Baby girl survives after being shot in the chest in parents' 'global warming suicide pact'
A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her chest beside the bodies of her parents and toddler brother.

Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks
Afghanistan on Monday announced a ban on news coverage showing Taliban attacks, saying such images embolden the Islamist militants, who have launched strikes around the country as NATO forces seize their southern strongholds.

'Mossad agents fled to US' after killing in Dubai of Hamas leader
At least two suspected Israeli agents behind the murder of a senior Hamas official fled to the US during their escape, Dubai police now believe.

Iran reminds IAEA of West's broken promises
Iran has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to bear in mind the West's past breaches of atomic fuel exchange deals with Tehran while reviewing Iran's nuclear program.

Dubai says hit team had 27th member, slams "insult"
Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has insulted Dubai and countries whose forged passports were used by its agents in the assassination of a Hamas military commander last month, Dubai's police chief said on Monday.

'War Crimes': Ex-Bosnian Leader Held In London
Ex-Bosnian president Ejup Ganic has been arrested at Heathrow Airport over alleged war crimes committed during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.

NATO sinks Somali pirate monthership
A Danish warship, the Absalon, sunk a Somali pirate "mothership" in the Indian Ocean, a NATO spokesman said on Monday.

Israel distributes new gas masks to civilians: army
Israel on Sunday began distributing new gas masks for civilians to use in a possible chemical or biological attack, the army said.

Chilean military takes control of quake-hit cities
The Chilean military has taken control of towns and cities affected by the earthquake, it was reported today, imposing curfews and guarding shops from looters as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 700.

Iran to cooperate with IAEA, continue talks
Iran is ready to continue its cooperation with the United Nations atomic energy agency over its nuclear programme, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.

China ’should sprint to become the world’s most powerful country’
China should build the world’s strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global “champion”, a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.

China insider sees revolution brewing
China's top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ''revolutionary turmoil''.

Iraq: Poor selling their votes for cash
The March 7 election may be a critical event in the contest to decide Iraq’s future, but for some of the nation’s poor, the right to vote does not mean having a say in who leads the country; it means having something to sell to make desperately needed cash.

British Tea Party Movement to launch today
The inaugural British Tea Party will take place on Saturday in Brighton.

Lethal drug killed Hamas commander: Police
According to Dubai Police, the operatives involved in the murder of killing of Hamas commander Mabhouh used Succinylcholine to first paralyse and then kill him eventually.

British documentary substantiates US-KLA collusion in provoking war with Serbia
On Sunday, March 12, Britain's BBC2 television channel ran a documentary by Alan Little entitled "Moral Combat: NATO At War". The program contained damning evidence of how the Clinton administration set out to create a pretext for declaring war against the Milosevic regime in Serbia by sponsoring the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), then pressed this decision on its European allies.

US to spend $50 million on media in Pakistan
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.

FBI Anthrax Report Isn't Definitive
The cumulative weight of the evidence seems persuasive. But the F.B.I. has a troubling history of building a circumstantial case against suspects who are later exonerated.

Tea Party keynoter says Palin ‘not presidential’
Sarah Palin said she may be eying the presidency in 2012, but it appears even one of her biggest ostensible allies have doubts about whether she can do the job.

Illegal beekeeping in New York City catches on
On a fall morning before work, 29-year-old Meg Paska climbs a rickety ladder, opens a trapdoor, and steps out onto the roof of her vinyl-sided row house in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Faces of Frustration: CNN Tracks Obama’s Visual Irritation at Healthcare Summit
“All we’re saying is this is not the face of a man who ought to play poker anytime soon.”

American reliance on government at all-time high
The so-called "Great Recession" has left Americans depending on the government dole like never before.

The secret lives of America's debtors
Americans are loaded up with credit card debt. What's worse is that some husbands, wives and even children hide those money woes from their families. The results are often devastating.

Dodd Scraps Obama’s Consumer Agency, Proposes Treasury Bureau
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd abandoned the Obama administration’s stand- alone consumer financial agency and is proposing a bureau in the Treasury Department, seeking to overcome Republican opposition to legislation overhauling Wall Street regulations.

Facial recognition phone application described as a 'stalker's dream'
A prototype camera phone application that enables the user to find names and numbers of complete strangers has been labelled a 'stalker's dream'.

Cyclone climate link rejected
RESEARCH by hurricane scientists may force the UN climate panel to retract its claims that greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in the number of tropical storms.

A state of fear (not)
Almost exactly three weeks ago, the press release queen, Louise Gray, was prattling about early springs as a result of global warming.

Scientists say polar bears have survived climate change before
A fossil find suggests that polar bears may only have come into existence during an ice age 150,000 years ago as part of the brown bears’ battle for survival against climate change.

AGW: It's not about 'the science'
And it never was about the science, as Sam at Climatequotes.com (”remembering what they will want us to forget”) reminds us with this useful little delve into the Government archives.

A perfect storm is brewing for the IPCC
The news from sunny Bali that there is to be an international investigation into the conduct of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri would have made front-page headlines a few weeks back.

University ‘tried to mislead MPs on climate change e-mails’
The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails has been accused of making a misleading statement to Parliament.

