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Afghan minister survives assassination
Afghan Interior Minister Ahmad Moqbel Zarar has survived an assassination attempt by Taliban insurgents, a ministry spokesman says. Taliban militants ambushed and opened fire on Zarar’s convoy, as the Afghan minister was on his
Read More »CCTV Busting Infra-Red Headset Makes You Invisible
by Cory Doctorow This German exibition is showcasing bright infrared LED devices that overwhelm the CCDs in security cameras, allowing you to move through modern society in relative privacy. I used this as a
Read More »BBC 9/11 Conspiracy Files Appeal Hearing Results
No surprise that the complaint was not upheld, The finding is a joke as you would imagine. For example, the BBC’s idea of ‘investigation’ regarding Mayor Willie Brown not flying on 911 is to
Read More »Pharma spends more on marketing than development
S.A Ramratan Why are pharmaceuticals so expensive? This question has been asked for many years. In fact this was the question asked by Senator Estes Kefauver (D) in the late 1950s. Senator Kefauver was
Read More »The North American Union – Voting Your Rights Away?
Barbara L. Minton One issue that is conspicuously absent from the rhetoric of the presidential candidates is the North American Union (NAU). The questions of immigration and border security are frequently raised and the
Read More »Welcome to Big Brother Britain
Immigrants will give fingerprints, iris scans AND personal details for ID cards … or be thrown out By JAMES SLACK Foreigners who repeatedly flout the rules when they are made to apply for ID
Read More »MoD responds to Iraq abuse allegations
BBC Panorama asks why the British Army in Iraq used interrogation techniques that were banned over 30 years ago. Panorama: On Whose Orders? BBC One 8.30pm on Monday 25 February 2008 In 1972 the
Read More »Ron Paul back on election trail
The 72-year-old congressman Ron Paul has solemnly vowed to continue his current campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. There has been confusion in recent weeks since the Texan gave the impression that he was
Read More »Mugging the public
Harry’s Place Almost everybody hates paying taxes. I certainly do. But as hard as it might be to part with a wadge of one’s hard-earned cash, one still grudgingly admits that it is necessary
Read More »VIDEO: The Invisible Government
John Pilger’s talk on “The invisible Goverment” is an education in itself about the role of the media from the 1920′s onward. Pilger explains in clear, concise terms about the role of the “corporate
Read More »US to set ‘binding’ climate goals, finally
By Richard Black The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials say, if other nations do the same. The comments came in a news conference in Paris
Read More »Questions Remain About Rove’s CIA Leak Email
by Jason Leopold It’s been nearly five years since former White House political adviser Karl Rove sent an incriminating email to then Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley indicating that Rove had a candid
Read More »Are Biometrics the Future of Credit Cards?
Credit and debit cards have taken the place of cash for most modern transactions. What’s next? According to research from Emme Kozloff, a Sanford Bernstein analyst, the power to buy groceries will soon be
Read More »IBM scientists look to DNA to build future chips
DNA strings could become the template for nanotubes and nanowires by 2028 By Sharon Gaudin Looking for a way to continually shrink computer chips while still squeezing more transistors onto them, IBM scientists are
Read More »MPs must thwart the dark plans of the state
Parliament has never been less vigilant about the many measures to increase Home Office power. In the name of the great democrats of the past, act now Henry Porter Following the convictions of Steve
Read More »Inside the world of war profiteers
From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S. By David Jackson and Jason Grotto | Tribune reporters Inside the stout federal courthouse of this Mississippi
Read More »Government wants personal details of every traveller
Phone numbers and credit card data to be collected under expanded EU plan Airline passengers will be monitored at every stage of their journey under the proposals. Photograph: David Levene Ian Traynor Passengers
Read More »Protestors target ‘Daily Express’ offices
By Sarah Lagan Journalists, anti war activists and religious groups held a protest outside the Daily Express offices today against a series of stories and headlines in the paper which they say encourage “racist
Read More »Slavery in America
We had been on the road for hours, leaving the interstate and then digressing to smaller and smaller highways. Differing vistas of the Colorado landscape got wilder and more vacant the further north we
Read More »Insurance Fears Lead Many to Shun DNA Tests
By AMY HARMON Victoria Grove wanted to find out if she was destined to develop the form of emphysema that ran in her family, but she did not want to ask her doctor for
Read More »PNP chief orders probe on ‘spy cam’ in Senate
Director General Avelino Razon Jr., Philippine National Police (PNP) head, Sunday said he ordered a probe into the reported plans of the PNP to put a closed circuit television camera in the Senate building
Read More »Diana inquest probes world of espionage
Intelligence officers are facing unprecedented public scrutiny as they take the stand at the inquest into Princess Diana’s death to deny claims that the security services killed her on the royal family’s orders.Their former
Read More »White House says phone wiretaps back on “for now”
The Bush administration said on Saturday U.S. telecommunications companies have agreed to cooperate “for the time being” with spy agencies’ wiretaps, despite an ongoing battle between the White House and Congress over new terrorism
Read More »Threat to our privacy must be fought
The future security of every family and child in the country has been compromised by the recent loss of child benefit details. News of further electronic data losses has only reinforced the threat to
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