The Power of Nightmares
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In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares. Continue
Scariest speed camera of all... It checks your insurance, tax and even whether you are tailgating or not wearing a seatbelt
Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database: U.S. Office of Personnel Management wants to collect data from three health programs
UN report warns of threat to human progress from climate change: The United Nations warned today that a continued failure to tackle climate change was putting at risk decades of progress in improving the lives of the world's poorest people.
Global financial crisis leaves two million Australians in poverty: Two studies have provided a damning picture of the immense social distress being caused by the restructuring of working and living conditions in Australia following the financial crash of 2008.
French Workers Block Cars Outside Airports in Pension Protest: French airline workers blocked traffic outside several airports Thursday to protest a new law that has raised the country's minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.
Ireland: Student protest brings chaos to Dublin streets: Dublin city centre was the scene of violent clashes yesterday during a student protest against a rise in registration fees.
Applications for jobless aid rise sharply: The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for unemployment aid rose by 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000 for the week ending Oct. 30. Wall Street analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a smaller rise.
Fitch Says 7M Homes in the Shadows Will Take 40 Months to Clear: Fitch Ratings puts the industry's shadow inventory - meaning loans that are seriously delinquent, in foreclosure, or REO - at 7 million homes.