Saturday, 05 June 2010 09:34 Genetically modified crops were last night given enthusiastic backing by the Environment Secretary. Caroline Spelman shocked colleagues by suggesting that the coalition government will take a more pro-GM stance than its Labour predecessor. The Tories have traditionally taken a sceptical approach to so- called 'Frankenstein foods', and at present no GM varieties are cultivated commercially in the UK.' Read more: Minister: Britain Will Open the Door to Frankenstein Food Saturday, 05 June 2010 08:56 'Microsoft founder Bill Gates will join fellow elitists for the first time at the 2010 Bilderberg conference currently taking place in Sitges Spain, after he apparently attempted to pull a bait and switch by pretending to attend another event before being forced to admit to journalists that he will give a speech at the globalist confab. Gates let slip that he would make his debut at Bilderberg after being asked by journalists from 20 Minutos, a free Spanish newspaper which is published daily in numerous Spanish cities as well as others around the world.' Saturday, 05 June 2010 08:31 'Two men in the district of criminals were “subdued” (assaulted) for the crime of walking in the street yesterday, June 3. It was a crime because his lordship — installed president teleprompter reader and chief narcissist Barry Obama — was returning to town and the Secret Service declared the pedestrians to be a threat to his motorcade. It is said the men refused direct orders from the Uniform Division of the Secret Service to clear the street.' Read more: Pedestrians Attacked by Secret Service for Walking in Street Saturday, 05 June 2010 07:31 'BP's shareholders may receive more this year from the company's coffers than those affected by the spill in the Gulf of Mexico will receive in their lifetime. BP CEO Tony Hayward has indicated that he will go ahead with massive dividend payouts to shareholders in the aftermath of the worst oil spill in US history. $10 billion in payouts are scheduled for this year. The cost of the spill has been estimated in the tens of billions, but ExxonMobil only ended up paying a $507 million settlement for the 1994 Exxon Valdez spill after 20 years of appeals.' Saturday, 05 June 2010 07:23 'Scientists who drew up the key World Health Organisation guidelines advising governments to stockpile drugs in the event of a flu pandemic had previously been paid by drug companies which stood to profit, according to a report out today. An investigation by the British Medical Journal and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the not-for-profit reporting unit, shows that WHO guidance issued in 2004 was authored by three scientists who had previously received payment for other work from Roche, which makes Tamiflu, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), manufacturer of Relenza. City analysts say that pharmaceutical companies banked more than $7bn (£4.8bn) as governments stockpiled drugs. The issue of transparency has risen to the forefront of public health debate after dramatic predictions last year about a swine flu pandemic did not come true.' Read more: Report Condemns Swine Flu Experts' Ties to Big Pharma Saturday, 05 June 2010 07:03 'Fast food chain McDonald's has recalled 12 million drinking glasses promoting the new Shrek movie because painted designs on them contain the toxic metal cadmium. Cadmium can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs, nervous system and brain. In the case of the Shrek glasses, there are concerns about long-term exposure to low levels. The metal, it says, could leach from the paint onto a child's hands, and then enter the body if the child put an unwashed hand to his or her mouth.' Read more: URGENT CHILD HEALTH RISK - McDonald's Recalls Shrek Glasses 'Tainted With Cadmium' Saturday, 05 June 2010 06:36 'British Petroleum engineers have installed a cap on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico but failed to stop and capture all the gushing crude. BP robots successfully placed a funnel-like device on the damaged riser wipe after slicing it off nearly a mile (1.6 km) below the surface late Thursday, AFP reported. The device, however, is not capable of capturing all the gushing oil as the crude was still pouring from the cap, a live video feed showed.' Saturday, 05 June 2010 06:31 'Russia and China have warned against attempts to lobby for further sanctions against Iran in a UN Security Council vote due to be held on Tehran's nuclear program. "We are against forcing the voting process," Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying in Beijing on Friday. The United States has been stepping up efforts to persuade veto-wielding UNSC members Russia and China to agree to a new round of sanctions against Iran.' Saturday, 05 June 2010 06:14 'Demonstrations are continuing across the globe, demanding that Israel be held accountable for the deadly attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. On Friday, around 7000 demonstrators took to the streets of Stockholm to protest against Israel's act of aggression on the high seas. In the southern French port city of Marseille, home to France's largest community of North African origin, demonstrators called on the government to cut relations with Israel. They chanted a number of slogans, saying that Israel is a criminal country and France must cease its diplomatic, commercial, and other relations with Israel "which is behaving as a real pirate".' Minister: Britain Will Open the Door to Frankenstein Food
CEO: BP Will Make Good on $10 Billion in Profit Payouts to Shareholders, Despite Oil Gusher Disaster
More Anti-Israel Demos Across the Globe
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