Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Barclays 'to get cash infusion from major Japanese bank'

The UK banking sector certainly appears to have been stuck with a lot of sub-prime debt problems."Barclays Plc may be close to securing a 100bn yen (€594m) capital injection from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. as part of the bank’s efforts to weather the impact...

Food summit may end without declaration of intent

Rather than centering around the controversial issue of biofuels, as was expected, conflict at the emergency food summit in Rome is focused on disagreement between opponents over side issues, such as whether a resolution should condemn US economic danctions on Cuba."ROME...

Zambia: Securing Our Food

"This fascinating article on the Food Security Pack Programme provides a good case for government to expand the agriculture sector and move Zambia to a position that would guarantee food security. Although Zambia's food production has increased in recent years following those...

Ancient woodland to join reserve

A former royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror has been acquired by the Wildlife trust."An ancient woodland in Northamptonshire is to become a nature reserve in a move aimed at preserving rare wildlife. Bluebells,  Wild Service Trees and woodcock are all found...

U.K. Kids Get RFID Chips In School Uniforms

I think this story is best summed up by 'We're treating schoolchildren like we treat our criminals'.Considering police in Canada don't even have the right to fingerprint you, even if you're arrested, this is shocking to me."Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being...

Australia: Oil a factor in Iraq deployment

Nelson: Oil a factor in Iraq deploymentJuly 5, 2007The Howard Government has today admitted that securing oil supplies is a factor in Australia's continued military involvement in Iraq. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said today oil was a factor in Australia's contribution to...

US Soldier Charged in Killing of Italian Journalist in Iraq

This case has taken quite some time to make it through Italy's court system, but there  is a massive political element to it as well. Whilst a case could be made that the accused was just doing his job, the US Army's cover-up of the incident casts aspersions on their...

Climb Your Everest

"Climb Your Everest By Jake Norton Think for a moment about a big goal or objective you accomplished in your life. Maybe it was a financial goal, a physical, emotional, or spiritual one. Maybe it was buying a new house, getting a new job, securing a new client in business,...

Claiming the Prize: Bush Surge Aimed at Securing Iraqi Oil

"I. The Twin Engines of Bush's War The reason that George W. Bush insists that "victory" is achievable in Iraq is not because he is deluded or isolated or ignorant or detached from reality or ill-advised. No, it's that his definition of "victory" is different from those...

Full Speed Ahead

"Don Rumsfeld is the finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had. --Dick Cheney This is scary. The president of the United States of America has created a hellish disaster that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and thousands of...