McCain attack ads inspire violent anti-Obama rhetoric with GOP supporters

Joe Biden warned John McCain that his rhetoric about Obama being associated with a supposed terrorist was dangerous and it seems Biden was right.   The mood of the hard core right in the US is becoming...

Chinese warning for Nobel peace prize

Chinese foreign minister categorically said that nobel prizes are not given based on potentials but on politics, he cited the example of Dalai lama for this reason.This seems to be quite frustrating for the communist...

Smoking ban: The economics behind it, and more!

"India has imposed a new ban on smoking in public places from October 2, 2008, the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Four years ago too, one such 'ban' was 'imposed.' However, it was royally ignored and people continued to puff away in restaurants, clubs, bars, you...

100+ Cyclists Block Traffic Near Leicester Square Friday Night

Fun turned to frustration as dozens of cyclists created a scene near Leicester Square Tube Station at around 6.30pm Friday 26th September.Pedestrians waited to cross as a stream of cyclists went by, and when the...

Greenpeace occupies AbitibiBowater headquarters

Greenpeace has taken their fight to protect Canadian forests directly to the headquarters of AbitibiBowater.   This is what the Greenpeace site says."Montréal, Canada — This morning, Greenpeace...

Businesses Should be Planting Trees - These 10 Do

Planting a tree does not take a lot of money.  It doesn't take a lot of time.  Businesses who run promotions that plant trees can even pay others to do it for them.  There are organizations that will...

Burma's secret schools of dissent

READING, WRITING, MATH? Burmese monks are adopting teaching methods used in secret refugee schools in Thailand, to break out from robotic learning in state schools. " Mae Sot, Thailand; and Rangoon, Burma - Deep in...

Churches attacked in coastal Karnataka

"In what appears to be a planned series of attacks on church-goers in different districts of the state, separate groups of miscreants unleashed violence on churches in Udupi, Mangalore and Chikmagalur on Sunday morning.Around ten prayer centres in Mangalore were vandalised,...

Sarah Palin: "A Savage Business: Predator Control"

Republican vice-presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin, has alarmed wildlife experts and activists by her continued promotion of Alaska' policy to gun down wolves from airplanes. Palin's administration also...

Rush hour delay in Argentina, violence erupts

Frustrated workers in Argentina revolted Friday after a commuter train was delayed, costing them a day of pay. Militant members of the Workers Party are said to have orchestrated the destructive chaos by sabotaging...

Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US

A dolphin die-in took place in Washington yesterday at the Japanese embassy, as environmental and animal rights activists dressed as dolphins to protest what they said was the 'horrific butchering' of thousands of...

British, US activists tortured in China?

After deportation from China, foreign pro-Tibet activists have alleged bad treatment during their confinment . They were released as the Olympics ended. These foreign activist were quietly flown out of Beijing as audience all over the world were busy...

DNC , The Planned Parenthood Protest

   The pre-coverage of the Democratic National Convention. The same groups arrive every four years to both Conventions. This year The Anarchists, Planned Parent-hood, and pro-life groups collided. ...

Elusive peace in Nigeria's oil Delta

"An effort by the Nigerian government to bring peace to the oil-rich Niger Delta region hangs in the balance before it has even begun. Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the government would no longer be holding a planned "summit" in order to bring together the...

Japan sets sights on whaling activists

"Will three anti-whaling activists from the UK and US end up standing trial in Tokyo? Japan is attempting to press charges against activists for the first time since 2000, when protesters started harassing the Japanese whaling fleet in earnest. Earlier this week Tokyo's...

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