Germany Halts Purchase of Armed Drones
The Local | 14 November 2013
Members of the next German government have agreed to postpone the country’s purchase of armed drones indefinitely…
Why JFK’s Death Still Matters
Lars Schall | 13 November 2013
As we are approaching this month the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy…
Fukushima Residents May Never Go Home, Say Japanese Officials
The Guardian | 12 November 2013
Admission deals blow to government assurances that radiation near the Daiichi nuclear plant can be brought down to safe levels…
Germany Under Review Over Economic Role in EU
BBC | 13 November 2013
A review by the European Commission is looking into whether Germany’s international trade surplus is hampering Europe’s economic recovery…
Kids Too Annoying? UK Bill Seeks To Criminalize Children’s ‘Nuisance’
RT | 12 November 2013
The UK government is moving towards passing legislation which could criminalize behavior deemed capable of causing a “nuisance or annoyance.”
Japan Plans To Borrow $30 Billion For Fukushima Cleanup
The Washington Post | 12 November 2013
Japan’s government is allegedly finalizing plans to borrow some $30 billion for the cumbersome cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear power plant…
Facing Slowdown, China Vows To Let Market Play More Important Role In Economy
The Washington Post | 12 November 2013
China’s leaders promised Tuesday to let the market play a more important role in the world’s second-largest economy and to improve governance…
Afghan Opium Crop Hits Record High
NPR | 13 November 2013
The amount of land under opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is at a record high…
Pope Francis ‘May Be At Risk From Italian Mafia’
The Telegraph | 13 November 2013
The Pope’s efforts to tackle corruption within the Catholic Church could put him at risk from the Italian mafia…
NATO Builds $1 Billion HQ As Allies Cut Military Spending
Reuters | 13 November 2013
NATO is building a new, state-of-the-art headquarters in Brussels, but critics say the $1 billion project seems extravagant…
Hollande, Obama Say Guarantees Needed On Iran Nuclear Plans
Reuters | 13 November 2013
French President Francois Hollande and U.S. counterpart Barack Obama are both determined to obtain guarantees from Iran…
Iran to Ban Morality Police From Targeting Women
The Telegraph | 13 November 2013
President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the country’s morality police to stop arresting women considered to be in defiance of a strict dress code…
Author Of The Patriot Act Goes To EU Parliament To Admit Congress Failed, And The NSA Is Out Of Control
Tech Dirt | 12 November 2013
It’s already strange enough that the author of the PATRIOT Act, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, has come out strongly against the NSA’s mass spying…
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe’s Son Killed in Plane Crash Near Tulsa
The Guardian | 12 November 2013
You can read more about Jim Inhofe on Wikipedia here.
TEPCO Prepares to Remove Nuclear Fuel at Fukushima Plant
The Asashi Shimbun | 07 November 2013
The 1,533 nuclear fuel assemblies were lined up in neat rows in the storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building…
Dumping on the Great Lakes
Sandusky Register | 12 November 2013
Port Clinton Council asked to oppose Canadian plan to bury nuclear waste…
The Latest Biggest Financial Scandal…
Giza Death Star | 11 November 2013
My thanks to Mr. V.T. for sharing this, and you may not have heard of it…
TPP Would Allow Investors to Sue America in International Court
Undernews | 10 November 2013
In the public debate surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement…
74% Want to Audit the Federal Reserve
Rasmussen Reports | 08 November 2013
Americans still overwhelmingly favor a public audit of the Federal Reserve…
Finally It Comes Out: Looted Cuneiform Tablets To Be Returned To Iraq
Giza Death Star | 10 November 2013
Mr. S.D. shared this article with me, and it’s concerning a story that we’ve been tracking here…
America’s First Next-Gen Aircraft Carrier Takes High Tech to Sea
Scientific American | 09 November 2013
The USS Gerald R. Ford is the first of the most advanced class of aircraft carriers in history…
The NSA Spying and Lying Does Relate to 9/11
Dig Within | 16 October 2013
Earlier this month, National Security Agency (NSA) head Keith Alexander admitted…
Obama Negotiating a Collapse in American Sovereignty
Undernews | 09 November 2013
Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers, Truthout – The Obama administration has made…
Obamacare Could Negatively Affect Volunteer Fire Departments
Undernews | 09 November 2013
Undernews is the online report of the Progressive Review…
Family Outraged After Police Use Stun Gun on Stepdad Trying to Save 3-Year-Old Son From Fire
CBS | 08 November 2013
The family of a 3-year-old killed in a northern Missouri house fire is outraged…
