Tuesday, 07 September 2010 07:05
'Eileen Clark's children – now aged 17, 20 and 23 – want to continue living with their mother in the UK and studying at sixth-form or university. Yet Mrs Clark, 53, has been arrested at her Oxfordshire home following a request from the US government to extradite her for "international parental kidnapping".
She is now preparing for a courtroom battle to stop herself from being handed over to her accusers. If she is sent to America, tried and convicted of the offence, she could spend three years in prison.'
Read more: Mother Who Fled Failed Marriage Faces Extradition Battle
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 06:41
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 06:37
'Federal health officials are pushing hard this year to convince everyone to get the flu shot, but according to reports, this will only be possible if drug companies are able to produce the vaccines quicker than they did last year. So in order to make this happen, the government is doling out roughly $2 billion in taxpayer funds to Big Pharma to spur faster vaccine roll-out.
The hysteria over last year's supposed swine flu pandemic led to the development of millions of vaccines that were never used. By the time drug companies finished producing the vaccines, flu season was virtually over, leaving millions of leftover doses to rot in warehouses.
So this year, officials are doing everything they can to speed up the production process so the vaccines will be ready when the scare campaigns begin this fall. Except this time, officials are planning to target virtually everyone over the age of six months, including healthy, young adults.'
Read more: US Government to Spend Billions to Help Big Pharma Produce Flu Vaccines Faster
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 06:29
'China and Russia agreed to expand co-operation over nuclear power, specifically on uranium exploration and safer power plants – but also on floating nuclear reactors. "It's a case of Homer Simpson meets the Titanic," says Ben Ayliffe, a senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace. "The idea is just mind-boggling." Unsurprisingly, he is appalled by the idea.
Russia has been planning floating reactors for quite some time, but reached a recent milestone when the hull of the Akademik Lomonosov was launched into the Baltic Sea.'
Read more: 'Floating Chernobyls' to Hit the High Seas
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 06:13
'A top Belgian politician warned the country's citizens on Sunday to "get ready for the break-up of Belgium," as King Albert II seeks to relaunch knife-edge coalition talks. Leading francophone Socialist Laurette Onkelinx, considered a potential successor to party chief Elio Di Rupo, who gave up on negotiations with separatist Flemish leaders on Friday, gave her prognosis in a newspaper interview.
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that because if we split, it will be the weakest who will pay the heaviest price," she told La Derniere Heure. "On the other hand, we can no longer ignore that among a large part of the Flemish population, it's their wish. "So yes, we have to get ready for the break-up of Belgium. Otherwise we're cooked.'
Read more: NATO, EU Headquarters: 'Get Ready For Break-Up Of Belgium'
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 05:04
'The United States is on the brink of sliding down to a Third World country, as it struggles with massive debts, rising unemployment and a deteriorating economy.
Some of the warning signs that indicate America's fantastic fall from a First World nation include rising unemployment and poverty. According to Spiegel Online, the United States is recently faced with a new phenomenon called "the new poor".'
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