[PR]がんで保険をあきらめている方へ／アメリカンホームのがん保険 BEIJING (Kyodo) — The organizer of the Nov. 25 Beijing Marathon has started accepting applications from Japanese runners, reversing its initial stance of refusing them, Kyodo News learned Sunday. The organizer had earlier removed “Japan” from the nationalities on… Read More ›
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Paedophile scandal: Convicted North Wales care home boss is working in family-friendly hotel
10 Nov 2012 22:25 John Allen was accused of the sexual abuse of dozens of vulnerable children when he was head of a multi-million-pound care home company Pervert: In 1995 Allen was jailed for six years ©VIEWFINDER PIX-CHESTER A… Read More ›
San Francisco to foot bill for sex change operations
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:00:02 EST, 10 November 2012| UPDATED:00:28 EST, 10 November 2012 In just a few days, San Francisco’s legislature will vote on a landmark new bill that if approved would allow city employees to undergo sex… Read More ›
An SAS hero has been jailed for possessing a “war trophy” pistol presented to him by the Iraqi Army for outstanding service
SAS war hero jailed after ‘betrayal’ Sgt Danny Nightingale with his wife Sally on their wedding day and, right, on duty Photo: WARREN SMITH By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent 9:00PM GMT 10 Nov 2012 Sgt Danny Nightingale, a special forces… Read More ›
Spain’s politicians pledge to stop evictions after suicide
Posted 2012/11/10 at 1:51 pm EST MADRID, Nov. 10, 2012 (Reuters) — Spain’s conservative prime minister and the leader of the opposition aim to agree measures on Monday to stop banks evicting homeowners after a woman’s suicide before her property… Read More ›
Navy Awards Contracts for Effort to Attack Enemy Networks
Nov. 9, 2012 – 03:57PM | By ARAM ROSTON | The Navy appears to be ramping up its cyber war capabilities with a contract award that includes support for offensive cyber technology that could “destroy” enemy computer networks and… Read More ›
China’s 2nd Stealth Fighter Aircraft Takes to the Skies
Nov. 9, 2012 – 11:36AM By Wendell Minnick China’s second stealth fighter jet, the J-31 Falcon Eagle, looks remarkably like earlier models of a twin-engine variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Last week’s maiden flight of the JSF’s… Read More ›
Beijing marathon bars Japanese runners due to safety concerns
Sports Nov. 11, 2012 – 06:24AM JST( 20 ) TOKYO — Organizers of the Beijing marathon have barred Japanese runners from taking part due to safety concerns after a fresh flare-up in a territorial dispute between Japan and China, a report… Read More ›
Iraq sticks to Russia arms contracts: dismissed reports that his country has cancelled all $4.2bln dollars worth of its arms contracts with Russia
Nov 10, 2012 21:28 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/The U.S. Army/cc-by Iraqi Defence Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi has dismissed reports that his country has cancelled all $4.2bln dollars worth of its arms contracts with Russia, signed in Moscow in October during a… Read More ›
FBI probe of Petraeus triggered by e-mail threats from biographer to another woman
By Sari Horwitz and Greg Miller, Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2:05 PM The collapse of the impressive career of CIA Director David H. Petraeus was triggered when a woman with whom he was having an affair sent threatening e-mails to… Read More ›
Court to consider whether soldiers have ‘right to life’
Britain’s highest court is to debate whether soldiers in battle are entitled to the right to life under human rights legislation. Private Phillip Hewett died with 2 other soldiers when their armoured Land-Rover vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb…. Read More ›
Petraeus’ Mistress Allegedly tried to access classified information
Petraeus’ Mistress Allegedly Tried To Hack Into His Email, FBI Investigating General Petraeus and Broadwell Yesterday, four-star general David Petraeus resigned from his position as director of the CIA, citing a serious indiscretion, “After being married for over 37 years,… Read More ›
Actor Gerard Depardieu joins French tax exiles in Belgium
President Hollande blamed for driving out a ‘national treasure’ with planned 75 per cent top tax rate LAST UPDATED AT 16:06 ON Fri 9 Nov 2012 FRENCH President Francois Hollande is under fire after reports that his policy … Read More ›
Japanese athletes won’t perform in China: Chinese authorities refused to register them
Nov 10, 2012 20:18 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/xioubin low/cc-by-sa 3.0 China has announced that Japanese runners will not take part in the traditional annual marathon in Beijing this year. About 30,000 Japanese runners have already asked via the Web for… Read More ›
Why David Petraeus’s Gmail account is a national security issue: “enormous value to foreign hackers”
Posted by Max Fisher on November 10, 2012 at 11:14 am CIA Director David Petraeus speaks during a high-level meeting in the White House Situation Room. (Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images) The beginning of the end came for… Read More ›
