Monthly Archives: September 2009 »
Refugees Increasingly Being Refused Asylum
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution
Read More »Police in Wales have taken DNA samples from more than 55,000 innocent people
POLICE in Wales have taken DNA samples from more than 55,000 innocent people, we can reveal. Almost half of these – an estimated 23,651 – were taken by South Wales Police alone, costing the
Read More »BBC Pays Google For Internet Marketing
By RINF.COM It has been discovered that the BBC have been paying Google to place its website at the top of listings for a series of keywords, as part of its internet marketing plan. The BBC is using £100
Read More »Freedom of Information Act Cost BBC £3m
The Guardian Newspaper has reported that the BBC was forced to spend over £3 million of licence payers fees on providing Freemdom of Information Act requests between 2005 and 2009. Ironically, The Guardian obtained this information via the
Read More »U.S. Extends Blackwater Task In Iraq
The U.S. State Department says a controversial U.S. private security company claimed to have been enlisted in a CIA hunt for al-Qaida members will continue its armed presence and task of shielding U.S. diplomats
Read More »District 9 Hits UK
Set in an alternative reality that echos some very real historical events of our past, District 9 is one of the most thought provoking movies produced in years. Written and produced by Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is inspired by
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