I love Zoe Strauss. Here is a post she just did about an exchange between Obama and McCain about Kissinger. The post then goes on to provide links and information about the controversial career of Kissinger..."war criminal". Go Zoe! "During the presidential debate Obama and...
created by kate | 1 year ago 217 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
With parliament set to reconvene on September 15, political observers are expecting an election call announcement to be made this Sunday. Speculation about an election in Canada has turned to certainty; it is no longer a matter of if the call will be made, but when. Several...
created by Tina Kells | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 185 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Nicolas Sarkozy has blamed the Irish voting 'no' in the EU treaty vote on Peter Mandelson, the current British Commissioner of the European Union for Trade. Sarkozy also blamed the world's starving children on...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 324 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...
The demonstrations against US beef imports in South Korea are gathering large popular support. This past weekend has seen clashes between police and demonstrators."They fired water cannon and arrested more...
created by cynthia yoo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 201 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
The last line in this article is brilliant: "I think we served our clients, the whales, as best we could, and every whale’s life saved has been a victory for us.”
Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson Tuesday, March 11, 2008"Activists who have clashed...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 269 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Protesters have clashed again with Italian police in the city of Naples in a dispute over rubbish disposal. The protesters in the suburb of Pianura are blocking access to an old rubbish dump which city officials want to reopen as landfill sites are full. There have been no...
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"Youth Riots in France Continue
28 November 2007, Wednesday
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More than 1 000 police officers were deployed in the poor Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to stop rioting youths. Photo by BGNES
Riots have broken out for a third night in the poor French...
created by chaz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 828 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Mr Sandri was shot in a car when police intervened to break up the
brawl. Police said a warning shot may have caught him, but the incident
was being investigated."Italian football fans have reacted violently...
created by mpress | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 666 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"IT HAS lasted a year, cost police and taxpayers £5 million and has resulted in 1,110 arrests. But the wider impact of the Faslane 365 protests on Britain's commitment to the Trident nuclear weapons system and...
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 293 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped 15 Iraqi women and children after attacking two villages north of Baghdad on Thursday and killing a religious leader who had been trying to form an anti-al Qaeda...
created by merrie | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 242 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I expect heat for this but it still needs to be said, what is with religious people that so many believers insist that everyone be forced to practise their religion? I also want to point out that this issue...
created by angryindian | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 481 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
My favorite part of a martial-arts film is when the protagonists use non-weapons as weapons: umbrellas, chairs, lamps, fans. A tub of baked beans, though, is Jackie-Chan caliber."Hugh Grant has been arrested and...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 517 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
When political contenders have private armies, there is a fine line between election and coup. The flashpoint for this conflict was President Kabila's demand that Senator Bemba's private security contingent be replaced with members of the police department. Whilst Bemba is...
The larger story of the shakeup at DOJ has been floating around, mostly under the radar for a couple of months, now. "An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the...
created by nukegingrich | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 423 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments