World's Most Inclusive Elected Assembly

First published in www.groundreport.com The Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Prachanda, inaugurating the Bhumya festival of the Magar community in Kathmandu said today that Nepal's recently elected constituent assembly is the most inclusive in the world. He...

Ways to be sure the kids are alright

" Youth violence has become a national puzzle. Everyone is searching for the solution, but before it can be found we have to understand why teenagers are spilling blood on Britain's streets. There are two types of...

4-year-old Children Beaten, Starved and Locked in Closet for Weeks

This is another example of the debate of sterilizing stupid people and those who do not have the mental or human capacity to have children or be parents.  I have a four year old son, and I can't imagine doing...

New travel document requirements for USA citizens

"Under new regulations and procedures announced to take effect over the next month, citizens of the USA will, for the first time, be required to obtain USA government permission in order to return home to their own country from abroad -- from anywhere else in the world, by...

Guantanamo: Illegal and Unjust

"Rights-free zones: illegal and unjust Mukul Sharma The Guantanamo model signifies the abandoning of basic principles of human rights. It de-legitimises us. “O Father, this is a prison of injustice. Its iniquity makes the mountains weep. I have committed no crime and am...

Strangling Gaza

The barbaric and illegal apartheid of the Palestinian population in Gaza, the world's largest open air prison, grinds on as the western nations pay lip-service to "peace" in the region.  Where is the outrage...

More Slave Workers Found at Chinese Brick Factories

"BEIJING — China is still freeing people — including children — forced to work as slaves in illegal brick factories, two months after the scandal involving the brick yards was exposed, officials said Monday.The scandal erupted in early June after Chinese media...

The quiet death of the 5th amendment; are people of color listening?

Some of you may have heard of this via AM talk-radio, but what you were not told is the potential for abuse by municipal, state and federal authorities in not just cracking down on suspected terrorist-helpers, but...

Repression in the Middle East by Abu Aardvark

"Our Sunni Moderate Coalition Let's review what the American government knows about its exciting new coalition of "Sunni moderates": Saudi Arabia: The Basic Law does not provide for freedom of speech or the press, and the government generally did not respect these...

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....

The eDiets Plan

Tired of diets that are made for everyone but never feel right for you? If you're looking for a diet that is one of a kind - just like your taste, preferences and dietary needs - this is the plan for you. This diet is designed to get you to your goal with delicious meals and...

More Video Of Automated License Plate Recognition

"From a reader... They not only will be using these in Patrol cars but they will be mounted in major intersections on telephone polls and on overpasses completing the "Panopticon" (the prison without walls) around us. Technology has allowed for Big Brother and the Beast...

blackwell announces britney as worst dressed (us) - Posted by Michael Fomkin

"The world's worst dressed have been named and shamed by infamous octogenarian fashion critique Richard Blackwell in his 47th annual roll-call of ill-advised sartorial scrapes.  One-time buddies Britney Spears and Paris Hilton drew for the notorious top spot and were...

SUPER-NANNIES TO THE RESCUE

"The British Government is to invest £4M ($7.6M) in a scheme to provide "super-nannies" to teach parents how to control unruly brats. 77 regions of Britain with big problems of ant-social behaviour will be...

Ten galleries of photo and video from Abu Ghraib

More than any previous publication. 279 photographs and 19 videos.

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from