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NSA’s Domestic Spying Grows
Five years ago, Congress killed an experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic data about people in the U.S. to search for suspicious patterns. Opponents called it too broad an intrusion on
Read More »Police lose track of nine sex offenders
NEWS Shopper has discovered Kent police has lost track of known sex offenders. The force was responding to a Freedom of Information request submitted by News Shopper. It confirmed the whereabouts of nine registered
Read More »UK Budget 2008: What it Means to You
High-polluting vehicles will be hit harder, but incentives for green cars will be introduced and fuel duty rises shelved, announced Chancellor Alistair Darling in his 2008 budget. Fuel duty Lobbying from consumer and freight
Read More »CIA rendition flight spotted in Hungary
A Hungarian newspaper Wednesday ran a picture of a Boeing 737 allegedly used for CIA rendition flights in central and Eastern Europe. The daily Nepszabadsag ran a photo of a white plane bearing the
Read More »CCTV camera sees under clothing
Applications for CCTV operators go through the roof A UK company is marketing the first CCTV camera that can see objects under a person’s clothing. The ThruVision T5000 can spot items underneath clothing at
Read More »Democrat calls for inquiry into Blackwater
House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman expanded his effort yesterday to investigate private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, calling for a wide-ranging federal inquiry into the company’s employment practices. In letters to the Internal Revenue
Read More »Guantanamo detainees allowed phone calls
Cuba: The US military has agreed to let detainees make regular phone calls to their families from the Guantanamo Bay prison, where many have been confined in extreme isolation for as long as six
Read More »VIDEO: Ex-DEA Claims CIA Imported Cocaine
A clip from “American Drug War: The Last White http://www.AmericanDrugWar.com
Read More »US Wants More Powers To Ban Air Travellers
Washington seeks power to ban air travellers – even if they are only flying OVER the U.S. The US government is demanding the right to ban British air passengers from flying over America en
Read More »MRSA Infections Killing More Americans than AIDS
An antibiotic-resistant strain of the common staph bacteria is now responsible for more deaths in the United States than AIDS, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Read More »Top Commander Resigns
Admiral William Fallon, the head of U.S. Central Command, resigned on Tuesday, explaining that his reputation as an obstacle of President Bush’s military designs had become too much of a distraction. Fallon was often
Read More »Is the UK Hunting Ban Working?
It’s three years since the Fox Hunting ban came into force in England. What’s changed – not much, with fox hunts still going on… THREE YEARS ON – SCHNEWS REVIEWS THE UK ‘BAN’ ON
Read More »CIA Holocaust Claims Twenty Million Victims
The world’s number one terrorist organization, the CIA has committed heinous acts of terrorism abroad, murdering critics of US foreign and domestic policies and has done it on behalf of an increasing tiny, privileged
Read More »John Pilger: Australia’s hidden Empire
When the outside world thinks about Australia, it generally turns to venerable clichés of innocence – cricket, leaping marsupials, endless sunshine, no worries. Australian governments actively encourage this. Witness the recent “G’Day USA” campaign,
Read More »Salvia divinorum targeted as next marijuana
Salvia divinorum is being targeted by U.S. lawmakers concerned that the inexpensive and easy-to-obtain plant could become the next marijuana, media reported Wednesday. Eight states have already placed restrictions on salvia, and 16 others,
Read More »ASP Surfers get ready for the Rip Curl Pro
The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the second of 11 stops on the 2008 ASP World Tour, is the longest-running event in professional surfing history. To “ring the bell” — or win the coveted
Read More »Huge supply of steroids seized in Germany
About 1.3 tons of anabolic steroids and anti-impotence drugs were seized by German authorities in an investigation of illegal trade in doping substances.Kiel prosecutors and customs investigators in Hamburg said Tuesday the raids in
Read More »Cast wary eye on surveillance efforts
It’s become a cottage industry —- scaring the bejesus out of the citizenry in an effort to push U.S. House members into following the example of their Senate counterparts and pass legislation giving the
Read More »Is Australia helping with CIA rendition flights?
Is Australia unwittingly helping the US Central Intelligence Agency with the notorious secret flights known as renditions? Australian politicians and defense officials are refusing to address claims that Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) servicemembers
Read More »Generals on trial for war crimes
Three generals regarded as national heroes in Croatia have gone on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal for orchestrating the slaughter of at least 150 Serbs. Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac
Read More »Cop who led probe into CIA flights found dead
One of Britain’s most senior police officers has been found dead after taking a hill-walking trip in North Wales. Michael Todd, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, was discovered at the bottom of a
Read More »Government fails to sell ID concept
It would be easy to be cynical and suggest the government engaged in a bit of press control with the timing of the publication of Sir James Crosby’s report on UK identity management last
Read More »MoD lost 11,000 military ID cards
The Ministry of Defence has revealed that 11,000 military ID cards have been lost in the past two years. The MoD’s revelation, which came in a written answer in the House of Commons, is
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