China cancels out on tourism talks
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 Kyodo An annual ministerial meeting on tourism between Japan, China and South Korea scheduled for late November has been postponed indefinitely amid the Senkaku territorial dispute, officials said. Japan was to host this year’s version… Read More ›
Florida Secretary of State: long lines show ‘people liked the voting hours’
By Samantha Kimmey Friday, November 9, 2012 19:55 EST Despite early voting lines reportedly up to six hours long, Florida’s Republican Secretary of State would not apologize for shortening the state’s early voting period from 14 to eight days, reported… Read More ›
Petraeus quits just DAYS before he was due to testify at Benghazi hearings as FBI probes ‘massive national security threat’
Gen David Petraeus, who held CIA director post for only 14 months, dramatically announced resignation Friday Had been scheduled to testify next week in closed-door hearing about September 11 attack of U.S. Consulate in Libya Will no longer testify as… Read More ›
U.K. probing money-laundering claims even as New Delhi remains ‘indifferent’
Hasan Suroor “We received the data and we are studying it,” says HMRC Even as the Indian government faced criticism for not taking action over claims of black money allegedly held by Indians in HSBC’s branch in Geneva, the British… Read More ›
HSBC investigation: Drug dealers, gun runners and Britain’s biggest bank
Britain’s biggest bank is at the centre of a major HM Revenue and Customs investigation after it opened offshore accounts in Jersey for serious criminals living in this country, The Telegraph can disclose. The disclosures raise serious questions about HSBC’s… Read More ›
FEMA centers in New York closed due to… bad weather
Published: 09 November, 2012, 21:19 Instead of staying open to help displaced victims of the hurricane during the nor’easter that blanketed New York City in snow, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was “closed due to weather” as the storm approached…. Read More ›
Foreign air power is crucial to Mali battle plan: sources
By Tiemoko DialloPosted 2012/11/09 at 7:10 am EST BAMAKO, Nov. 9, 2012 (Reuters) — Malian troops backed by foreign air power will lead the assault to recapture Timbuktu and other northern cities from al Qaeda-linked militants, under a battle plan… Read More ›
Egypt: thousands protest in Tahrir Sq to call for Sharia law
Salafis want it to be basis of Constitution 09 November, 16:24 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Thousands of protesters gathered Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square calling for the introduction of Sharia law in Egypt. Groups of Salafis asked for it to… Read More ›
Google’s China service disrupted without explanation
By Agence France-Presse Friday, November 9, 2012 16:14 EST Google on Friday reported unexplained disruptions to its service in China. “We’ve checked and there is nothing wrong on our end,” a Google spokeswoman told AFP. An online tool that tracks… Read More ›
Lockheed CEO-in-Waiting Forced Out Over ‘Relationship’
Nov. 9, 2012 – 05:24PM | By DEFENSE NEWS Chris Kubasik had been slated to take over as CEO of Lockheed Martin. (Thomas Brown / Staff Lockheed Martin’s board of directors ousted CEO-in-waiting Christopher Kubasik on Nov. 9 following an… Read More ›
Petraeus Resigns Over Affair With Biographer
By Fred Kaplan Posted Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at 5:26 PM ET David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan. 31 Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images. The woman with whom Gen. David Petraeus was having an affair is… Read More ›
Critics question Petraeus’ timing : No longer has to testify at the Benghazi hearing
Critics question Petraeus’ timing By: Katie Glueck November 9, 2012 05:45 PM EST Gen. David Petraeus’s resignation from the CIA on Friday sparked skepticism among media pundits and journalists that the Obama administration had stalled the bombshell until after the… Read More ›
Carbon dioxide – our salvation from a future ice age: ” We are probably entering a new ice age right now. However, we’re not noticing it due to the effects of carbon dioxide”
Contact: Lars Franzén lars@gvc.gu.se 46-031-786-195-846 University of Gothenburg Carbon dioxide – our salvation from a future ice age? Mankind’s emissions of fossil carbon and the resulting increase in temperature could prove to be our salvation from the next ice age…. Read More ›
CIA Dir. Gen. Petraeus resigns: extra-marital affair as the reason
File: Bill Clark, CQ Roll Call. IAMGE: CIA Director David Petraeus testifies during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on ”World Wide Threats.” 1 hr ago By MSN News and other wires He submitted his resignation and cited an extra-marital affair… Read More ›
British officials will continue to provide up to £30 million worth of expert advice to India every year, even after aid to the country is cut.
