Top Iran council: Vote results stand -- Despite opposition protests, the 12-cleric body says it found “no major fraud” in the disputed elections.
Death toll rises to nine in D.C. train disaster -- Rescue workers located three more bodies in the wreckage early Tuesday raising the death toll to nine following a crash between two commuter trains in the capital city.
Vaccinate Canadians under 40 first, then Natives -- Five-to-40-year-olds and Canada's aboriginal communities should be the first to get vaccinated against human swine flu, experts say as Canadian officials decide who gets priority for the flu shots.
12 creative ways to use coconut oil -- In the past several years, coconut oil has become a sort of rising star in the world of health food. More and more homes have a jar of organic extra virgin coconut oil on their pantry shelf. But coconut oil is more than a healthy cooking alternative. There are endless ways to use coconut oil that extend far beyond the occasional cookie or stir-fry. Read twelve creative uses for a classic health food...
What's on my food? -- What’s On My Food? is a searchable database designed to make the public problem of pesticide exposure visible and more understandable.
EU to examine national opt-outs for GM crops-11 countries don't want GM food! -- Eleven European Union countries will call next week for the right to opt-outs for growing genetically modified (GM) crops, to cut through complex EU decision-making and end years of stalemate on biotech policy.
Flu concerns extend to household pets -- The H1N1 strain may not affect our animals in the way that it does humans, but similar type A flu viruses can affect our pets.
Man destroys foreclosed house "I have nothing to lose" -- This is Iceland today. A man in Alftanes, a suburb of Reykjavik destroyed a house he and his family lived in until his bank repossessed it after the economic collapse. The man in his fifties said he’d lost everything. He also buried his car in the back garden and left before police arrested him for property damages.
Video: Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses "intelligent manipulation" in Iran
Pentagon pull description of protestors as terrorists -- The Department of Defense has withdrawn a training manual question that linked protesters across the United States to terrorism, but there's evidence coming to light that describing Americans as terror suspects, or "low-level" terror suspects, is routine. WND reported just days ago that the U.S. Department of Defense had included in a training course a question that defined protesters as terrorists.
EPA conspired with DuPont to allow Teflon chemicals in drinking water -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed an agreement with the DuPont corporation, imposing a new maximum level of a toxic Teflon chemical in drinking water near a factory in Parkersburg, West Virginia. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), however, the agreement does not go nearly far enough.
Kentucky hate crime report mentions Constitution Party -- A report posted on the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet website mentions the Kentucky chapter of the Constitution Party. The 2006 report, entitled “Hate Crime and Hate Incidents in the Commonwealth,” characterizes the paleoconservative political party as a patriot group and associates it with the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
US. Canada military integration -- Under the pretext of the war on terror and through initiatives such as the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), as well as other commitments, there has been an ongoing effort to further harmonize North American security priorities. The militarization of the continent, along with U.S.-Canada integration is taking place in areas of law enforcement, border services and the armed forces. More is being done to better protect the northern border, but somehow government needs to strike a balance between security and the movement of goods and people.
Feds propose Mandating interoperability of Electronic Toll Collection devices for all toll facilities -- The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 (STAA or hb44) filed today by US house transport committee chair James Oberstar requires the US Secretary of Transportation to establish a "national standard for the interoperability of electronic toll collection devices for all toll facilities on the National Highway System" within 18 months of the law's enactment. Not later than two years after the national standard is established "all toll facilities on the National Highway System shall adopt such standard," the legislation declares.
Winter refuses to go away in Northern Canada, migratory birds can't breed -- Winter grips 90 per cent of north, migratory birds can't breed.
Urban Ranger youth patrols in UK -- Urban Rangers receive training in safety advice, working with the public, and other skills such as first aid. They go out ‘on patrol’ and to community events with staff such as Fire Fighters, Police Community Support Officers and City Centre Ambassadors.
Document exposes disturbing truth about food supply -- Several films, including "Food Fight" and "Fast Food Nation," have explored many of these themes. But none engenders the sense of urgency -- and anger -- that "Food, Inc." does. The main villain is agribusiness, a multicorporation behemoth that controls virtually everything you eat. Read More...
NASA moon bombing violates space law -- The planned October 9, 2009 bombing of the moon by a NASA orbiter that will bomb the moon with a 2-ton kinetic weapon to create a 5 mile wide deep crater as an alleged water-seeking and lunar colonization experiment, is contrary to space law prohibiting environmental modification of celestial bodies.
New nuke detectors no better than old ones -- Federal investigators say the government's next generation radiation detectors are only marginally better at detecting hidden nuclear material than monitors already at U.S. ports, but would cost more than twice as much.
China: Hundreds of riot police battle the people of Shishou -- The text in this article is an AP piece, but you should really click through to see the images and videos. This is just a sample.
Evidence is revealed: DU rods & Sabots survived the inferno at Camp Doha -- Sadly, the known adverse health and environmental hazards from uranium weapons contamination are in our own backyard. Read More...
