By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 9:19 EDT Topics: ancient Greek ♦ Antikythera ♦ Antikythera mechanism A new search has begun at a Greek island where an ancient device known as the world’s “oldest computer” was found over a… Read More ›
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Swedish Internet sites unreachable after warning from Anonymous
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 20:00 EDT Topics: swedish authorities ♦ Swedish Central Bank ♦ Swedish government Several Swedish government websites could not be accessed Friday after they had received a warning the evening before from a group… Read More ›
German customs seize Stradivarius violin, demand $1.5 million
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:49 EDT Topics: Stradivarius violin ♦ Yuki Manuela Janke ♦ Yuzuko Horigome An acclaimed concert violinist has been told to pay $1.5 million in duty to German customs, who confiscated her Stradivarius saying… Read More ›
Sensitive U.S. files unguarded in Libya embassy: report _Embassy Security was to be paid about $4.00/hr
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 3, 2012 20:07 EDT Topics: benghazi ♦ libya ♦ US ambassador Chris Stevens WASHINGTON — A trove of documents, including travel plans and security contracts, lay unguarded at what remains of the American consulate in… Read More ›
Polish opposition draws thousands for anti-government rally: ” Democracy is becoming fictional “
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 29, 2012 19:11 EDT Topics: Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski ♦ Poland ♦ Radio Maryja Tens of thousands of opponents of Poland’s centrist government massed in the capital Saturday for a protest called by… Read More ›
France and Germany revive plan to tax financial markets
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 13:26 EDT Topics: financial transaction ♦ France and Germany ♦ FTT France and Germany are bidding to revive a controversial financial transactions tax (FTT), seeking support from the European Commission and enough EU… Read More ›
World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 8:03 EDT Topics: Paolo Gabriele ♦ vatican The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy… Read More ›
Organized crime behind the $100 billion illegal logging industry decimating worldwide forests
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 27, 2012 17:00 EDT Topics: illegal logging ♦ Interpol Organised crime is now a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30 percent of all wood traded globally, the UN and Interpol… Read More ›
German court rules Catholics must pay tax to remain in church
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:41 EDT Topics: catholics ♦ roman catholics ♦ the Catholic Church A top German court ruled on Wednesday that Roman Catholics must pay their church tax in order to remain a member of… Read More ›
Hong Kong tycoon offers $65 million bounty to marry off lesbian daughter
*EngineeringEvil: * Would like 2nd Confirmation of this release. By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:46 EDT Topics: Cecil Chao ♦ hong kong ♦ lesbian daughter A Hong Kong tycoon has offered a $65 million “marriage bounty” to any… Read More ›
Taiwanese fishing flotilla muddies waters in China, Japan territorial dispute
Japan Coast Guard vessels sail along with Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No.66, left, near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Picture: AP / Kyodo News Source: AP CHINESE ships plied the waters of a disputed island… Read More ›
Vietnam bloggers ‘anti-state propaganda’ trial open
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 24, 2012 7:25 EDT Topics: Dieu Cay ♦ Nguyen Van Hai Hundreds of police surrounded a court in Vietnam on Monday for the opening of the trial of three bloggers, including one whose case has… Read More ›
China Navy Takes Delivery of 1st Aircraft Carrier: Report
Sep. 23, 2012 – 12:28PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | China’s first aircraft carrier berthed at Dalian port is seen Sept. 5. (AFP) BEIJING — China’s first aircraft carrier was handed over to the navy of the People’s Liberation… Read More ›
Swine flu vaccine linked to child narcolepsy: EU Confirmation
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:15 EDT Topics: narcolepsy ♦ Sweden and Finland ♦ Swine flu vaccine A swine flu vaccine used in 2009-10 is linked to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in children and… Read More ›
Man who cooked and served his genitals is handed over to prosecutors
Engineering Evil Comment: It is not the self Mutilation, It is not the Art, It is not the artist statement. It is that 71 good people paid for the opportunity to consume Human Flesh. . . . . Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 …. Read More ›
For the first time more millionaires call Asia-Pacific, instead of North America, ‘home’
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:10 EDT Topics: Asia Pacific ♦ millionaires ♦ North America Asia-Pacific has overtaken North America as home to the most millionaires for the first time, boosted by a rise in the number of… Read More ›
French magazine publishes naked Prophet Mohammed cartoons
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:41 EDT Topics: charlie hebdo ♦ laurent fabius ♦ Prophet Mohammed cartoons A French satirical magazine published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Wednesday, a move that could further inflame tensions after violent… Read More ›
Cyberattacks originating from China hit Japan in island controversy: police
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:15 EDT Topics: china ♦ national police agency ♦ NPA At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police… Read More ›
Farmers accuse Madagascar mining company of killing bees
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, September 18, 2012 15:07 EDT Topics: Ambatovy ♦ madagascar ♦ pesticides A swath of farmland around a giant nickel and cobalt mine in Madagascar has been contaminated by pesticides that have wiped out local bee populations,… Read More ›
Flame cyber virus linked to more malware: report
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 17, 2012 16:29 EDT Topics: iran ♦ Kaspersky Lab WASHINGTON — The Flame virus believed to be part of a cyberwarfare effort against Iran was developed as early as 2006 and is linked to at… Read More ›
Japan firms close Chinese plants after protests
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 17, 2012 7:05 EDT Topics: china ♦ japan ♦ plants Japanese firms including Panasonic suspended operations at plants in China, companies and reports said Monday, after mass anti-Tokyo protests at the weekend over disputed islands… Read More ›
Polish exorcism boom leads to launch of ‘Egzorcysta’ magazine
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, September 11, 2012 14:45 EDT With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world’s first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the… Read More ›
Pakistan Christian ‘blasphemy’ girl freed from jail on Bail
A Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan was released from jail on Saturday, a minister said, in a case that has sparked an international outcry. Rimsha Masih was arrested on August 16 for allegedly burning pages containing verses from… Read More ›
Report: Liberian forests sold off in secret logging contracts
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:04 EDT Forty percent of Liberia’s forests have been sold off in secretive and often illegal contracts, Global Witness said Tuesday, just days after the country’s president announced a probe into the issuing… Read More ›
U.S. guard pleads guilty to planning to spy for China
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, August 30, 2012 17:44 EDT Topics: Bryan Underwood ♦ Underwood ♦ us justice department WASHINGTON — A former civilian guard at a US consulate in China pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he planned to sell… Read More ›
Republican party platform to target ‘hardcore’ porn
By Arturo Garcia Monday, August 27, 2012 13:50 EDT Despite their presumptive presidential candidate being endorsed by a porn star, a conservative media watchdog group says the Republican party platform will look to get tough on what it calls “the… Read More ›
U.S. lawmakers accuse Walmart of tax evasion and money laundering
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, August 15, 2012 17:38 EDT WASHINGTON — Two US lawmakers probing bribery allegations against Walmart in Mexico say they have documents suggesting the US retail giant may also have engaged in tax evasion and money laundering…. Read More ›
Chemotherapy can backfire and boost cancer growth: study
Source: AFP 5AUG2012 Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday. Researchers in the United States made the “completely unexpected”… Read More ›
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