By Associated Press, Published: October 19 MADRID — Spain is considering a ban on photographing, filming or reproducing images of police and state security forces who are on duty, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the… Read More ›
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Facebook blocks Swiss newspaper for publishing nude photo
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 19, 2012 15:16 EDT Topics: facebook ♦ Gustave Courbet ♦ Tribune de Geneve The Swiss daily Tribune de Geneve said Friday it had its Facebook account blocked by the social networking giant after publishing an… Read More ›
CIA knew deadly assault on US consulate was a terror attack just 24 hours later (so why did White House officials maintain it was a violent protest for a week?)
Saturday, Oct 20 2012 The revelation is surprising as the Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack was a result of the mobs It is unclear who, if anyone, saw the cable outside the CIA at that… Read More ›
Twitter and Facebook ‘harming children’s development’
A generation of children risks growing up with obsessive personalities, poor self-control, short attention spans and little empathy because of an addiction to social networking websites such as Twitter, a leading neuroscientist has warned. Children’s brains are failing to develop… Read More ›
Japan Takes Action Against Complex Cyber Threats
Oct. 9, 2012 – 11:46AM | By PAUL KALLENDER UMEZU | In the year since a sophisticated cyber attack on Japan’s largest military contractor unleashed a flood of revelations about the vulnerability of the country’s most sensitive technical data,… Read More ›
Why Our Best Officers Are Leaving
Why are so many of the most talented officers now abandoning military life for the private sector? An exclusive survey of West Point graduates shows that it’s not just money. Increasingly, the military is creating a command structure that rewards… Read More ›
Issa’s Benghazi document dump exposes several Libyans working with the U.S.
Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, October 19, 2012 – 7:58 PM House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of… Read More ›
Double-Take: EU ‘Tolerance’ Poster Includes the Cross, the Star of David, And … Wait, What Is That?
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 6:31pm by Becket Adams Journalist and Conservative MEP for South East England Daniel Hannan on Friday posted to his blog the following picture of a Europe4All poster currently on display at the European Commission:… Read More ›
Math and language scores improve with JUST 10 hours of science instruction a year
Contact: Samantha Gizerian samantha.gizerian@wsu.edu 509-335-0986 Washington State University A little science goes a long way Math and language scores improve with 10 hours of instruction PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has found that engaging elementary school students… Read More ›
Smart CCTV knows when you need shopping advice
19 October 2012 by Douglas Heaven Magazine issue 2887. Subscribe and save ARE you enjoying your shopping experience? Video surveillance systems might soon be answering that question for you. CCTV security cameras are a familiar fixture in shops, but… Read More ›
China flexes muscles with drills in East China Sea
NationalOct. 19, 2012 – 05:00PM JST( 57 ) BEIJING — China dispatched naval vessels, aircraft and helicopters to the East China Sea on Friday, flexing its muscles in exercises likely to further stoke a bristling territorial dispute with Japan. A… Read More ›
The real jobs numbers: 41% of America unemployed, 1 in 3 doesn’t want work at all
Engineering Evil: Would like 2nd Confirmation on figures Published: 19 October, 2012, 00:43 Edited: 19 October, 2012, 08:53 Even if the US Labor Department has determined that the unemployment level has finally plateaued after months of staggering jobs statistics, the… Read More ›
Four men, all in their 20s, will face ‘urgent trial’ over allegations they insulted King Hamad on personal Twitter accounts
Bahrain charges four men with insulting king Reuters in Dubi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 07.45 EDT An anti-government protester steps on a torn poster of King Hamad during protests in Manama in March 2011. Photograph: James Lawler Duggan/AFP/Getty Images Bahraini… Read More ›
Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
‘They prey on people living on the edge,’ claim workers, who are already among the most vulnerable and lowest-paid in America Paul Harris in Elwood, Illinois guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 16.23 EDT Walmart, which was not… Read More ›
Wireless meters tell snoopers when you are not home: CRIMINALS no longer need to stake out a home or a business
18 October 2012 by Jim Giles Magazine issue 2887. Subscribe and save CRIMINALS no longer need to stake out a home or a business to monitor the inhabitants’ comings and goings. Now they can simply pick up wireless signals broadcast… Read More ›
Mali coup led by US-trained captain
Published: 24 March, 2012, 16:14 Edited: 24 March, 2012, 21:49 A US Africa Command official confirmed on Friday the leader of military coup d’état in Mali has visited the US on several occasions, receiving professional military education. Captain Amadou Haya… Read More ›
China to conduct naval exercises in East China Sea
National Oct. 19, 2012 – 07:00AM JST( 10 ) BEIJING — China will conduct naval exercises on Friday to practise defending territorial sovereignty in the East China Sea, state media said, amid strained ties between Tokyo and Beijing over a disputed… Read More ›
