Dalai Lama denies he says the Chinese may have killed 140 Tibetans this week

The AFP reported about one hour ago that the Dalai Lama told Le Monde newspaper in France he suspected the Chinese security forces of firing on a crowd of protesters in eastern Tibet; killing about 140 of them.""The...

Hot Wheels, Yes, Mattel's Hot Wheels Turns 40 :: The EDJE

"Man I feel old, at this year’s Toy Fair in New York, Hot Wheels unveiled a design challange for a Hot Wheels car between real automobile designers to celebrate the fact that Mattel’s Hot Wheels will...

Forty years on, DNA helps police close in on boy's killer

"Forty years after the murder of Brighton schoolboy Keith Lyon on the Sussex downs, police said yesterday they finally have the DNA which could lead them to his killer. The officer leading the hunt for those responsible for the death of the musically precocious 12-year-old...

Shaping a Sustainable Future

"Shaping a Sustainable Future ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO + ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO Professor Ian Lowe, Spirituality and Sustainability Forum – 6 June, 2007 I begin by thanking His Holiness the Dalai Lama for being in Australia to share with us his...

Israel's lost 40 years

"Israel's lost 40 years Since the Six-Day War, the country's future has been consumed by the problems of the occupation. By Meir Shalev, MEIR SHALEV is the author of "A Pigeon and a Boy," to be published in the U.S. in October, and a columnist for the Israeli daily Yediot...

Forty years later, two view from the West Bank's Road 60

"Forty years later, two view from the West Bank's Road 60 An Israeli and a Palestinian reflect on the impact of the Six-Day War that began 40 years ago Tuesday. By Ilene R. Prusher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor"

Welcome to the summer of hate by Pepe Escobar

"PARIS - Forty years ago, the world seemed to be singing in tune. On June 1, 1967, in London, The Beatles released their eighth and arguably most influential album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It marked the beginning of the Summer of Love - which, apart from Jimi...

A Day in the Life: Sgt. Pepper Turns 40

"It was forty years ago today: the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "It's certainly a thrill," the Beatles sang; but listening today, much of the thrill is gone -- except for one song. Still, it's...

Deadly Storms Hammer Texas

Lashing rain and howling, 100mph winds have besieged a huge area in Texas, shutting down travel into and out of Dallas."Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about...

Cheney's Nemesis

"For forty years, Seymour Hersh has been America’s leading investigative reporter. His latest scoop? The White House’s secret plan to bomb Iran By Matt Taibbi"

Cheney's Nemesis

"For forty years, Seymour Hersh has been America’s leading investigative reporter. His latest scoop? The White House’s secret plan to bomb Iran By Matt Taibbi"

480 US nuclear warheads in Europe

"A documentary aired on Italian TV channel, RAI 24, has claimed that the U.S. military is keeping 480 nuclear warheads across Europe, 90 in Italy. Fifty of the warheads are being kept at Aviano Air Base, north-east of Italy and forty others at a military facility near...

Hundreds die from deadly bacteria in Israel

"Doctors said an antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as Klebsiella pneumoniae has killed as many as 200 patients in hospitals across Israel. Elderly patients and people with weak immune systems are particularly...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Journalism Class Meeting Online at iTalkNews.com

Call it cyber-journalism. The Participatory Age has indeed reached the shores of the Philippines, a country which boasts it has one of the freest press in the world, as this journalism class uses as online blackboard another user-generated site, iTalknews.com.

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