Monthly Archives: July 2007 »
MP slams school biometric guidance
By Kablenet An MP has attacked the government’s biometrics advice to schools for failing to enshrine in law a parent’s right to be consulted. Lib Dems MP Greg Mulholland told the Commons on 23
Read More »Biometric British visas compulsory for everyone
By RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL Everyone applying to enter the UK for longer than six months will need to procure biometric visas from March, Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown has announced as part of his
Read More »9/11 Workers Not Getting Enough Care, Report Says
By ANTHONY DePALMA Almost six years after the terrorist attack on New York, the federal government still does not have an adequate array of health programs for ground zero workers — or a reliable
Read More »West Hollywood votes to impeach Bush and Cheney
The City Council’s resolution cites abuses of power and other misdeeds. Some residents say they should have been consulted first. By Ari B. Bloomekatz The White House is more than 2,600 miles from West
Read More »9/11 Truthers Bring Message To UK Festival
By Carl Friar RINF Alternative News East Anglia Truth at the Eastern Haze Festival – 20-22nd July, 2007 http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5610/tentsideborderdp9.jpgWell, the sunshine finally broke through amidst the downpours and following a complete washout on the Friday,
Read More »George Galloway: Sham trial by Parliament
“At least the United States Senate gave me an uninterrupted hearing,” said an outraged George Galloway as the Speaker threw him out of the Commons less than one third of his way through his
Read More »Film Screening: The Secret
Thursday 23rd. August in the downstairs room at the Sands Arts Centre (opposite Post Office) in Grange 7:30pm Free Admission This is the inaugural meeting of a newly formed group. Important: Mick Meaney does endorse
Read More »UK’s Brown won’t rule out military action in Iran
By Sophie Walker British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would not rule out military action against Iran, but believed a policy of sanctions could still persuade Tehran to drop its disputed
Read More »Bush’s torture ban is full of loopholes
The president has issued an executive order to stop the CIA from using torture, but the ban is unenforceable. By David Cole Once upon a time, a U.S. official’s condemnation of torture was a
Read More »US Troops told they can leave ASAP
By J A Blacker MSc IMI, Science Correspondent RINF Alternative News A report by CCN here states: “Iraqi prime minister says U.S. troops can go anytime they want.” It is becoming increasingly obvious the USA is
Read More »Children as young as five to be fingerprinted in schools
Daily Mail Schools are to get the Government’s permission to fingerprint all pupils. Ministers will issue guidance telling them they have the right to install fingerprint scanners and collect biometric data from children as
Read More »Globalisation backlash in rich nations
By Chris Giles A popular backlash against globalisation and the leaders of the world’s largest companies is sweeping all rich countries, an FT/Harris poll shows. Large majorities of people in the US and in
Read More »Alarm at US right to highly personal data
Religion and sex life among passenger details to be passed on to officials Jamie Doward, home affairs editor Sunday July 22, 2007 The Observer Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and
Read More »Israel among top 10 countries selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals
By Yuval Azoulay Israel has been ranked 10th on the list of countries counterfeiting pharmaceuticals, according to Population Services International (PSI), an organization dealing with health problems in developing nations. The list was compiled
Read More »Saving A President
By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News In his first year in office, the widely-followed Cook Political Report had this assessment of George Bush’s early months as president: “Looking back over his first five months
Read More »UK Army doctors in Baha Mousa case ‘colluded in cover-up’
By Andrew Johnson Doctors who examined Baha Mousa, a 24-year-old Basra hotel worker who was kicked and beaten to death in British custody in 2003, have been reported to the General Medical Council. The
Read More »Toilet-paper dispenser is stingy with the sheets
By Brian Tracey This may be the last straw for people who think technology has eliminated every last bit of personal privacy: A toilet-paper dispenser that limits the issue of tissues. A year in
Read More »Is this Big Brother street?
By James McCarthy SMILE…you’re on camera. Today we can reveal the incredible rise of CCTV with one Welsh street containing a staggering 73 spy cams in less than half-a-mile. Wales on Sunday’s count on
Read More »No 10 honours plot: four new names
By David Leppard and Robert Winnett POLICE investigating the cash for honours scandal seized evidence that Downing Street had plotted to hand peerages to eight of the 12 businessmen who had bankrolled Labour’s 2005
Read More »CIA to ‘toughen up’
NY Times THE White House has given the Central Intelligence Agency approval to resume some severe interrogation methods for questioning terrorism suspects in secret prisons overseas. Administration officials said the CIA could now proceed
Read More »Microchip Implants Raise Privacy Concern
By TODD LEWAN CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The
Read More »UN probes Ivory Coast abuse
The United Nations is investigating allegations of widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of its peacekeepers serving in the Ivory Coast. A Moroccan battalion of 800 troops in Bouake, in the north of the country,
Read More »Depleted Uranium. A Scientific Perspective
An Interview With LEUREN MORET, Geoscientist W. Leon Smith and Nathan Diebenow, ,The Lone Star Iconoclast Interview Conducted By W. Leon Smith and Nathan DiebenowLeuren Moret is a geoscientist who works almost around the
Read More »US: Presidential Order Affirms CIA Secret Detentions
Human Rights Watch President George W. Bush’s new executive order on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program is contrary to the Geneva Conventions, Human Rights Watch said today. The new order, issued
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