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Judge denies request to subpoena Cheney
Judge denies attorney’s request to subpoena Vice President Cheney in lawsuit over man’s arrest. AP News A judge denied a request to subpoena Dick Cheney in a lawsuit filed by a man who claims
Read More »VIDEO: Food shortages threaten 100 million
Major funding needed to fight rapidly escalating crisis
Read More »‘Truthers’ blame US and Britain for the Holocaust
Andrew Anthony In Salman Rushdie’s soon-to-be-published novel, The Enchantress of Florence, one of the characters is Niccolò Machiavelli, the original dark prince of power politics. Il Machia, as he is called, is portrayed as
Read More »Washington ‘speechless’ after 9/11 comments
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Wednesday it was “speechless” after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. “I
Read More »Iranian President: 9/11 ‘suspect event’
BBC Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York as a “suspect event” and queried the death toll. “A building collapsed and they said 3,000 people
Read More »FBI manufactured evidence
FBI Caused Delay in Terror Case Ahead of Senate Testimony. By Ryan Singel | Wired Counterterrorism officials in FBI headquarters slowed an investigation into a possible conspirator in the 2005 London bombings by forcing
Read More »Secrecy Surrounds Death Penalty
At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam. The figures come from Amnesty International’s yearly statistics,
Read More »Fighting dirty wars: spying for the arms trade
By Eveline Lubbers The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a well respected Quaker and Christian-based pacifist group, which believes in non-violent protest. In the mid 1990s the group was stepping up a campaign
Read More »Guerilla art protest against ‘surveillance society’
Jon Land A Banksy-style stunt in the heart of London protests against Britain’s surveillance society – just feet away from a CCTV camera. The huge graffiti, which would have taken some time to
Read More »Union attacks Big Brother CCTV plan for exams
PLANS to use CCTV to spy on students sitting exams have been branded as Orwellian. The Examination Officers’ Association is planning to test the move in a small number of exam halls to stamp
Read More »Enhanced Tracking Technology May Help RFID
By DON CLARK A Los Angeles start-up says it has developed a way to dramatically expand the range of a popular wireless tracking technology, opening up many new applications for low-cost identification tags. Closely
Read More »Home Secretary accused of breaching election rules
By David Barrett, PA The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was accused of breaching election rules today by making a major anti-terrorism announcement during the run-up to local polls. Ministers and government departments are supposed
Read More »Brain scanner predicts your future moves
Ewen Callaway New Scientist Long before you decided to read this story, your brain may have already said “click that link”. By scanning the brains of test subjects as they pressed one button or
Read More »Immigrant crime wave is a myth – police study
Vikram Dodd The Guardian A wide-ranging police study has concluded that the surge in immigrants from eastern Europe to Britain has not fuelled a rise in crime, the Guardian has learned. The findings will
Read More »F.A.C.K. YOU
SchNews WORKPLACE DEATHS CONTINUE, TEN YEARS AFTER THE MURDER OF SIMON JONES “FACK grew out of the campaigning around Simon Jones’ death which had a magnificent effect, especially the direct action. It woke people
Read More »Anonymous protests Scientology corporation
InfoBomb Indymedia More than 70 protestors gathered on Ethel Street in central Birmingham on Saturday 12th, wearing distinctive masks and costumes to protest against the abusive policies of the Church of Scientology This was
Read More »Police Harass a Peaceful Protest
Alex Cabb Indymedia Eye-witnesses state that the biofuels demonstration was peaceful, friendly and party-like atmosphere. Witnesses also state that the Clowns were friendly and entertaining, creating a comical and amusing ambiance for the protest.
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