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War Crimes Conference – London, 20-21 February, 2009
University of London, 20-21 February, 2009 War Crimes Conference – Retrospectives and Prospects ‘Identifying war crimes and the perpetrators is a key part of post-conflict resolution’ Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of
Read More »Thousands to demand widespread use of renewable energy
Eco activist Captain Ozone to organise simultaneous marches on 12th September 2009 to raise awareness of renewable energy – To get involved contact willozone@gmail.com By Mick Meaney | There is a fine line between
Read More »The October Surprise: Global Panic
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | Since 9/11, the notion of an October surprise has been around. The idea going something like this. Another real or manufactured terror attack. The dominant media stokes fear.
Read More »A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | Prior to entering WW II, US strategists had a clear aim in mind at its conclusion – to hold unchallengeable power in a new post-war global system: military,
Read More »Reinventing the Evil Empire
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | For the West, everything changed but stayed the same, hard-wired and in place. Things just lay dormant in the shadows during the Yeltsin years, certain to reemerge once
Read More »Marijuana Special: Jorge Cervantes Interview – The Cannabis Guru
Jorge Cervantes, the World’s leading expert on Cannabis cultivation, has watched and influenced an entire sub culture that sprang from a relatively unexplored science. In 1983 he authored the first complete book about indoor cultivation
Read More »Over 60% of People Do Not Trust the Government
By Mick Meaney – RINF Breaking News | A poll conducted by the World Public Opinion (WPO) has found that over 60% of the population of Great Britain and the United States do not trust
Read More »Watchdog: European DNA Database a Potential Nightmare
By Mick Meaney – RINF | Speaking at a news conference, European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, raised concerns over the European DNA Database, criticising its lack of safeguards to protect tourists and the
Read More »Your Privacy for Sale: Internet Providers Cash In
UPDATE: Thanks to information obtained by RINF readers, it appears Virgin Media are trying to distance themselves from Phorm. Virgin Media stated: “Virgin Media has signed a preliminary agreement with Phorm to understand in more
Read More »The Surveillance Society Does Not Work
By Mick Meaney – RINF | Costing in excess of billions of pounds each year, every single area of the British surveillance society has been proven ill effective when dealing with crime, fraud and
Read More »Worldwide Support for Free Media
By Mick Meaney – RINF | A new major survey of world nations has found the majority of people support a free media and strongly object to government control on both traditional and Internet
Read More »‘Western Leaders Are War Criminals’
By Mick Meaney – RINF | The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has echoed calls for Western leaders to be charged with war crimes over the invasion of Iraq. Speaking at Imperial
Read More »Chertoff Says Fingerprints Aren’t ‘Personal Data’
By Peter Swire | Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has badly stumbled in discussing the Bush administration’s push to create stricter identity systems. Chertoff was recently in Canada discussing, among other topics, the
Read More »Hunger Plagues Haiti and the World
By Stephen Lendman | Consumers in rich countries feel it in supermarkets but in the world’s poorest ones people are starving. The reason – soaring food prices, and it’s triggered riots around the world
Read More »Torturers in the White House
By Ruth Conniff The biggest news of the last week went virtually uncovered by the mainstream, print media. ABC News first reported last Wednesday that top Bush Administration officials, including Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice,
Read More »Breaking Through the News Filter
Peter Chamberlin If it is true that the power belongs to the people in America, and Congress still answers to the people, then what force prevents the people from rising up to demand that
Read More »British army faces new torture claims
The testament of a respected Shia elder, aged 70, suggests brutal treatment of civilians is still continuing, writes Robert Verkaik. The British Army faces new allegations of torture and abuse over the arrest and
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