Human Rights
Extremists destroy kids summer camp in Gaza, threaten UNRWA
Armed, masked men torched a UN run Summer Camp for Gazan children this weekend. They also threatened UNRWA, and its director in the Gaza Strip John Ging, when they left three bullets along with a letter demanding an end to these kinds of UN activities. UNRWA claims that around 250,000 children were due to use these... »
First synthetic cell created at Venter Institute
Dr. J. Craig Venter and his team at the Venter Institute have synthesised the first cell to have its DNA artificially engineered by a computer, rather than generated from a “parent” cell or parent organism. It is a major step in gene manipulation which has been variously compared to other great feats such as the cloning... »
Collateral Murder in Iraq [video]
Come on, let us shoot! This video clip was brought to my attention the other day from Wikileaks. It shows what can only be described as as massacre of more than a dozen people including two Reuters journalists by US troops in Iraq. You will get a bird’s eye view of the “action” from the... »
Olympic dream vs. Vancouver reality
video report via The Real News Here’s a look at what mainstream media largely ignored at the Winter Olympics.. More at The Real News »
Free the weed? (and tax it)
Surely we are grown up enough now to see the futility of our past lawmaking? At a time of economic turmoil, when politicians are chasing their tails around and the media following them, people are beginning to open their minds up to new ideas, new possibilities. You get all this marketing babble about , “a... »
Posthumous apology to Alan Turing
The British Government today issued an apology to Alan Turing Click here for UK Gov statement BBC coverage here »
BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream
West Yorkshire Police have been storing DNA samples from suspects and car crash victims in a freezer also used for ice cream, a watchdogs’ report has said. Full report here: - BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream . »
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