The plane used by Bulgaria’s former communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was sunk in the waters of the Black Sea last Wednesday. The craft is now 23 meters under the water surface about 2-3 miles away from the St.St. Konstantin and Elena resort near the Black Sea capital Varna. With time, […]
After being attacked by Israel and stranded in Egyptian territorial waters for 7 days, The Spirit of Rachel Corrie has lifted anchor and is sailing back towards Gaza [8.33am EDT, 14.33pm local time] in defiance of both the Egyptian and Israeli navy patrols. SPREAD THE WORD Read the rest here […]
[ It’s an election year – and naturally, we will all be facing a giant media tsunami of spun lies and half truths – so this book may be a useful tool to help you successfully navigate the oncoming wall of PR diarrhoea that is headed our way. ] The 2011 Elections […]
More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans. This probably is news to you. But the truth has been hidden by a technicality. So here is the truth. The casualties in the Vietnam War were pretty simple to understand. If a soldier was dead from his combat tour, he […]
A massive international land grab is now underway as investors and national governments buy up millions of acres of farmlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It amounts to an unprecedented and novel set of enclosures of worldwide land, much of it customary land that rural communities use […]
Hopes for a peaceful settlement of Yemen’s political crisis receded further on Tuesday as street battles intensified between government security forces and opposition tribesmen, leaving at least two dozen people dead and turning part of the Yemeni capital, Sana, into a war zone. Read the rest here
[youtube]O35_Ai6EsMU[/youtube] Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi’s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth. “It’s one of these things that […]
[ … skip the ad … ] This vids wins the Uncensored Music Video Of The Year Award 2011 … & why ? because the global culture is only a couple of decades old. That’s why. [youtube]0NhqN0KcWAE[/youtube]
In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube [ … yes & who is ‘youtube’ and what is their business model again ? ] is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and […]
. Thousands demonstrated in Karachi on Sunday to demand an immediate end to US missile strikes in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas and urge the blocking of NATO supplies passing through the country. Activists from the Tehreek-e-Insaf ( Movement for Justice ) continued a two-day sit-in outside the city’s Arabian Sea […]