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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead

December 19, 2011 No Comment

The Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il has died according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The cause of death was “advanced acute myocardial infarction, complicated by serious heart shock,” which commonly known as a heart attack. Kim had appearently died two days earlier on December 17 aboard a train. According to North [...]

Hungary bans homelessness

December 5, 2011 4 Comments

As of today, it is illegal to be homeless in the European country of Hungary, as a new law prohibiting it comes into effect. Those who are found to be in breach of this law will initially be given a warning for sleeping out on the streets. Offenders may also face a fine of US$600, [...]

U.S. Continues to threaten Internet freedom

December 5, 2011 No Comment

Incredible – 800,000 signatures in a few days, Congress is dithering and a senator will vote to block the reading of our petition for a few hours! Let’s get 1 million – sign the petition… Dear friends, Right now, the U.S. Congress is debating a law that would give the country the power to censor [...]

Bush, Blair found guilty of war crimes in Malaysia tribunal

November 24, 2011 2 Comments

Former US president George Bush and his former counterpart Tony Blair were found guilty of war crimes by the The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal which held a four day hearing in the Malaysia. The five panel tribunal unanimously decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against peace and humanity when they invaded [...]

California campus pepper spray police suspended

November 23, 2011 No Comment

Two police officers are now on administrative leave after an incident in which they used pepper spray on protesters at U.S. University of California, Davis. The students were protesting in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and expressing support for University of California, Berkeley protesters who police used batons against on November 9. The [...]

Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange Hires Pirate Bay Lawyer

November 20, 2011 No Comment

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has fired his lawyer in favour of one with experience in batting for The Pirate Bay, according to a Swedish news report. Julian Assange has ditched his Swedish legal counsel and lined up a new defence team in readiness for a likely return to the country to face allegations of sexual [...]

30000 children die each day from poverty

November 17, 2011 2 Comments

30,000 kids died unnecessarily today and it didn’t even make the front page of your newspaper. Another 30,000 kids will die tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that UNLESS something changes. This shocking information – which should stop anyone with a heart and soul in their tracks – comes not from [...]

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet

November 16, 2011 1 Comment

Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! – fightforthefuture.org/pipa PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting “creativity”. The law would let the government or [...]