Men's Vogue Refused to Publish Ad with Gay Couple Kissing
Juergen Teller, a famous photographer who has shot many ads for Marc Jacobs, including a spread of 12-year-old Dakota Fanning, and one where he was grabbing Cindy Sherman's breasts. But he talks for the first time about how his most controversial ad spread was not any of the...
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Crackdown on 80,000 immigrant wives with free pass to Britain
" A highly controversial crackdown on immigrants accused of abusing welfare handouts is to be unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson this week. He plans to ban wives brought here, mainly from India and... Kyle Sandilands Shock Jock Panics When 14-Year-Old Reveals Rape
Kyle Sandilands, a popular FM shock jock panics on the air when a 14-year-old girl reveals that she was raped when she was 12, as she was taking a live polygraph test on the Kyle and Jackie O Show. It was part of...
Zimbabwe celebrates Mugabe's birthday: not everyone is happy
Robert Mugabe celebrates his 85th birthday today in Zimbabwe, and thousands of people in Zimbabwe gathered for the celebration, despite the fact that the country is struggling with a cholera epidemic (83,000 have...
Dutch MP banned from entering Britain
A Dutch MP who described the Koran as a "fascist book" has been banned from entering the UK amid fears his presence would endanger public security.
Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders says he will go to... Indonesia execution of Bali bombers sparks clashes
TENGGULUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thousands of people including some hardliners gathered for the funerals of three Indonesians executed on Sunday for the 2002 Bali bombings, sparking clashes between police and emotional supporters. The three men from the militant group Jemaah...
Sale of southern African ivory begins
Stockpiles of ivory in South Africa have gone on sale in an UN sanctioned auction for the first time since 1999. There are more than 100 tons up for grabs from four southern African countries that will be... Satellite-Surveillance Program to Begin Despite Privacy Concerns
What's wrong with having "assurance that NAO operations will comply with applicable laws and privacy and civil liberties standards"? If our public servants have nothing to hide, they shouldn't mind the People and the law maintaining oversight."WASHINGTON -- The Department of...Data-Mining for Terrorists Not 'Feasible,' DHS-Funded Study Finds
Homeland Security report finds datamining isn't feasible for catching "terrorists"."The government should not be building predictive data-mining programs systems that attempt to figure out who among millions is a terrorist, a privacy and terrorism commission funded by...42-day detention dropped as unworkable in UK
The 42-day detention law, which would have extended the amount of time a person suspected of terrorism could be held without charge, has reportedly been dropped from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's agenda. The issue has been enormously controversial in the UK across party...Wall Street rejects $700m bailout plan, crash coming! « Peter J. Cooper’s ...
"The US Congress and President have passed the controversial $700 million US emergency economic rescue plan. But the reaction from Wall Street was negative, sending stocks even lower at the end of the worst week...Indian court allows brain scan into evidence
India has set a worldwide precedent with the recent conviction of Aditi Sharma, who was charged with the murder of her former fiance Udit Bharati, based upon EEG brain scans that supposedly show she possessed...
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