21:09 03/05/2014 KIEV, May 3 (RIA Novosti) – During the fire at Odessa’s Trade Unions House people died instantly, having been poisoned by an unidentified substance, the UNIAN news agency reported on Saturday. “Many people died by jumping from the… Read More ›
Friday
Forced Meds Are OK to Prosecute Threat Charges / “client was exposed to asbestos and was a “whistle-blower”
By TIM HULL (CN) – The government can continue to forcibly drug the man it says threatened to kill federal employees over a delusional asbestos cover-up, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Charles Lee Gillenwater II was charged in 2011 with… Read More ›
USA gives up control of Internet
Friday, 14 March 2014 U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of… Read More ›
This map could mean militia mayhem for Mexico
Many say armed self-defense groups are filling a vacuum left by a near-absent government, becoming Mexico’s next big security challenge. Self-defense groups have surged in western Mexico’s Michoacan state, fighting gangs in at least 70 communities in 25 municipalities…. Read More ›
Goldman Sachs rogue trader to be jailed seven years AFTER concealing an unauthorized $8.3 billion trading deal / For a whole 9 months
Matthew Taylor, 35, was sentenced Friday to nine months for wire fraud in 2007 U.S. District Judge William Pauley questioned why it took Goldman and the government so long to bring the misconduct to light Taylor had admitted in a… Read More ›
Since When Are Your Phone Calls Private, Goverment Lawyer Asks
By NICK DIVITO MANHATTAN (CN) – Since Americans expect their phone companies to keep records of their calls, they have no basis to challenge the National Security Agency’s mass collection of that data, a lawyer for the government argued Friday…. Read More ›
Pope Francis corruption fury: Tie them to a rock and throw them in the sea
Impassioned sermon condemned corruption from those who donated to the church but stole from the state Heather Saul Tuesday, 12 November 2013 Pope Francis delivered an impassioned sermon yesterday, during which he quoted a passage from the bible that said… Read More ›
US loses Unesco voting rights after stopping funds over Palestine decision
Some Americans warn of loss of influence over world culture and education after US misses deadline to pay debt Associated Press in Paris theguardian.com, Friday 8 November 2013 06.27 EST The Palestinian ambassador to Unesco, Elias Sanbar, at the agency’s… Read More ›
Hunan introduces party-pooping austerity measures
PUBLISHED : Friday, 01 November, 2013, 3:47pm UPDATED : Friday, 01 November, 2013, 6:35pm Olivia Rosenman olivia.rosenman@scmp.com Preparations are made for wedding banquet Foshan, Guangdong province Photo: Chinasmack The southern Chinese province of… Read More ›
Gunmen kill Libya’s military police force commander / The Benghazi assassinations continue
Source: Reuters – Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:22 PM Author: Reuters BENGHAZI, Libya, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen fatally wounded Libya’s military police force commander as he left his house in the eastern city of Benghazi to attend… Read More ›
McDonald’s employee arrested for confronting CEO on low wages
Published time: October 10, 2013 00:26 A Chicago woman was arrested late last week after confronting the president of her long-time employer McDonald’s over the low wages she earns as she struggles to raise two young children. Nancy… Read More ›
French carbon tax to yield 4 bln euros in 2016 – PM
Source: Reuters – Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:53 PM * French PM says carbon tax to be ramped up after 2014 start * Ayrault says zero impact on households from fuel in 2014 * PM also flags nuclear power levy… Read More ›
Supporters demand billionaire activist’s release following ‘black Friday’ of multiple arrests
Saturday, 14 September, 2013, 1:05pm Amy Li chunxiao.li@scmp.com Wang Gongquan was detained on Friday. Photo: screenshot via Weibo In a statement published on early Saturday morning, hundreds supporters of China’s New Citizen Movement called on the Chinese government to… Read More ›
Poor English saved Japanese bankers during 2008 crisis: Aso
Politics Jun. 29, 2013 – 03:00PM JST TOKYO — Japan’s banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to have got them into trouble, Finance Minister Taro Aso says…. Read More ›
Orphans of the EU meltdown: The shocking picture that shows how middle class parents in Greece are dumping their children in orphanages so they won’t starve
By Ian Birrell PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 22 June 2013 | UPDATED: 20:04 EST, 22 June 2013 Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s evening. Excitement rises to fever pitch as a creamy chocolate gateau is sliced…. Read More ›
