Wednesday, 04 August 2010 07:14 'In an article published by British daily The Guardian, Sinn Fein Leader Jerry Adams said the secret US military files made public by whistleblower website WikiLeaks revealed the depth of failure in the NATO's military strategy that had earlier come to light in part by the media coverage of the war. "The Afghanistan experience and the techniques and strategies and propaganda employed in that war are not exceptional. They fit a pattern which will be familiar to people who watched or reported on the war in Ireland," Adams said. The Irish official mentioned "shoot-to-kill operations, plastic bullets, mass raids on homes, torture, curfew and intimidation," as the techniques used in the war in Ireland.' Read more: UK Army's Civilian Killings 'No Surprise' Tuesday, 03 August 2010 10:28 'Child labour was the crucial ingredient which allowed Britain's Industrial Revolution to succeed, new research by a leading economic historian has concluded. After carrying out one of the most detailed statistical analyses of the period, Oxford's Professor Jane Humphries found that child labour was much more common and economically important than previously realised. Her estimates suggest that, by the early 19th century, England had more than a million child workers (including around 350,000 seven- to 10-year-olds) – accounting for 15 per cent of the total labour force. The work is likely to transform the academic world's understanding of that crucial period of British history which was the launch-pad of the nation's economic and imperial power.' Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:53 'Stronger and more lasting memories are likely to be formed when a person is relaxed and the memory-related neurons in the brain fire in sync with certain brain waves, scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers from the United States said their findings could help develop new therapies for people with learning disabilities and some types of dementia. "This study establishes a direct relationship between events at the circuit level of the brain...and their effects on human behavior," said Ueli Rutishauser of the California Institute of Technology, who worked on the study.' Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:13 Members of We Are Change San Francisco caught up with David de Rothschild, heir to the notorious Rothschild family, and asked him some relevant questions.
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