Prudential's billions will not pay off AIG's bailout debt
A $35bn deal with Prudential will not be enough to pay off the insurer's debt to the US taxpayer

Here's What You Need To Know About The Greece-Like Riots Exploding In California
California has something new in common with Greece: citizens are taking to the streets to protest draconian budget cuts, which are the only thing keeping their government from default.

Greek Bailout Details Coming As Early As This Week: Report
After three weeks of political wrangling, a deal to bailout Greece may actually be announced later this week, according to several reports this morning.

Bombshell In AIG 10Q: "Capital Relief"
Now that I've had to time to read the entire AIG 10Q there's a nasty ditty in here that in my opinion goes materially beyond the "going concern" language.

Another Record For Euro-Denominated Gold
As the euro is plunging (and dollar by implication surging) with gold yet again flat and looking like it may turn positive for the day, gold denominated in euros just hit another all time record of €827.

Is March 9 The Day Greece Gets Its Bailout From Tim Geithner?
We've joked that if all else fails, then surely Tim Geithner will come to the rescue of Greece.

The end of business class?
AS GULLIVER likes to remind you, recessions tend to leave permanent marks on premium air travel.

Soros Signals Gold Bubble as Goldman Predicts Record
George Soros is helping drive up gold prices by doubling his bet in a market even he considers a “bubble” as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Barclays Capital and HSBC Holdings Plc predict more gains before it bursts.

Out of Work? U.S. Offers Lots of Lousy, Unsafe Jobs for Low Pay
In “Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers,” Dick J. Reavis looks at the labor hall, where workers go each morning in the hope of “catching out” a job ticket for a few hours of low-level, low-paying toil.

Plans for European Economic Government Gain Steam
With Greek finances dragging down the euro, calls for coordinated fiscal policy within the common currency zone have become more frequent.

Top Treasury Official Backs Off Promise To Stem Foreclosure Crisis, Signature Initiative May Fall Short
A top Treasury Department official indicated Thursday that the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention initiative may not deliver on its promise to help three to four million troubled homeowners permanently reduce their monthly payments.

A Quick Tour of Hyperinflation and the Possible Consequences for America
By John Silveira
There are a lot of reasons to believe we are in danger of entering a period of hyperinflation of the dollar."

Big Players Get Out Of Risk And In To Gold
By Bob Chapman
We ask, who on earth will now buy our bonds as our multi-trillion dollar Obama-ordained deficits run America into a state of bankruptcy?

Broken Us Government with Ron Paul
Ron Paul on Cafferty, CNN this weekend giving his opinions on the state of the economy.

Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin vs. Ron Paul
Brian Wilson on neocon talk-show hosts.
(Just like the rest of the corporate owned press, neocons on talk radio main function is to minipulate public opinion, in order to maintain the status quo.)

Left and Right Against War
By Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
The so-called mainstream is where the real extremists are to be found. Libertarians understand that. Once the progressives do, we’ll be getting somewhere.

Ron Paul vs. Big Government Conservatives
By Jacob G. Hornberger
An op-ed entitled “Conservatives’ Isolationist Dalliance” in the Washington Times today by Jeffrey T. Kuhner, president of the conservative Edmund Burke Institute, is an excellent example of the difficult task that Ron Paul has in convincing conservatives to abandon their devotion to Big Government in foreign affairs.

The Collapse of Crony Socialism and the War of Information (Video)

Fractional Banking and How it Affects the Economy! Depression? Recession? (Video)

Did the US Federal Reserve finance Saddam Hussein’s weapon purchases?
As Congress debates legislation to make the US Federal Reserve less secretive, Republican Ron Paul said the Bank loaned Iraq billions of dollars to buy US weapons in the 1980s.

Olympic Fanfare Reigns as Our Precious Freedoms are Lost
By Adam Murdock
While some have already resigned themselves to the “inevitability” of government dominance, others are making strident efforts to reverse the course.

America and world economic meltdown: The mystery of the Afghanistan war
Christopher King argues that “a situation exists in which it may be in the interests of the United States to seek a ‘cold war’ situation with Russia and China as a pretext for defaulting on its external debt, attacking Iran, taking direct control of all Middle Eastern oilfields and effective control of Europe”.

Grading Free Market Capitalism and “The Invisible Hand”
Free market capitalism is based on the idea that “the invisible hand” of the market will create the best possible outcome for the most people.

One in four Germans wants microchip under skin—poll
It sounds like something from a sci-fi film, but one in four Germans would be happy to have a microchip implanted in their body if they derived concrete benefits from it, a poll Monday showed.

Pentagon panel has contractor contacts
More than half of the panel members appointed to review the Pentagon's latest four-year strategy blueprint have financial ties to defense contractors with a stake in the planning process, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

ATF seizes 30 toy guns
A local business owner is flabbergasted after a shipment of 30 toy guns for his store was confiscated by ATF agents in Tacoma.

License Plate Software Stirs Privacy Concerns
Privacy advocates are not altogether comfortable with license plate numbers being electronically recorded by commercial operations.

Bad word banned
Apartheid is an ugly word that just shouldn’t be used, Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman said Thursday. And he got all of Queen’s Park to agree.

Government wants competence tests before you can be a dog owner
Every dog owner will have to take a costly ‘competence test’ to prove they can handle their pets, under new Government proposals designed to curb dangerous dogs.