UK will still send £30m of ‘expertise’ to India after aid cuts Existing schemes that have already been agreed will continue until the last of them concludes in 2015, when all UK financial aid to India will cease Photo: AFP… Read More ›
Generation Hate Attacks and Creative Islamic hackers
November 9, 2012: In late October Israeli police were ordered to stop using the Internet or plugging USB memory sticks into their PCs. All this was prompted by the recent discovery of stealthy hacker software hidden in some police… Read More ›
Russia, Italy in joint naval exercises
Nov 9, 2012 18:31 Moscow Time Photo: RIA Novosti A frigate and a naval tugboat from Russia and two frigates from Italy have successfully carried out joint counter-piracy and air defence exercises in the Ionian Sea. The mock attackers were… Read More ›
Doll’s hair at Japan shrine keeps growing
Awashima Shrine in Japan is known as the shrine of “memorial dolls”. It is a place where dolls are given as offerings. The shrine is filled with countless dolls and figures of all types. According to… Read More ›
Greece Cancels Christmas as Austerity Measure
Greece votes to cancel Christmas, along with all other paid holidays for public servants—but European financial leaders say its austerity triage might be too little, too late. by Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 8, 2012 1:57 PM EST Just… Read More ›
RT: Greece can easily slide into Civil War
Thursday, 08 November 2012 Greece risks sliding into a civil war, unless officials in Athens follow Iceland’s example and default on the country’s loans, journalist Charlie McGrath told RT. Charlie McGrath from Wide Awake News says Greece needs to admit… Read More ›
The Penn State Scandal Faces Off 2 Mysterious Government Agents With Top Secret Clearance
Michael Kelley|Nov. 7, 2012, 4:05 PM| Two men on opposite sides of one of the biggest scandals in sports history share an air of secrecy granted by their work for the FBI. Former Penn St. president Graham Spanier was arraigned… Read More ›
Photographic evidence of men abusing boys in care homes ‘deliberately destroyed’ : North Wales paedophile scandal
8 Nov 2012 23:00 A worker at a council where two investigations were carried out into abuse says victim’s photos were ordered to be destroyed. Revelations: Sian Griffiths Channel 4 Photographs of men abusing boys in the North Wales… Read More ›
Kiwi TV host in Tory paedophile storm
Last updated 08:19 09/11/2012 A former New Zealand television host has come under fire after ambushing British Prime Minister David Cameron on live TV with a list of Tory party members he suspected of being paedophiles after a quick internet… Read More ›
Exclusive: SEC left computers vulnerable to cyber attacks – sources
By Sarah N. LynchPosted 2012/11/08 at 8:55 pm EST WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2012 (Reuters) — Staffers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission failed to encrypt some of their computers containing highly sensitive information from stock exchanges, leaving the data… Read More ›
Japan urges China to use sea power peacefully: ” Tokyo’s own formidable armed forces are not to be underestimated “
NationalNov. 09, 2012 – 06:50AM JST( 30 ) TOKYO — Japan called on China Thursday to use its sea power peacefully, after President Hu Jintao staked a claim in Beijing for his country to become a maritime force. Tokyo said… Read More ›
Benghazi documents available to senators only today and tomorrow, when most senators are not in Washington
Benghazi documents available to senators only when they are out of town Posted By Josh RoginThursday, November 8, 2012 – 12:16 PM Share Under pressure from senators, the State Department is allowing some lawmakers to look at cables and… Read More ›
Taiwan, HK reminded to stick to One-China principle: Would be recovered by force if necessary – not to contemplate independence
Taiwan, HK reminded to stick to One-China principle Kor Kian Beng The Straits Times Publication Date : 09-11-2012 In his last major speech as Communist Party chief, Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday issued reminders – some say warnings – to… Read More ›
Crisis: Greece;unemployment hits 25.4% in August, new record
(ANSAmed) – ATHENS, NOVEMBER 8 – Greece’s jobless rate rose for a 39th consecutive month to a new record of 25.4% in August, more than double the euro zone average, Kathomerini online reports quoting Greece’s statistics service ELSTAT…. Read More ›
Argentines flood streets in anti-government protest
Fri, 9 Nov 2012 01:54 GMT Reuters * Demonstrators say government restricting freedoms * Critics see Fernandez as arrogant, inflexible * President vows to stick to current policies By Helen Popper BUENOS AIRES, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands… Read More ›
Top Republican lawmaker: ‘Obamacare is law of the land’ ???
Fri, 9 Nov 2012 02:49 GMT Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Top Republican lawmaker John Boehner said on Thursday he would not make it his mission to repeal the Obama administration’s healthcare reform law following the re-election of President… Read More ›
Syria rebels take Turkish border town, Kurds alarmed
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:23 GMT Reuters * Ten killed in clashes to take border town – sources * Syrian rebels have captured several border outposts * Kurds alarmed by fighting, fear of reprisals By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, Nov… Read More ›
Iranian warplanes fired on U.S. drone over Gulf-Pentagon
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:35 GMT Reuters * Pentagon says drone never entered Iranian airspace * Incident disclosed as U.S. announces new sanctions on Iran By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Iranian warplanes fired at… Read More ›
Judge Caught Whipping Teen Returns to Bench
By DAVID LEE AUSTIN (CN) – The Texas Supreme Court lifted its suspension of a state judge who was videotaped whipping his disabled teenage daughter with a belt. On Tuesday, the court approved an agreed motion filed by… Read More ›
UK PM warns of witch-hunt against gays in pedophile scandal
British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Thursday that speculation about the identity of an unidentified member of his ruling Conservative party accused of sexually abusing children could turn into a witch-hunt against gay people. Cameron, who leads a troubled… Read More ›
China submarines soon to carry nukes, draft US report says
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:52 GMT Source: Reuters * Report urges China be brought into arms-limitation talks * Submarine-launched nuclear warheads seen within 2 years * China is accused of being “most threatening” power in cyberspace By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON,… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 