10 million sign petition for rescue of abductees from N Korea
National Apr. 27, 2013 – 07:10AM JST ( 10 ) TOKYO — An association started by the family of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, is preparing to present a petition calling for the rescue of her and… Read More ›
Now officials claim Boston bombing suspect was NOT armed in boat showdown – despite police account of firefight and him ‘shooting himself’
Officials now claim that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was unarmed as he hid in boat in Watertown Contradicts Boston Police Commissioner’s account of hour-long firefight with Tsarnaev New York Times said M4 rifle had been found on boat Police sources suggested… Read More ›
Caught just in time: ‘Bombers were about to plant MORE devices but plot was spoiled by release of CCTV photos’
EEV: There is no doubt extreme and conflicting reports on the Boston event. We expect it should be very easy to track where all these alleged weapons came from. In addition, police footage from the car camera’s should be able to… Read More ›
U.S. Penalizes Russians for Human Rights Violations: Freezes Assets, including Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya
EEV: For those that follow the Magnitsky list, draw your own hypothesis. April 12th 2013 By PETER BAKER and ELLEN BARRY Published: April 12, 2013 WASHINGTON — The United States imposed new sanctions Friday on about two dozen Russians accused… Read More ›
Cyrpus : Friday saw a run on the country’s cooperative banks – Trust in the system may not return
Cypriot presidency in calm call © Photo: Peter Nicou for the Voice of Russia The Cypriot authorities including the Central Bank and the presidency have called on the people to ignore financial panic mongers and stay calm. Friday saw a run… Read More ›
Egypt’s fundamentalist rulers crush lives, hopes of women: Age of marriage to be lowered from 18 to 13 maybe 9
The good old days?: An Egyptian woman holds a poster of ousted President Hosni Mubarak during a demonstration outside the Supreme Administrative Court in Cairo on Monday. The court says it does not have jurisdiction to rule on a case… Read More ›
Cyprus allows capital controls, creates “solidarity fund”
Photo: EPA Cyprus MPs approved a bill Friday night, granting the government the right to restrict withdrawals from bank accounts in exceptional cases. The parliament in Cyprus also approved a “national solidarity fund” to help the state raise the necessary… Read More ›
Oil plunges as dollar gains on Cyprus news
March 18, 2013, 1:15 a.m. EDT By Michael Kitchen, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures tumbled in electronic trading Monday, slapped lower by a surge in the dollar as worries spiked over a Cyprus bank levy and its implications… Read More ›
Asian markets fall amid fears over Cyprus bailout deal
Asian markets have dipped after Cyprus bailout plans triggered fears of an escalation of the eurozone debt crisis. The EU and IMF want all bank customers to pay a levy in return for a bailout worth 10bn euros ($13bn;… Read More ›
Incomes suffer biggest drop in TWENTY years, alarming new figures show
Part of decline was after 2.6 percent surge in December as businesses rushed to pay dividends and bonuses before the new year Consumer spending rose 0.2 percent linked to utilities but decline in goods Savings were the smallest since December… Read More ›
Pa. kindergartner suspended for bubble gun remark: School District officials labeled the girl a “terrorist threat”
MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who told another girl she was going to shoot her with a pink toy gun that blows soapy bubbles has been suspended from kindergarten. Her family has hired an attorney to… 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 ›
Chase Bank workers recovering after odd deposit at Modesto branch: (Unknown) BioHazard Event
By Erin Tracy etracy@modbee.com Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 By Erin Tracy The Modesto Bee MODESTO — An investigation continued Saturday into the intent of a man who deposited money at a Chase Bank that is believed to… Read More ›
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 ›
Military rape victims sue Leon Panetta claiming Department of Defense ‘failed to punish dozens of sexual assaults’
20 men and women claimed they were harassed, raped, or assaulted Further allege they suffered retaliation when they reported alleged crimes By Associated Press PUBLISHED:22:42 EST, 28 September 2012| UPDATED:00:56 EST, 29 September 201 A lawsuit was filed Friday in… Read More ›
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