Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Video : Tthousands clash with police in Croatia, dozens injured : Croatian police clashed with approximately 15-thousand anti-government protesters, state television reported that officers used tear gas to disperse the group. At least 25 people were injured.

This Is NOT What Democracy Looks Like: Silencing Dissent In Wisconsin: On Saturday, more than 100,000 Wisconsinites protested Walker’s attacks on unions and his proposed power grab. So how’s this all playing? Wisconsinites don’t like autocrats.

BP Fund Lawyer to Refuse 100,000 Gulf Spill Disaster Claims: Upwards of 100,000 claims arising from the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may never be paid, the beleaguered administrator of the oil company's compensation fund has acknowledged.

1984? Child brain scans to pick out future criminals: The seeds of criminal and anti-social behaviour can be found in children as young as three, scientists have claimed.

Financial terrorism suspected in 2008 economic crash: Pentagon study sees element: Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system.

America's shocking secret: Pictures that show how U.S. experimented on its own disabled citizens and prison inmates: Pictures have emerged providing the shocking proof that U.S. government doctors once experimented on disabled American citizens and prison inmates.

U.S. Gathered Personal Data on Times Reporter in Case Against Ex-C.I.A. Agent: Federal law enforcement officials, trying to uncover the sources of a New York Times reporter, James Risen, obtained extensive records about his phone calls, finances and travel history, according to a court brief filed late Thursday.

Fox News boss persuaded fellow executive to 'lie' to federal investigators: Roger Ailes wanted Judith Regan to keep quiet about affair with man shortlisted to head US homeland security department

Dollar index falls to four-month low: Canadian dollar, euro, British pound gain versus greenback

Fewer in US Deem Homeownership a Safe Investment: Homeownership as an investment is no longer the rock-solid foundation for the American Dream it once was, according to a survey released on Monday by the firm the government created in the 1930s to promote homeownership.