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DNA database grows by 38 per cent in two years
By Tom Young | Some 1.4 million new profiles have been added to the DNA database in the past two years – a rise of 38 per cent – according to figures released by the
Read More »Security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet
Increasingly, companies, governments, police and even criminals are seeking the greatest possible access to our private data. The internet provides a previously unimaginable level of access to information about our private lives, which
Read More »Police Invade High School in Mass Drug Raid- Find One piece of “Paraphernalia”
By Phil Leggiere | Police from various jurisdictions swarm on a Connecticut High School with police dogs, ransack over a hundred cars in the parking lot, rifle through lockers and find- rolling papers. An
Read More »Are Universities Turning into Corporate Drone Factories?
Unless we take hold of the reigns we will be cursed with a more ruthless form of corporate power wielded through naked repression. In decaying societies, politics become theater. The elite, who have hollowed
Read More »Government should offer incentives for homes to go green
By Hank Kalet | The federal government should help homeowners go green. Several states are already seeking ways to encourage homeowners to switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energy sources, kick-starting a green revolution
Read More »Obama Won’t Speed Up Iraq Pullout
In yet another instance of lowering the expectations on the campaign promised US pullout from Iraq, President Barack Obama touted the military progress in the nation but ruled out increasing the speed of his
Read More »40,000 reasons the G20 must act
By Adrian Roberts | THOUSANDS of campaigners marched through London on Saturday in the run-up to the G20 summit to demand action on poverty, climate change and jobs. Over 40,000 marchers accompanied by brass
Read More »New claim of MI5 collusion in torture
Claims that secret agents working for MI5 and MI6 watched and encouraged the torture of a second British resident held by the Americans must be investigated by the police, politicians, lawyers and human rights
Read More »British activist jailed in China for Olympics protest
A British man was sentenced to serve six months in a Hong Kong jail after being found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Matt Pearce, a teacher originally from Bristol but who now lives
Read More »Will civil liberties be eroded by eborders legislation?
By ADRIAN DARBYSHIRE | COULD Big Brother soon be keeping tabs on Isle of Man residents’ travel arrangements? That’s the fear of political lobby organisation the Positive Action Group, which is concerned about the
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