Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Brit Army of Spies Gets Police-style Powers

March 9, 2010 by Brendan Joseph  
Filed under World News


Daily Telegraph | Almost 1,700 people, including car park attendants and dog wardens, already have powers to hand out a string of fines.

UK civil servants plan massive strike

March 8, 2010 by Gia Zavala  
Filed under World News


Press TV | Up to 270,000 civil servants are to strike for 48 hours across the UK, in what will be the biggest industrial action by the sector in two decades.

Internet access is ‘a fundamental right’

March 8, 2010 by Mabel Ray  
Filed under World News


BBC | Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right.

Moscow’s First Tea Party

March 5, 2010 by Gia Zavala  
Filed under World News


Judi McLeod | We take you back to May 1, 1990; to one of the global elitists now hovering in the dark of Obama’s corner.

Europe’s New Debt Solution: Create Their Own Ratings Agency That Only Gives Friendly Ratings

March 4, 2010 by Gia Zavala  
Filed under World News


Business Insider | Rather than having to actually tackle your mounting debt problems, here’s an innovative solution from some Eurozone finance ministers — create your own, friendlier credit ratings.

Sarkozy Plans to Tighten Grip on French State-Owned Companies

March 4, 2010 by Brendan Joseph  
Filed under World News


BusinessWeek | “The state must completely overhaul its shareholder’s role in the big industrial companies,” Sarkozy said.

U.S. Wages Food War Against Somalia

March 3, 2010 by Brendan Joseph  
Filed under World News


Glen Ford | While nearly half the population of Somalia teeters at the edge of starvation, the U.S. is preventing the United Nations from delivering desperately needed food.

European Court set to give public figures chance to gag press on damaging stories

March 2, 2010 by Kevin Dillon  
Filed under World News


Independent | It could spell the end of the kiss and tell: public figures might, within 18 months, have the power to stifle bad news stories before they are published.

Internet overtakes print in news consumption among Americans

March 1, 2010 by Jose Luis Flores  
Filed under World News


Ars Technica | The Internet has surpassed newspapers as a primary way for Americans to get news, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

British Tea Party Movement to launch today

February 27, 2010 by Mabel Ray  
Filed under World News


Daniel Hannan | The inaugural British Tea Party will take place on Saturday in Brighton.

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