Animal Rights Group Conducted "Paedophile" Smear Campaign, Court Hears

A MAN giving evidence against five animal rights activists has claimed he was the victim of a false "paedophile" smear campaign and a hoax bomb.  In the witness box in court today was Vincent Howard of a company named Bioscar, said to be linked to Hungtingdon...

Syria Is Posed To Invade N. Lebanon

"Syrian masses 10,000 commandos on border to invade N. Lebanon DEBKAfile Exclusive Report 23 Sept.: Damascus is pressing forward with its plan to occupy Greater Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city and port. To this end, 10,000 Syrian commando troops have massed at...

Brazil arrests 13 people with links to wild animal trafficking

Illegal wildlife trade is punishable with two to five years in prison under Brazilian laws. See also: Brazil : Zero Deforestation in Seven Years Brazil halts Amazon road work to create reserves One Quarter of...

2009 Russia builds Cuban space center

Why needs Cuba a space station ?    (1962 Cuban missile crisis) " Moscow is ready to help Cuba develop its own space center, Russia's space agency chief said on Wednesday after talks in Caracas with...

UN Aid plane reported missing in Congo

Some UN staffer involved in Congo mission are reportedly missing after their small plane disappeared on the way to Congo."A small plane believed to be carrying United Nations staffers did not land as scheduled on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo and officials were...

Internet: Last piece of fibre-optic jigsaw falls into place as cable links ea...

The world is getting connected! High-speed internet access is coming to East Africa, greatly increasing access speed and reducing costs, which will boost knowledge and productivity. Thanks to JulianW for posting a...

Russia agrees to Truce, Blows up key Georgian Bridge

This doesn't sound like a truce to me. "A key railway bridge was blown up by Russia and its allied forces, effectively severing all east-west transportation routes within Georgia, officials said. Russia denies...

Terror Suspect Had New York Target List

This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...

Ex-Google Engineers Unveil New Search Engine

"The former Google engineers roll out Cuil, which they say will index a larger portion of the Web than Google, and more quickly and at less cost.MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star Google...

Village of the Scammed

These stories are becoming more and more common and the new chip and pin technology just doesn't seem to stop this ID theft type fraud taking place. This trend isn't helped by the fact that more and more retailers...

Rogers Customers Get Ad-Laden 404 Sites

If you're a rogers customer and you misspell the website you're looking for, you'll be sent to a page with advertisements instead of the normal '404 Not found' error. This has got plenty of customers upset, as there...

Useful web site tools

"Website Grader Have you ever wondered just how your web site compares with others, its social popularity, its inward links, its readability level and other technical factors ? Well, wonder no more. Website Grader will give you an immense...

New Weapon Against Crime in the South

"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population, for...

Harper's Free Trade Mantra: Hush, Rush, and Sign

Many Canadians are probably unaware of our brand new "Free Trade" agreements, with Columbia and Peru, negotiated quickly, in secret and quietly signed with no fanfare.  Who are we signing with, what are the...

69 year old sailor first to cross Pacific in wave-powered boat

In 1962 he was the first person to sail across the Pacific by himself.  He was 23.  Now, at 69, Kenichi Horie just sailed across the Pacific in wave powerd boat all by himself.  He is the first person...

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