According to a report by Associated Press, a Malaysian blogger was charged with sedition “for allegedly implying that the deputy prime minister was involved in the killing of a young Mongolian woman.” Several opposition members and bloggers came to court in order to support Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin.
Back in April Raja Petra wrote in [...]
A recent report in Reuters India titled “U.S., EU must cut back on biofuels: U.N. adviser”, reports that “‘The United States and Europe should cut back on production of biofuels because they are hurting food supply at a time of rising prices’, an adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.”
The author’s article, Ingrid [...]
An interesting post over at Jammie Wearing Fool about how global warming is being blamed on the recent shark attack in California and Mexico.
“Junk journalism like this should be rejected by the editors at the newspapers. Such irresponsible reporting does nothing but bring discredit upon the news business.”
Deportation reinforces China’s failure to uphold promise of openness before Games
Hong Kong – Two members of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) were barred from entering Hong Kong today, the same day that 17 Tibetans were sentenced in Lhasa to between three years and life in prison in connection to the March protests against China’s [...]
Associated Press is reporting that a Muslim terrorist group said that “the man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia was killed in an overnight airstrike along with 10 other people”
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Journalists are no longer allowed to go any higher than base camp on Mount Everest when visiting the Nepalese side of the mountain, which is the world’s highest. This comes after new regulations from the Government of Nepal restricted access to the mountain for all journalists.
“We knew there were restrictions on video cameras and satellite [...]
Carbon Dioxide and the “Climate Crisis” – Reality or Illusion?
A new DVD documentary contrasting the fantasy world of Al Gore and James Hansen with the factual findings of real-world science in now available in NTSC or PAL format.
More information on the DVD is available here.
A postal worker saved a baby’s life after the baby fell from a two-story apartment window in Albany, New York. Lisa Harrell was delivering a package when she saw the 1-year-old fall. She caught the baby.
The baby was sitting on a bed when her mother walked out of the room for a moment; the baby [...]
According to the Deseret News out of Salt Lake City, Utah, the U.S. Federal Government has raided a religious cult with Mormon ties, known as the “Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints Church” (FLDS). Deseret News reports: “Child welfare workers have taken custody of 52 girls from the Fundamentalist LDS Church’s compound in Eldorado, [...]