Japan will not join initiative put before U.N. to make nuclear weapons illegal
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 Kyodo Japan will not join an initiative led by 16 countries at the United Nations to make atomic weapons illegal, out of concern it would affect Tokyo’s security arrangement under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, government sources… Read More ›
State Department granted New York terror plotter a student visa
Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 4:53 PM Last December, the State Department issued a student visa to the Bangladeshi man arrested this week for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he thought was… Read More ›
Rwanda wins Security Council seat as new report blasts support for Congo mutineers
Posted By Colum Lynch Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 12:42 PM Rwandan authorities have harassed a number of local employees assisting a U.N. Security Council panel that has accused the Rwandan government of sponsoring and directing a military insurgency… Read More ›
Google threatens to drop links to French media
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, October 18, 2012 17:12 EDT Topics: google ♦ Google France ♦ search engines PARIS — Internet giant Google has warned it would exclude French media sites from its search results if France adopts a law forcing… Read More ›
For Kodak, nuclear reactor and weapons-grade uranium proved useful
Reposted for filing An Eastman Kodak facility had a small nuclear reactor and 3½ pounds of weapons-grade uranium for more than 30 years. (Associated Press / May 14, 2012) By Matt PearceMay 14, 2012, 3:01 p.m. Kodak has the bomb…. Read More ›
French Bank sells Greek Bank for 1 Euro
Thursday, 18 October 2012 Credit Agricole, France’s third largest bank, is exiting the Greek market after agreeing to sell Emporiki Bank to Alpha Bank for symbolic sum of just 1 euro. The deal marks the… Read More ›
Twitter blocks German neo-Nazi account in world first
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, October 18, 2012 7:10 EDT Micro-blogging site Twitter said Thursday it had blocked a neo-Nazi group’s account at the request of German police in what it called a global first for the company. In a move… Read More ›
Rogue geoengineer’s ocean field test condemned : Dumped 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the sea
14:45 17 October 2012 by Michael Marshall Frustration has bubbled up about the actions of a rogue climate hacker. Independent geoengineer Russ George has reportedly attempted to fertilise a patch of ocean in the north-east Pacific, drawing criticism from researchers… Read More ›
Alarm at Greek police ‘collusion’ with far-right Golden Dawn : MP Ilias Panagiotaros: “We are in civil war”
17 October 2012 Last updated at 12:02 ET Article written by Paul Mason Economics editor, Newsnight Golden Dawn MP Ilias Panagiotaros: “We are in civil war” Greece’s far-right party, Golden Dawn, won 18 parliamentary seats in the June election… Read More ›
General strike to shut down services in Greece: 70% of it is caught between poverty and destitution
Updated: 07:40, Thursday, 18 October 2012 Unions in Greece are holding another general strike against the country’s austerity program, as European leaders gather for a summit in Brussels. Greek journalists and media workers staged a strike yesterday Today’s strike is… Read More ›
Girl, 15, lashed 60 times for ‘speaking to men in the street’ : Mali
Islamist group Ansar Dine said to have repeatedly warned girl to stop talking to men in the street in Timbuktu, Mali By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:07:55 EST, 17 October 2012| UPDATED:09:14 EST, 17 October 2012 A teenaged girl received 60… Read More ›
100% Right 0% of the Time
Why the U.S. military can’t predict the next war. BY MICAH ZENKO |OCTOBER 16, 2012 Two weeks ago, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered the Landon Lecture to hundreds of U.S. servicemembers and students at… Read More ›
France anti-racism groups target Twitter for anti-Semitic content
12:13 PM 10/17/2012 Twitter may be under legal fire for a series of recent tweets which are deemed anti-Semitic by Jewish organizations in France. A top trending French-language hashtag recently has been #unbonjuif, which in English means “a good Jew.”… Read More ›
The Military Is Building Integrated Hybrid Living-Nonliving Robotic Organisms
Geoffrey Ingersoll|Oct. 16, 2012, 12:41 PM|1,624|7 In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for “Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing” — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic “sensing” robots. But… Read More ›
Stiglitz: Greece and Spain are ‘in depression’ : Blaming it on tough austerity measures
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 17, 2012 16:17 EDT Topics: international monetary fund ♦ joseph stiglitz ♦ spain Greece and Spain are in “depression, not recession”, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Wednesday, blaming tough austerity measures for their… Read More ›
French business erupts in fury against “disastrous” François Hollande
France is sliding into a grave economic crisis and risks a full-blown “hurricane” as investors flee rocketing tax rates, the country’s business federation has warned. Francois Hollande is tightening fiscal policy by 2pc of GDP next year to meet EU… Read More ›
Expenses scandal: MPs block details of new expenses
The Speaker of the House of Commons is attempting to block the publication of MPs’ expenses that are believed to show that some rent their taxpayer-funded homes to each other. David Laws was forced to resign and repay tens of… Read More ›
