A series of fires set in Phoenix which were thought to be the work of a radical environmental group turned out to be set by an individual, a deeply religious nut job, who fabricated the story to throw suspicion off himself
The globalisation battleground is poised to move into cyberspace as the World Bank prepares to hold a major conference online to avoid another round of violent demonstrations — which just goes to prove how out of touch the World Bank is
A class of British 11-year-olds said the retarded monkey boy should go back to school after he sent them a letter describing them as young Americans
Most of the US public is dangerously
ill-informed about the rest of the world and lacks an even basic knowledge of Asia, according to a new report published Wednesday. The damning survey by the National Commission for Asia in the Schools says that young Americans particularly are trapped by an educational isolationism which leaves them desperately under-prepared for the demands of the global economy
Octavio Soares takes Timorese children from refugee camps to orphanages in Java. His aim is to indoctrinate them as pro-Indonesia activists
President of the World Federation of Neurology, Dr James Toole, proposes that world leaders aged over 60 should be required to pass regular mental competence tests to prove they can still do their jobs
Bigger is better in America — apparently even when it comes to god. Mega-churches, giant houses of worship that draw congregations of up to 20,000 to weekend services, are thriving, and super-sized houses of worship have become fixtures of America’s religious landscape, in spite of criticism from some traditionalists that they are a sort of religion lite
The US Supreme Court has allowed a religious use of public schools that will pose a serious threat to principles of religious neutrality and church-state separation — I have a fix for this little problem. A chip needs to be implanted in everyone’s head. The moment somebody says; ‘My god is the true god and I will force my ignorant narrow minded beliefs upon you’, the chip is activated and their head explodes. This would leave the remaining population free to worship their own gods safe from the obnoxious god botherers — should end the odd religious war at the same time
Indonesian immigration officials yesterday freed 29 foreigners, including 18 Australians, who were detained at an international conference in Jakarta, as criticisms grew of police-sanctioned brutality against the organisers
Half the Earth’s people now live in cities, and the existing administration structures can’t cope, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements warned today during the launch of its first report on The State of the World’s Cities. The report was released two days before a special session of the UN General Assembly to appraise progress in building sustainable settlements and providing adequate shelter for all
A simulation that helped lead an independent inquiry to conclude that FBI agents did not fire their guns in their siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco eight years ago never tested the type of assault rifle that the agents had there, an official who helped run the test says
Nepal’s new regent has tried to pass off the slaying of almost the entire royal family as a bizarre accident
, as public discontent grows over sanitised official versions of the tragedy
As the nearly all-white counties of the Great Plains empty out, American Indians are coming home. In publicly owned prairie land, the native grasses and wild flowers have returned, and species like prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets, burrowing owls and bison have made comebacks
Physical assaults on more than 50 nurses so far this year have prompted the NSW government to run self-defence courses for them. The courses will include instructions on how to knock out violent patients with chemicals
China has agreed to let the United States take apart its stranded spy plane and take it home — in pieces
McDonald’s would like to come into Toronto schools with a presentation about self esteem — Ronald and crew host a 40 minute interactive live talk show. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more disturbing, it’s billed as a non-commercial presentation endorsed by Children’s Psychologists and leading educators in the US and Canada.
A runaway freight train that barrelled through 100km of north-western Ohio with no one aboard was halted safely Tuesday by a railroad worker who jumped onto the moving train and pulled its brake
He was a trusted citizen of Hyde, a family doctor who cared for its townspeople with a dedication that won him widespread adoration. But he was also a man who hid a horrible secret: Dr Harold Frederick Shipman, 55, was England’s — and perhaps the world’s — most prolific serial killer. How could so prolific a killer live among them for so long, in plain sight, and go undetected? The answer lies partly with the confidentiality allowed by British law and tradition. Professionals — in government, law, and medicine — are granted a degree of trust that often keeps their work beyond rigorous public review. Dr Shipman took advantage of this, covering his crimes by lying on death certificates and other official documents
The aim is spectacular — to close stock exchanges around the country, suspending ‘corporate tyranny‘, for a moment. The how of it is, quite simply, through anarchy. That’s not to say it isn’t organised, though. Melbourne legal activist Damien Lawson, who placed volunteer legal observers on Melbourne streets for the S11 protest, is doing this job again for the Melbourne stock exchange blockade. He says 50 law students, and solicitors from community legal centres and private practice will observe police behaviour at today’s protest. These legal observers, backed by the video tapes of alternative media group indymedia, are responsible for the Victorian Ombudsman holding an inquiry into police brutality in Melbourne
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