Last
Updated:
Saturday, May 2, 2009 13:39
GMT Flu’s
True Severity Is Still Unknown
So is this new swine flu outbreak the next great plague, or just a global
spasm of paranoia?
US
may revive military commissions: report
The administration of US President Barack Obama is moving toward reviving
the military commission system for prosecuting terrorism suspect held
at a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The New York Times reported.
• FEMA
Training Drills in Ohio
Campaigners
monitored by civil servants
Government officials have been monitoring environmental campaign groups
and then passing intelligence on to the police, according to documents
seen by the Guardian.
Gardasil
Linked to Nerve Disorder Girls and women who receive the Gardasil vaccine
to prevent cervical cancer may be at increased risk of a rare but serious
disorder of the nervous system in the first few weeks after getting
their shots, researchers report.
MSNBC
In Pathetic “Racist” Prison Planet Smear
We could spend a couple of hours on MSNBC’s forum and find a deluge
of racist comments and then claim MSNBC is racist. But how about instead
we just point out the fact that MSNBC is owned by General Electric,
a key component of the military-industrial complex and the war machine
that kills thousands of brown people around the world every year. Who
are the real racists?
Royal
Torture Video ‘To Be Investigated’
Officials in the United Arab Emirates may investigate a member of the
Abu Dhabi ruling family over a videotape showing a member apparently
torturing another man.
May
Day turns violent in Europe
May Day protesters clashed with riot police in Germany, Turkey and Greece
on Friday while thousands angry at the government’s responses
to the global financial crisis took to the streets in France.
Rice
may have admitted to conspiracy, former Nixon counsel says
In little-noticed comments Thursday, the former White House counsel
for President Richard Nixon John Dean said Thursday that former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have unwittingly admitted
to a criminal conspiracy when questioned about torture by a group
of student videographers at Stanford.
FEMA
Blasted Over 9/11 Images In Children's Coloring Book
FEMA has been forced to remove sections of a children's coloring
book from its website after concerned parents made complaints regarding
the use of crude images of the 9/11 attacks.
Company
warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning
about a possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexico more than two weeks
before the World Health Organization offered its initial alert about
a public health emergency of international concern.
School
Mass Vaccination Drill In Alaska
Alaska health officials and the Anchorage School District teamed
up Wednesday to prepare for a worst case scenario by practicing
a mass dispensing of vaccines.
CDC: Swine
Flu Positive For “Global Community”
“This is a good thing, it’s a wake-up call to the global
community,” said the CDC’s Richard Besser.
Boston
Globe in Danger of Being Shut Down
Advertisements for The Boston Globe boast that a single news story
can “take you away.” But after Friday, the newspaper
itself may be taken away and shut down after 137 years of publication.
The Great Global Warming Hoax
RAND Wants WWIII to Save US Economy
Paul Watson & Alex Jones - Mumbai Terror Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson: Internet Censorship a Growing Cancer