Burma : This is the PRIME TIME to press junta

23 November 2009 Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today calls for the world leaders to press the junta to do the national reconciliation.  Burma’s legitimate leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been calling for the genuine dialogue to find the solution for the Burma crisis...

UK - Anti-Social Behaviour

News 21 11 2009: Anti-Social Behaviour - Drugs den shut down after two years. A CRACK house which had attracted up to 30 addicts every hour has been shut down. Police revealed they seized Class A drugs during a raid at the house last month although it finally cameafter some...

Climategate - Hadley CRU Hacked Sensitive Documents Lifted.

This looks like an interesting story...wonder if it turns out to be legit and if will make it past the blogs and into the mainstream media. Seems to be the flavor of the month - joe public is starting to take...

UK Police officer Bill Barker deserves a medal of honour

News 20 11 2009: PC dies helping others as a bridge collapses. Pc Bill Barker, 44, fell into the River Derwent when the bridge he was standing on in Workington collapsed. His wife Hazel said: "How do you put into words how you feel about somebody you are so proud of? Bill was...

See UK Lake District and Ireland flood pictures

Lake District of UK was flooded terribly by record rainfall and 8-foot-long floods that forced several rescue attempts for more than 200 people. "See pictures of UK Lake District and Ireland floods below. Lake District in UK has suffered 8-foot-tall floods that devastated and...

Movement 'Citizens in Defence of Rights and Freedoms'

For Immediate ReleaseThe movement ‘Citizens in Defence of Rights and Freedoms – Project Justice Gonçalo Amaral’ formally announces the creation of a defence fund by means of a solidarity account to support citizen Gonçalo Amaral, who has been deprived of his civil...

UK - LITIGATION AGAINST SCHOOLS A REAL THREAT?

News 18 11 2009: Litigation against Schools a real threat?. Unveiled in the Queen's Speech was a New Education Bill to which a another New Ombudsman’s position be created as a set of pupil and parent guarantees be launched. But as the Association of School and College...

Murder Suspect Jason Bethell Mistakenly Released By U.K. Police

Jason Bethell, a 31-year-old suspected murderer, was mistakenly released by British police from Chelmsford prison on Monday. Bethell was charged with the murder of 58-year-old John Smith. The father of the two was allegedly stabbed by Bethell and died in hospital two months...

UK Election Battlelines – Timing on treating symptoms?

News 18 11 2009: Labour bid to help needy pensioners. With less than seven months before the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />UK must go to the polls, Gordon Brown is to use the Queen's Speech to present a series of populist bills designed to set out the battlelines for...

BU Professor says 'end-time passions' find fertile soil in US

End-time passions find fertile soil in the United States according to Alexander Riley, a sociology professor at Bucknell University who has incorporated the study of the 'end-times', known as Eschatology, into his...

UK: Gov expenditure unbounded?

14 11 2009 Bercow spends £45,000 on flat refit. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act obtained by the Daily Telegraph showed that Mr Bercow’s wife gave detailed instructions on the revamp of the historic apartment beneath Big Ben in the...

Interview with Director of Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)

12 November 2009 [CG Note: London-based Burma Democratic Concern (BDC), founded in 2008, has been noted for its strong campaigns and lobbying activities both inside and outside Burma to restore democracy, human...

Brown: NATO prepared to send 5000 more troops to Afghanistan

It has now been 11 weeks since General Stanley McChrystal submitted his report and recommendations for a troop surge to the White House.  President Obama has had at least five meetings with his National...

The Pink River Teddies - In Memory

Its a tradition to write for soldiers and trauma and ghosts on this day . I cannot forget and certainly will remember them. I've been with people and soldiers of war trauma . I hold them as we do inside us . We...

New worldwide tax on financial transactions?

08 11 2009 Brown red-faced after tax plan snub. Mr Brown floated the possibility of a new tax worldwide on financial transactions only to face an embarrassing rebuff in having it publicly rejected by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States and other major...

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