Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Police Spied on Maryland Activists
This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland, USA.... Leader Of Sudan To Be Charged With Genocide
"UNITED NATIONS, July 10 -- The chief prosecutor of the Internationals Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, charging him with genocide and crimes against...New Weapon Against Crime in the South
"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population, for...Family: Woman With 5 Dead Husbands Obsessed With Cash, Can't Be Trusted
" Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary. "She told me that people of our stature have insurance...ICC prosecutor set to charge Sudan's Bashir
"THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor is poised to seek the arrest of Sudan's president on Monday for alleged genocide in Darfur in a move Khartoum warns could set fire to the region. The prosecutor is widely expected to ask the court... Army cordons seal off rebel monasteries in Tibet
" More than 1,000 Buddhist monks are still locked up under armed guard in monasteries around Lhasa, four months after anti-Chinese riots, while the authorities implement their harshest crackdown on religion in decades. Eyewitnesses confirm that People’s Liberation Army... Guy Kawasaki's Truemors Gets Acquired By NowPublic
Report from the Inside Click Here"Truemors, a rumor site launched by Guy Kawasaki in May 2007, has been acquired. The buyer is NowPublic, a "participatory news site" that we covered last year when they raised their second round of financing. Kawasaki is joining... Anti-government protests hit Peru
"Thousands of people have joined marches and strikes across Peru in protest at rising prices and the government's free-market policies. They say the government has not spread the wealth from an economic boom. Strikers gathered in a main square in the capital, Lima, waving... US and EU urged to cut biofuels
G8 summit in Japan has started with the calls for enhancing food security and reducing trade barriers on farming products. Leaders have urged to tackle the food crisis on a priority basis. UN secretary general also... The Ronnie White Story: The Public and The Washington Post (Opinion, Analysis)
As I earlier noted in "Death of Newspapers? Save the Press!", one of the core strengths of traditional newspapers is the constant interaction with readers. Here, Marc Fisher aptly demonstrates this strength in responses to reader's views on the death of alleged cop killer... Tsvangirai Will Not Join Unity Government
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced earlier today that will not be joining a unity government to be a 'partner' to Robert Mugabe.He has accused Zimbabwe's 'new' leader of beating, torturing and... NAACP President: Black Leaders, Too, Should Be Accountable in Maryland Jail D...
More details and controversies are emerging in the case of Ronnie White, found dead in a Maryland jail cell after being arrested for allegedly killing a police officer. Flags are flying at half-staff for Cpl. Richard...Twitter Secures Venture Capital, Aims to Become a Utility
The elite meet so we may continue to tweet. Twitter, that darling of the microblog world, has closed its venture capital round, apparently to the tune of fifteen million bucks, valuing the company at $100 million.... Soybean plantations-the new "Amazon forest" spurs changes to environmental pr...
As second largest soy bean producer, Brazil is beginning step in the right direction regarding environmental policies. The new environmental minister has extended the agreement to ban purchases from soy produces with... Report: Hamas-Israel truce to begin Thursday
I am so hopeful that this is going to lead to a pathway to something interesting, both with Hamas and Syria. "Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said the group is committed to the truce deal. Israeli officials...
Recent Comments
Top Members Today
Top Rookies
Top Veterans
355
pointsjaydeepmensa
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
192
pointsmchawk
Maidenhead, United Kingdom
191
pointsStandUpToRacism
Gadsden, Alabama, United States