Mitt was correct to attack Obama over Libya killings after siding with President . . . as cameras catch Michelle breaking rules by clapping husband
Moderator said Romney was incorrect to question whether the President called the killing of the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi an ‘act of terror’ Crowley claimed she waded in over Libya to ‘bring clarity’ to debate Later backtracked and admitted Romney… Read More ›
Violent crime in U.S. rises for FIRST TIME since 1993 and is up 18% from last year
Violent crime increased 18% from last year First year-to-year increase in such crime since 1993 Household burglaries also on the rise from 3.2million last year to 3.6million this year By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED:13:49 EST, 17 October 2012| UPDATED:13:50 EST, 17… Read More ›
EXCLUSIVE: Secret Service director suspected of lying to Congress about prostitution scandal
By Jana Winter Published October 17, 2012 FoxNews.com An investigation for the agency that oversees the U.S. Secret Service suggests Director Mark Sullivan lied during his congressional testimony in the Colombia prostitution scandal that ensnared 13 of his agents, multiple… Read More ›
Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype
2009 report posted for filing By John Cloud Wednesday, May 06, 2009 In the ’90s, Americans grew fond of the idea that you can fix depression simply by taking a pill – most famously fluoxetine (better known as Prozac), though… Read More ›
Chinese workers urged to puff up economy by smoking
2009 article posted for filing CLIFFORD COONAN in Beijing CHINESE STATE employees are being asked to do their patriotic duty to support the local economy – by lighting up a cigarette. And no butts. In Gongan county in Hubei province,… Read More ›
Japan to overtake China as top US lender: Report
China held about $1.154 trillion of US debt as of August 2012, while Japan held about $1.122 trillion. Lizzy TomeiOctober 16, 2012 19:03 Japan is set to overtake China as the United States’ top creditor, Bloomberg News reported. “China… Read More ›
Richest Man in History of World was African King : #8 was Muammar Gaddafi (former Libyan leader, 1942-2011) $200 billion
Wednesday, 17 October 2012 When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind. But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of… Read More ›
Cochrane Review finds no benefit from routine health checks
Contact: Jennifer Beal sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 44-012-437-70633 Wiley Carrying out general health checks does not reduce deaths overall or from serious diseases like cancer and heart disease, according to Cochrane researchers. The researchers, who carried out a systematic review on the subject… Read More ›
Link between creativity and mental illness confirmed
Simon Kyaga [PRESS RELEASE 16 October 2012] People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet, whose… Read More ›
Germany shocks EU with fiscal overlord demand, to Counter the competition Tsar the arch-enforcer of the EU machine. After taking on contingent liabilities of €2 trillion
Germany has stated its exorbitant price for keeping Greece in the euro and agreeing to mass bond purchases by the European Central Bank. Finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dropped his bombshell in talks with German journalists on a flight from Asia…. Read More ›
Obama and Romney agree to cowardly debates: Moderator and audience will be censored
Published: 16 October, 2012, 20:02 Edited: 16 October, 2012, 20:50 US President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will face off for the second of three debates on Tuesday, but viewers awaiting the show-down shouldn’t expect anything out of… Read More ›
If FP ( foreign-policy ) nerds were ‘the public’: 15 questions for a more interesting debate
Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 11:37 AM Tonight’s presidential debate will be conducted in Town Hall format. Every election, we’re promised that this will make the event more “unpredictable,” but in reality, it means we’re likely to… Read More ›
UK Hacker who gained Pentagon UFO Access wins Extradition battle
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 UK Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that Gary McKinnon, who was accused of hacking into the Pentagon’s computer network, will not be extradited to the US. The move is due to the… Read More ›
Do sweeping election victories for Belgian separatists mean Belgium, Britain and Spain are headed for history’s scrap heap?
The Balkanization of Europe? Paul AmesOctober 16, 2012 06:15 Nationalist Bart De Wever votes on Sunday. The wave of separatist victories is being felt across Europe. (Mark Renders/Getty Images) What do you think? ANTWERP, Belgium — Europe’s rising tide of… Read More ›
China scrambles to censor novelist Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize
A leaked directive from the Chinese government shows censorship tactics towards dissidents. Benjamin CarlsonOctober 16, 2012 09:08 Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win draws attention to the Chinese government’s censorship tactics. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) What do you think? HONG KONG —… Read More ›
7 Chinese Navy warships pass waters near Okinawa island
News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 16 Seven Chinese Navy warships on Tuesday passed the contiguous zone, a band of water just outside Japan’s territorial waters, around an Okinawa island amid a dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands… Read More ›
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