US electoral system, or Freedom House up to its usual tricks
Alexander Savchenko Strategic Culture What is the difference between a good teacher and a bad teacher? A good teacher is at least the one who is able to solve the task he gives to his students. That is why I have always been puzzled by the fact that while “introducing democracy” all over the world [...]
Read More →Germany loses billions in search for alternative energy
Vladimir Teslenko, Ph.D. Pravda.ru The disaster at the Japan’s Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant forced the leaders of many European countries to reconsider their attitude to the “peaceful atom.” The German government decided not to procrastinate and put an end to nuclear power, rushing to find renewable energy sources. Yet, the losses from this decision would [...]
Read More →Iran won’t move toward nuclear weapon in 2012: ISIS report
ArabNews Iran is unlikely to move toward building a nuclear weapon this year because it does not yet have the capability to produce enough weapon-grade uranium, a draft report by the Institute for Science and International Security said on Wednesday. The report by the institute founded by nuclear expert David Albright offered a more temperate [...]
Read More →Americans Can Be Forced to Decrypt Personal Data
Rebecca Boyle AustralianPopSci In the data age, pretty much nobody stores sensitive information under physical lock and key. Whether it’s in Dropbox, Megaupload, a hard drive or an SD card, our confidential records are stored in ones and zeroes protected by encryption software. So what happens when that data becomes evidence in a criminal trial, [...]
Read More →IMF cuts global forecasts and warns of debt crisis
ANINews The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that it is cutting its forecasts for growth and warning of a deeper downturn if Europe doesn’t take stronger action to stem its debt crisis. The global economy will expand 3.3 percent, this year, down from 3.8 percent last year, said the IMF, which in September had [...]
Read More →What Is ACTA ?
ACTA – ‘The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement’ is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement in Europe. ACTA would establish a new international legal framework that would create its “own governing body outside existing international institutions” such as – the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual [...]
Read More →Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty Worse Than SOPA
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars White House bypasses Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight Months before the debate about Internet censorship raged as SOPA and PIPA dominated the concerns of web users, President Obama signed an international treaty that would allow [...]
Read More →Former CIA officer charged with leaking information
VOR A former CIA officer has been arrested and charged with leaking classified information to journalists, including the identities of agency’s operatives involved in CIA’s program of secret capturing and interrogating terrorism suspects. While CIA officials praise the aggressive efforts of Obama’s administration to punish anybody involved in disclosures of national security secrets, the situation [...]
Read More →Investors Should Consider The Renewed Possibility Of Armed Conflict In The Persian Gulf
John Browne BusinessInsider Recently some of the fears that investors had focused on in the 11th hour debt negotiations in Greece have drifted southeastward towards the Strait of Hormuz. An increasingly bellicose Iran threatens to throw the world economy into confusion with the potential closure of one of the world’s most important sources of energy. Catastrophic [...]
Read More →New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable?
W.J. Hennigan LA Times The Navy is testing an autonomous plane that will land on an aircraft carrier. The prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the skies without direct human control is unnerving to many. The Navy’s new drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches the boundaries of technology: It’s designed to land on [...]
Read More →Pre-emptive embargo: Iran could turn off oil tap to EU
RT Iran may turn the sanctions tables by immediately stopping oil supply to Europe. The move is aimed as a response to the EU slapping an embargo on new oil contracts with Tehran. China has lashed out at the sanctions, calling them “blind pressure”. The European sanctions, which follow a similar move by the US, [...]
Read More →Mubarak’s wife asks UK Queen for help
PressTV Wife of the former Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak has asked the British Queen to help with the hospitalization of Mubarak in Britain, which is proved to be a safe haven for world criminals. According to an Iraqi news agency, Nakhelnews, Suzanne Mubarak sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth demanding to create a situation through [...]
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