Monthly Archives: June 2007 »
UK terror threat now ‘critical’
The UK’s national terrorism threat level has been raised to “critical” after attacks in Glasgow and London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the public to be vigilant and added: “I know the British people
Read More »German government complicity in CIA abductions
By Elisabeth Zimmermann On June 8, the Council of Europe’s Special Raporteur for human rights, Dick Marty, presented his second report concerning the illegal transport and secret imprisonment of prisoners (so-called “special renditions”). This
Read More »Bush to lose special trade powers
The US Congress will take back its full trade authority from President George Bush, the majority Democratic leadership said while dismissing White House pleas to let him keep his special power. The expiration of
Read More »WMDs: Thousands killed for a lie and it’s case closed
The UN Security Council has voted to end a programme charged with looking for suspected weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, after no such weapons were found. Fourteen members of the bloc voted to
Read More »British MI5 Had Hand In Previous Car Bombings
Security services played role in similar previous attacks, massive car bomb discovered in London Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Intelligence sources are refusing to rule out an Irish connection to a massive car bomb
Read More »All dogs may have to be microchipped
HAMISH MACDONELL MINISTERS are considering the compulsory microchipping of all dogs as part of a range of measures to crack down on dangerous breeds, The Scotsman has learned. Plans have been drawn up by
Read More »EU flight data sparks privacy fears
By Andrew Bounds The privacy rights of air passengers travelling from Europe to the US will be put at risk by an information- sharing deal between the two aimed at stopping terrorist attacks, the
Read More »New World Order Evolving
By Ivan Simic RINF Alternative News The term “*New World Order*” (*Novus Ordo Mundi*) has been used to refer to a new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and
Read More »Brown: No Change to ID Card System
Tom Espiner RINF Alternative News Gordon Brown will not substantially alter current government IT projects, analyst firm Ovum said on Thursday, the first full day of office for the new prime minister. “We don’t
Read More »Police hunt for London car bomber
Police are hunting the driver of an abandoned car containing a bomb that would have killed hundreds of people in central London had it exploded. An ambulance crew spotted the metallic green Mercedes by
Read More »Appeals Court Unseals CIA Leak Documents
By MATT APUZZO A federal appeals court said Friday it would release some of the documents it reviewed when deciding to force journalists to testify in the CIA leak investigation. The ruling followed a
Read More »Is Freedom of Speech Under Attack?
By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News An independent news web site has begun appealing for help from members of the public in a bid to get re-enlisted in Google News. The web site, thepeoplesvoice.org
Read More »Secret trials for terrorists, says US judge
David Nason A TOP-RANKING US judge has stunned a conference of Australian judges and barristers in Chicago by advocating secret trials for terrorists, more surveillance of Muslim populations across North America and an end
Read More »Google sued over defamatory postings found on web search
By Robert Verkaik Google, the world’s biggest search engine, is being sued by a London businessman in a landmark legal action that could hold the US-based company liable for the publication of inaccurate, malicious
Read More »Egyptian spy dies in UK
An Egyptian billionaire who allegedly spied for Israel in the 1970s has been found dead outside his home in London. Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of Gamal Abdel Nasser, a former Egyptian president, “lost his
Read More »Global poll shows wide distrust of United States
By Meg Bortin Distrust of the United States has intensified across the world, but overall views of America remain very or somewhat favorable among majorities in 25 of 47 countries surveyed in a major
Read More »Bush won’t supply subpoenaed documents
President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of U.S. attorneys. His decision was denounced as “Nixonian stonewalling”
Read More »Big Oil and Big Media V. Hugo Chavez
By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News On June 27, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal vied for attention with feature stories on oil giants ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips “walking away from their multi-billion-dollar
Read More »States signing DNA sharing deal
Australia is a step closer to a national DNA database with Queensland, Western Australia and the ACT signing the national information-sharing agreement. Only NSW and Victoria are yet to sign up, and they have
Read More »Globalist Study Says Citizens Want A World Government
Steve Watson Infowars.net An “in depth” study by a core globalist body and also funded in part by all manner of elitist groups and corporations, including the Rockefellers and the Ford Foundation, has found
Read More »Senate Panel Subpoenas White House Wiretapping Papers
By William Roberts A Senate panel probing the National Security Agency’s domestic wiretapping program issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Justice Department for documents showing the Bush administration’s
Read More »20% of UK CCTV could judge your behaviour within 3 years
By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News A new CCTV system developed by ‘Agent Vi’ is being installed in some of the UK’s busiest stations, including Clapham Junction and Paddington Station. The system uses advanced hi-tech
Read More »9/11 Giuliani says Gas not responsible for Explosions
YouTube This clip is from Fox News on September 11, 2001, and is from a Press Conference given by Mayor Giuliani. In the clip, Mayor Giuliani states that he does not believe gas is
Read More »Blair named Middle East envoy
Tony Blair has been appointed as envoy for the Quartet group of Middle East negotiators after he stepped down as Britain’s prime minister. Members of the group – the United States, United Nations, European
Read More »Cheney refuses to hand over classified records
There is growing anger among Democrats in the US over Vice-President Dick Cheney’s refusal to hand over classified records to the national archives. Mr Cheney had been complying with a presidential order to surrender
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