Three heads have been found in a plastic bag on a busy street leading into Acapulco, in the latest violence to hit the Mexican resort town plagued by drug cartels — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The RSPCA and Animals Australia have released new footage they say shows the horrendous slaughter
of cattle in Turkey.
The latest video, screened at a press conference in Canberra this morning, came as two separate bids to end the live animal export trade failed to win the support of a single government or opposition MP — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Christchurch City Council has laid out an ambitious, decade-long plan to rebuild the city after last year’s devastating earthquakes in the region. The plan includes free citywide Wi-Fi, an augmented reality memorial and a central ICT precinct — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The math is impressive. In the last 25 years, the population of Singapore has nearly doubled, to more than five million. Over the same period, its green cover — planted areas that appear green on satellite photos, from parks to rooftops — has increased from a little more than a third of the city-state’s area to nearly half.
But it is not enough. In Singapore’s next green road map
, its 10-year development plan, the country aims to go from being a garden city
to a city in a garden
. The difference might sound very small,
says Poon Hong Yuen, the chief executive of the country’s National Parks Board, but it’’s a bit like saying my house has a garden and my house is in the middle of a garden. What it means is having pervasive greenery, as well as biodiversity, including wildlife, all around you
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Philippines has deployed the army to try to quell an outbreak of violence between two different factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
All 90 people wanted information deleted from the Web.
Among them was a victim of domestic violence who discovered that her address could easily be found through Google. Another, well into middle age now, thought it was unfair that a few computer key strokes could unearth an account of her arrest in her college days.
They might not have received much of a hearing in the United States, where Google is based. But here, as elsewhere in Europe, an idea has taken hold — individuals should have a right to be forgotten
on the Web.
Spain’s government is now championing this cause. It has ordered Google to stop indexing information about 90 citizens who filed formal complaints with its Data Protection Agency. The case is now in court and being watched closely across Europe for how it might affect the control citizens will have over information they posted, or which was posted about them, on the Web — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Music fans who took souvenir T-shirts from a rock festival in Gera, eastern Germany, have discovered they hold a secret message.
The so-called Trojan T-shirts bore a design of a skull and right-wing flags and the words hardcore rebels
.
But, once washed, the design dissolves to reveal a message telling people to break with extremism — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A massive clean-up operation is getting under way in areas affected by the riots which broke out across London.
Users of Twitter and Facebook are using social networks to co-ordinate operations across the capital.
Councils in areas including Croydon, Hackney and Enfield have already sent teams out to begin the clean-up — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The whereabouts of a remote Amazonian tribe who appeared in remarkable footage earlier this year aiming bows and arrows at a plane flying over their jungle homes was unknown Monday after government officials sent to protect them were forced to abandon their post and flee from armed drug traffickers.
Traffickers crossed the border from Peru and threatened officials from the National Indigenous Foundation (Funai), the government body charged with protecting Brazil’s isolated Indians, a foundation spokesman said, underlining new threats for isolated Indians as traffickers seek new territory and routes.
This is extremely distressing news,
says Stephen Corry, director of Survival International, an indigenous rights group based in the UK. There is no knowing how many tribal peoples the drugs trade has wiped out in the past, but all possible measures should be taken to stop it happening again
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A ticket on a high-speed train to Melbourne or Brisbane would cost between $75 and $197 for a journey taking about three hours, a major federal government-commissioned study has found.
And travelling between Newcastle and Sydney could take just 40 minutes, for a ticket price as low as $16.50, the study also shows.
The federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, will today honour an election commitment and release the first stage of a $20 million study into building an east coast high speed rail network — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A big-hearted businessman has left Melbourne’s Lost Dogs Home $3 million — the largest bequest in its 100-year history.
Staff at the animal shelter described the donor, Frank Samways, as a man so empathetic for abandoned pets that he wouldn’t enter the animal shelter in Gracie Street, North Melbourne.
The home’s managing director, Graeme Smith, said Mr Samways, a charming, charismatic person
, used to attend donor functions in the home’s courtyard. But [he] never set foot inside the shelter because he thought it would be too disturbing for him. He didn’t want to see any dog or cat incarcerated
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
South Korea has blamed Chinese hackers for stealing data from 35 million accounts on a popular social network.
The attacks were directed at the Cyworld website as well as the Nate web portal, both run by SK Telecom.
Hackers are believed to have stolen phone numbers, email addresses, names and encrypted information about the sites’ many millions of members.
It follows a series of recent cyber attacks directed at South Korea’s government and financial firm — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scenic, South Dakota, might not have much — a dance hall, a jail and a handful of out-buildings. But it’s a town. And most of it could be yours for $799,000.
They’ve decided to sell and move on,
said Dave Olsen, a realtor with Coldwell Banker, who is hoping to sell the property.
It’s 46 acres in total — 12 acres in town and 34 acres around it — located about 50 miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The prime minister of Norway acknowledged on Wednesday that his country had fundamentally changed as a result of the attacks on a youth camp and government complex last week, but he vowed to protect the culture of openness that is a source of Norwegian pride — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Tribune review of sexual abuse cases involving several Theravada Buddhist temples found minimal accountability and lax oversight of monks accused of preying on vulnerable targets.
Because they answer to no outside ecclesiastical authority, the temples respond to allegations as they see fit. And because the monks are viewed as free agents, temples claim to have no way of controlling what they do next. Those found guilty of wrongdoing can pack a bag and move to another temple — much to the dismay of victims, law enforcement and other monks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The man behind Norway’s massacre described the former Australian prime minister John Howard as one of the most sensible leaders in the Western world
, according to an online version of his 1500-page manifesto.
The unverified document, published on various websites, shows Anders Behring Breivik may have paid attention to issues in Australia. As well as mentioning Mr Howard, he also refers to Sydney’s Archbishop, Cardinal George Pell, and points to a comment by the Catholic leader where he describes 11 September as his personal wake-up call — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Catholic nun from Britain who has spent 29 years caring for leprosy patients in Bengaluru, India, is being forced to give up her work and leave the country after Delhi refused to renew her residency permit.
London-born Jacqueline Jean McEwan, now known as Sister Jean, or the Mother Teresa of Sumanahalli, runs a mobile clinic for leprosy patients. She has been ordered to leave without explanation by the union home ministry and if her appeal for permission to stay goes unanswered by 2pm on Monday she will have to board an evening flight bound for London — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A City of Victoria councillor is sweet on the idea of handing out candy suckers to late-night, inebriated revellers after leading a successful Canada Day test run.
Following the traditional fireworks display, which drew an estimated 30,000 people to downtown Victoria, Councillor Charlayne Thornton-Joe, her husband, two City of Victoria staff and Victoria Police Department officers doled out hundreds of red and blue lollipops to loud and aggressive, mostly young, men.
Ms Thornton-Joe said after the men popped a lolly in their mouths, their nasty energy all but dissolved. They got calmer after taking the lollipops,
she said. It had an immediate effect
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A survey of 8000 Australian commuters has revealed a high demand for Wi-Fi and contactless ticketing options when using public transport in major cities around the country.
Results published by the Tourism and Transport Forum this month show that while commuters were keen for wireless internet access on trains, buses and trams, many of them wouldn’t be willing to foot an increase in their ticket price. Instead, many would be happy to use a service supplemented by advertising — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Egypt’s antiquities minister has been fired after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
Zahi Hawass, known for his trademark Indiana Jones hat, lost his job along with about a dozen other ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle meant to ease pressure from protesters seeking to purge remnants of Mr Mubarak’s regime — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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