People turn blind eye to DVD piracy

"Eight out of 10 people in the East Midlands "turn a blind eye" to novice criminals who cost DVD retailers and cinemas millions of pounds each year, according to new statistics. The research has revealed that as...

Fat Taxes 'Could Save Thousands'

The researchers from Oxford University are right. High fat foods should cost more and low fat foods should cost less."More than 3,000 fatal heart attacks and strokes could be prevented in the UK each year if VAT was slapped on a vast range of foods, say Oxford researchers. A...

Endless Assembly Lines and Giant Cafeterias; Inside China's Vast Factories

Toronto photographer Ed Burtynsky has photographed industrial landscapes for more than 25 years. From 2003 to 2005, he traveled to China several times to capture images of the country's industrial growth. A film crew followed Burtynsky on his fifth trip in 2005 to shoot the...

Save the Boreal

TORONTO – Prominent Canadian authors, artists and musicians joined seven conservation groups today in calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to bolster his government's much anticipated climate change plan with protection of Ontario's Boreal Forest. A letter urging the...

Homeland Security revives supersnoop

"Homeland Security officials are testing a supersnoop computer system that sifts through personal information on U.S. citizens to detect possible terrorist attacks, prompting concerns from lawmakers who have...

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....

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Matrix Cam Spies Flying Bullets

I used to be secure in the knowledge that, if I was driving fast enough, traffic cameras would be unable to capture my license plate. This is a troubling development indeed!"An Air Force contractor has developed the first high-speed camera that can follow speeding bullets...

Microsoft Source Code Found On Internet

"While researching for an upcoming article, I stumbled upon the source code for a number of applications that Microsoft aquired when they purchased Sysinternal. It seems that even the mighty Microsoft needs to bow to The Wayback Machine and forgotten files! If you go to the...

Courses offer a variety of different looks

"Courses offer a variety of different looks Narrow openings to fairways, greens surrounded by marshland highlights of Carolina National By Alan Blondin Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine RANDALL HILL/Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine BOLIVIA, N.C. - At Carolina National Golf Club you'll see...

Hillary Clinton Faked Her Background for Presidential Announcement?

"Oh how I've missed the Clintons. I can still recall how Bill Clinton could cry on cue at funerals and how Hillary Clinton could blame a vast right-wing conspiracy for her husband being serviced by an intern that...

Iceland buried at a dump 179 tonnes whale meet

Greenpeace has discovered in Iceland an huge amount of the whale meat from the recent hunt has not been used. Nearly 200 tonnes of meat and blubber - a vast proportion of the total yield - are sitting elsewhere in...

Even Grandma had premarital sex, survey finds

"More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past. “This is reality-check research,” said the...

African fish stocks in danger

Last week Greenpeace launched a new document, Trading Away Our Oceans, which uses official data from government sources to show that further trade liberalization of fisheries is a disaster for marine environment...

Christmas boost for low-paid workers £3m more for minimum wage enforcement

The vast array of temporary and part-time employees taken on to cover the busy Christmas period are today reminded of their right to be paid at least the national minimum wage. Shops, bars, hotels, restaurants and courier services all see a surge in the number of employees in...

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