Phones tapped at the rate of 1,000 a day

"Britain is in danger of becoming a "surveillance state" as authorities including councils launch bugging operations against 1,000 people a day.Councils, police and intelligence services are tapping and...

MoD to be quizzed over lost data

"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people. Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...

UK concerned over Facebook's profile deactivation methods

"British officials are set to question Facebook over its data retention methods after a user complained that personal information remained on its severs after he deactivated his account. Facebook's current system still retains some data even after an account is deleted. So...

EU rethinks biofuels guidelines

It is amazing to see how fragile our economy is. Trying to solve one problem produces another one."Europe's environment chief has admitted that the EU did not foresee the problems raised by its policy to get...

Mitchell Report - The Perfect Test - MiLB Performance Enhancing Substance Tes...

The 'model' testing system established by Commissioner Selig for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) in 2001 was shown up by the Mitchell Report. How did so many substance abusers escape detection and prosecution? What...

Mitchell Report - The Perfect Test - MiLB Performance Enhancing Substance Tes...

The 'model' testing system established by Commissioner Selig for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) in 2001 was shown up by the Mitchell Report. How did so many substance abusers escape detection and prosecution? What are the root causes of substance abuse, and what will end it...

Mitchell takes on baseball's Troubles

"Former US Senator and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland George Mitchell has outed some of the biggest names in baseball in his long awaited report on steroid usage in Major League Baseball. His far-reaching...

What if Ron Paul was Commissioner of Baseball?

A Detroit Free Press editorial today offered a scathing opinion about the state of Major League Baseball following yesterday’s finger-pointing report by George Mitchell:"“Major League Baseball is going to...

RCMP needs overhaul really bad

Ok fine, but just don't lose the red jackets.  Or the horses."TORONTO — A federal task force convened to help overhaul the RCMP recommended major structural changes for the 133-year-old force today,...

Digital consumer rights

"Digital consumer rights Sean Whelan, Europe Correspondent, reports that the plea for digital consumer rights is pretty much Jim Murray's last act after 17 years as director of the European Consumer Organisation. 'Do we have to accept that when we take the shrink wrap off a...

A fair deal for Africa?

"fair deal for Africa? RTÉ Europe Editor Sean Whelan takes a look at Economic Partnership Agreements and wonders if they provide a fair deal. The first summit in seven years between the European Union and the 52 nation African Union takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on the...

EU endorses safer cigarettes

"THE EU's consumer chief is to get the green light today to make all cigarettes sold in the bloc self-extinguishing in a bid to combat thousands of fire-related deaths and injuries. European Commission officials...

Britney Spears To Spend Christmas With Her Sons.

"The singer was reportedly granted custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and 14-month-old Jayden James for Christmas Day during a closed Los Angeles court hearing yesterday, according to TMZ.com. It is believed the 25-year-old singer was granted custody of the boys by Superior...

Ex-NYC Top Cop Surrenders to Feds

It's no big news that many New Yorkers who are seen as heroes by the rest of the country are pretty much despised in their own town.Ex-police Chief Bernard Kerik is a prime example of this -- here's a guy who...

Investigation on arsons in Timika continues

"The police would not stop the investigation on the November-3 arsons and lootings following the death of Adjunct Commissioner Yance Ikomouw in Timika, capital of Mimika district, Papua province, the local police chief has said. "We will continue the investigation as it is a...

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