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Thank You – From RINF
Thank you to all who have been sending in your best wishes to me for the holidays, it is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I’m unable to answer each of you personally so I hope this short
Read More »Activists free battery hens
Animal rights activists have freed 15 hens from an Auckland farm in an effort to persuade more people to boycott battery eggs. New Zealand Open Rescue spokeswoman Deirdre Sims says the group took the
Read More »Lyric censorship heralds swansong for the BBC
TELEVISION Quality seems to be the very last thing on BBC execs mind, writes Declan Lynch THERE was a general air of stupefaction when the BBC bleeped the word “faggot” from Fairytale Of New
Read More »CIA rebuts 9/11 suggestion
CIA rebuts suggestion it did not cooperate with 9/11 Commission investigation David Remes, an attorney for a dozen Yemeni prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, speaks to reporters following a hearing in federal
Read More »Criticism For BUTCHER Blair Over Conversion
Tony Blair’s conversion to Catholicism has been criticised by commentators who argue his views as PM were at odds with church teachings. Tony Blair has met Pope Benedict Mr Blair was welcomed into the
Read More »VIDEO: Pop Mec Test Drives Electric Car
PM hits the streets and gets looked at more than ever before, then heads to the shop for first-look details on a futuristic car so efficient it’ll make your jaw drop. The good news?
Read More »9/11 Panel Joins Probe of Destroyed CIA Tapes
By Diane Smith According to the U.S. panel investigating the 2001 terrorist attacks, the CIA had deliberately withheld tapes of supposed torture of terrorism suspects to obstruct the panel’s work, the New York Times
Read More »Girl hit in missile strike fights to stay in Israel
By Carolynne Wheeler in Jerusalem Six-year-old Maria Amin races ahead of her father on the way to school. “Hurry up, papa. The bus will leave without us,” she calls, steering her electric wheelchair with
Read More »Dollar declines as traders wrangle over Fed rate cuts
The US dollar declined against the euro and the pound on Friday as traders continued to hotly debate whether the US Federal Reserve would continue cutting interest rates amid economic uncertainty. The euro was
Read More »GOP deals Dems some bitter pills
By Deirdre Shesgreen The first session of the 110th Congress started off with a snap and had plenty of crackle. But the end was more fizzle than pop. “We had 50 weeks of basically
Read More »Syrian MP threatens Dimona
As Bush and Sarkozy lose patience with Assad, Syrian MP threatens Dimona A Syrian member of parliament thought to be familiar with the thinking of President Bashar al-Assad is quoted in the London-based pan-Arab
Read More »Congressman reaching out to Iran
By Matthew Hay Brown While Washington debates whether it should talk to Iran, one Maryland congressman has already struck up a conversation. For the past year, Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest has been meeting with
Read More »The Diana inquiry cop who was on £1,000 a day
Britain’s former top policeman Lord Stevens was paid £1,000 a day for taking charge of the inquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Documents released exclusively to The Mail on Sunday under
Read More »CIA ‘kept’ tapes from 9/11 probe
A leaked memorandum from the former 9/11 commission says it made repeated requests to the CIA for information on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects. But ex-commission executive director Philip Zelikow says the CIA did
Read More »FBI aims to amass huge database
FBI aims to amass huge database of people’s physical characteristics By Ellen Nakashima The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world’s largest computer database of people’s physical characteristics, a
Read More »Patient data loss affects 168,000
The loss of patient records by the NHS affects 168,000 people, including at least 160,000 children, the Department of Health has said. Nine English NHS trusts have admitted losing confidential patient details in the
Read More »White House Can Keep Its Secrets – For Now
Bush Admin. May Keep Visitor Records Private While Appealing Court Decision To Open Files AP A federal judge agreed Friday to let the Bush administration keep secret the lists of visitors to the White
Read More »US urges others to help shut Gitmo
US Secretary of State has urged countries that have nationals in Guantanamo Bay to help Washington close the detention center. “We need some help in closing Guantanamo,” said Condoleezza Rice. Rice added that since
Read More »CIA ‘impeded 9/11 panel’s inquiry’
The CIA has purposely impeded the Sep. 11 Commission’s inquiry by withholding interrogation videos, say the two chairmen of the panel. The CIA ‘clearly obstructed’ the Commission’s investigation, said Lee H. Hamilton. “I don’t
Read More »New High-Tech Cameras Are Watching You
In the era of computer-controlled surveillance, your every move could be captured by cameras, whether you’re shopping in the grocery store or driving on the freeway. Proponents say it will keep us safe, but
Read More »Privacy Fast Becoming Obsolete
Almost every move you make is being watched – and privacy is fast becoming obsolete, writes Gerard Wright. If Hollywood and its movies are America thinking aloud, then a very interesting thought bubble has
Read More »IPCC Menezes decision a ‘scandal’
No-one is to be punished for police failings that led to an innocent man being shot dead on a Tube train. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said four senior officers, including Deputy Assistant
Read More »Intel: Israel to attack Iran ultimately
A former senior US intelligence official says Israel will ultimately attack Iran in order ‘to defend its nuclear monopoly’ in the region. “I came back from a trip to Israel in November convinced that
Read More »VIDEO: How many times can you vote?
TV news investigation about public officials illegally voting multiple times in the Senate
Read More »Police officers cleared in De Menezes case
Fred Attewill and agencies The family of Jean Charles de Menezes have bitterly criticised the decision of the police watchdog that no disciplinary action will be taken against four Metropolitan police officers for their
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