniards who say banks cheated them of their savings took to the streets demanding that the bailed-out lenders give them their money back. -AFP Sat, Dec 01, 2012 AsiaOne MADRID – Furious Spaniards… Read More ›
Homicide spreads like infectious disease
Contact(s): Andy Henion Media Communications office: (517) 355-3294 cell: (517) 281-6949 Andy.Henion@cabs.msu.edu, April Zeoli Criminal Justice office: (517) 353-9554 zeoli@msu.edu Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give… Read More ›
More Facebook friends means more stress, says report
Contact: Edd McCracken edd.mccracken@ed.ac.uk 44-013-165-14400 University of Edinburgh A large number of friends on Facebook may appear impressive but, according to a new report, the more social circles a person is linked to online the more likely social media will… Read More ›
Warning Graphic: This is who Hague set Free
Friday, 30 November 2012 19 Witnesses, all Albanians who were suppose to testify against Ramush Haradinaj were brutally executed during a 7 year time frame. The rest of the witness who were pretty much as good as dead refused to… Read More ›
Report: Syrian Rebels Have New Anti-Aircraft Missiles
<!—-> Nov. 29, 2012 – 10:35AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON — Syrian rebels have recently obtained up to 40 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, the Washington Post reported Nov. 29, citing Western and Middle Eastern intelligence officials. Some of the missiles… Read More ›
Germany displaces China as US Treasury’s currency villain
The US Treasury has issued a damning criticism of Germany’s chronic trade surplus in its annual report on worldwide exchange rate abuse, although it stopped short of labelling the country a currency manipulator. The report said Germany’s current account surplus… Read More ›
Family of Cold War bioweapons expert say he was drugged with LSD and pushed from window by CIA operatives as part of top-secret program
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 22:24 EST, 28 November 2012 | UPDATED: 22:24 EST, 28 November 2012 Murdered? Frank Olson was long through to have jumped to his death in 1959, but his sons now say he… Read More ›
Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas
From Jan 1, Hainan police will seize control of foreign ships which “illegally enter” Chinese waters. -Reuters Thu, Nov 29, 2012 Reuters CHINA – Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what… Read More ›
Sex for tuition fees anyone? Students being offered up to £15,000 a year to cover cost of studies, in exchange for having sex with strangers
Undercover investigation reveals shocking ‘sponsorship’ deals being offered to cash-strapped students Charlotte Philby, Jonathan Brown Wednesday, 28 November 2012 Students are being offered up to £15,000 a year to cover their university studies in exchange for having sex with a… Read More ›
Swiss prosecutors say death of Russian whistle blower will not derail huge fraud investigation
Alexander Perepilichnyy, a 44-year-old businessman who left Russia three years ago, was found dead outside his luxury mansion on an exclusive private estate in Surrey two weeks ago Jerome Taylor Wednesday, 28 November 2012 Prosecutors in Switzerland say… Read More ›
Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US pastor Terry Jones for burning copies of the Koran
Egypt: Court sentences Terry Jones to death over burnt Koran Death penalty also for 6 Copts in U.S. over anti-Mohammed film 28 November, 14:01 (ANSAmed) – Cairo, November 28 – An Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US… Read More ›
Egyptian Christians sentenced to death for Islam film
A Cairo court on Wednesday sentenced to death seven Egyptian Christians tried in absentia for participating in an anti-Islam video that was released on the Internet in September and prompted violent protests in Muslim countries. “The seven accused persons were… Read More ›
A $230 million fraud – and a trail of death that just keeps growing
Alexander Perepilichnyy is the fourth person connected to a murky tax case to have met a suspicious end Jerome Taylor Tuesday, 27 November 2012 With its sweeping vistas of the Persian Gulf and central location in the Middle… Read More ›
Teen held after ham is thrown at mosque
Boy held after ham thrown at Crawley mosque Tom Pugh Tuesday 27 November 2012 A 16-year-old boy was arrested by police investigating a hate crime after pieces of ham were thrown at a mosque. The teenager was held on suspicion… Read More ›
Egypt leader demands US aid, censorship, plus end to Israel ‘occupation’
Posted By Neil Munro On 5:55 PM 09/26/2012 @ 5:55 PM In DC Exclusives – Original Reporting,Featured,Politics Egypt’s new Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday used his first speech at the United Nations to demand curbs on Western free speech… Read More ›
Plane loads of cash: Flight records reveal Russia flew 30 tonnes of bank notes to Syrian regime
The logs show that a cargo plane belonging to the Syrian Air Force made eight round trips between Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport and Damascus over three months this summer Shaun Walker Monday, 26 November 2012 According to newly released… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs won’t do business with Southern Europe ” only a “small” probability that the euro area will stick together “
Monday, 26 November 2012 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the No. 1 stock underwriter in Europe, turned down roles in offerings by banks in Spain and Italy this year, the only top U.S. securities firm not to take part in the… Read More ›
Catalans have set their region on the road to independence, voting in pro-separatist parties that will push for a referendum on breaking away from Spain.
Catalonia poll: Spain’s unity put to the test as voters take step towards independence <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end oftag –> By Fiona Govan, Barcelona 8:53PM GMT 25 Nov 2012 The incumbent regional president Artur Mas… Read More ›
China lands fighter jet on new carrier in show of force
Reuters Sunday, Nov 25, 2012 SHANGHAI – China has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, state media said on Sunday, a symbolically significant development as Asian neighbours fret about the world’s… Read More ›
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