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SKYNET IS HERE: Computers that will taste, smell and hear (and think) in 5 years, says IBM
December 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
21WIRE + WP | SKYNET wasn’t just science fiction, as we will soon find out with Artificial Intelligence.
Settlements Snarl: ‘Israel gambles on US protection from intl law’
December 18, 2012 By 15 Comments
Israel says it will go ahead with plans to build 1500 new settler homes in East Jerusalem – the part of the city that’s considered Palestinian land. The project was given an intermediate green light by Israeli officials on Monday. This comes less then a month after the UN granted Palestine non-member observer status. Palestinians […]
US Boots in Bulgaria? ‘Foreign troops threat to sovereignty
December 18, 2012 By 6 Comments
It’s being reported that Bulgaria has invited the US to send troops to its territory. One Bulgarian daily newspaper says Washington has already pumped around 60 million dollars into rebuilding a training range in the country’s East. The government in Sofia says this will help boost regional security and assist with the training of its […]
New nuclear talks with Iran may be possible in coming weeks, U.S. says
December 17, 2012 By 8 Comments
Washington Post Joby Warrick The United States and five other world powers are hastily preparing for possible new talks with Iran amid signs that the country’s leaders might be willing to meet as early as next week to discuss scaling back nuclear activities in return for future sanctions relief. The six powers have agreed on […]
Seismic Fears: UK Govt Allows Super-Polluting Fracking Technology
December 15, 2012 By 26 Comments
21WIRE | Fracking could devastate the environment and affect health in Britain.
2nd Worst Massacre in US history: Dozens killed, most victims Children
December 15, 2012 By 893 Comments
It’s one of the worst school shootings in US history. At least 27 people gunned down in a US primary school in Connecticut twenty of them young children. Pupils had tried to hide from the killer in classrooms and closets, but the bloodbath ended only when he turned the gun on himself. A woman believed […]
Not So Noble, Or Peaceful: EU Nobel Peace Prize Disappointment
December 10, 2012 By 743 Comments
The European Union’s three presidents are in Oslo to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, on behalf of the group. It’s being given to commend the EU for fostering peace. But not everyone agrees – hundreds marched through the Norwegian capital in protest. RT’s Peter Oliver looks at why many believe the EU doesn’t deserve […]
Young Israelis Fight for Social Justice
December 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
VICE MAG IN PALESTINE… “In the lead up to the one-year anniversary of the biggest protest in Israel’s history, we get tear-gassed by the IDF in the West Bank, and then we have drinks with a spokesperson for the Israeli protest movement…”
Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal Says Group Will Never Recognize Israel
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Washington Post Joel Greenburg JERUSALEM — In a fiery speech Saturday before a mammoth rally in Gaza City marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, the political leader of the militant Islamist group, pledged that it would never recognize Israel and called for an Islamic Palestinian state on the territory of […]
Research On Stricken Bats May Help AIDS Fight
December 10, 2012 By 18 Comments
Washington Post Darryl Fears In a government lab where scientists slice open dead animals to study the exotic diseases that killed them, Carol Meteyer peered through a microscope at hundreds of little bats and started to notice something very weird. The bats had managed to survive the white-nose fungus that had killed millions of other bats hibernating […]
Morsi Backs Down: Revokes Power Grab,Referendum On Constitution Still Up
December 10, 2012 By 16 Comments
Egypt’s President has scrapped the decree that gave him sweeping new powers and effectively put him above the law of the land. But the opposition says that’s not enough
Fear and Loathing in Belize: John McAfee Gets New Suit, Prepares Legal Defense
December 5, 2012 By 9 Comments
21st Century Wire LATEST FROM THE JUNGLE (and the dangers of early retirement files): Yesterday, December 4, VICE broke the news that anti-virus mogul and “person of interest” in a Belizean murder case John McAfee has retained the services of high-power attorney Telésforo Guerra after fleeing to Guatemala. Later that afternoon, John and his lawyer […]
Everyone In US Under Virtual Surveillance, All Info Stored, No Matter The Post
December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Whistleblower and former NSA crypto-mathematician who served in the agency for decades – virtual privacy in US, Petraeus affair and whistleblowers’ odds in fight against the authorities are among key topics of this exclusive interview… ….
Amsterdam Plans To Relocate Troublemakers To ‘scum villages’
December 5, 2012 By 14 Comments
The Washington Post Caitlin Dewey In a move that sounds straight out of Orwell, Amsterdam allocated 1 million euros last week to a plan that would relocate trouble-making neighbors to camps on the outskirts of the city, the BBC reports. The “scum villages,” as critics have called them, would lie in isolated areas and provide only […]
Nuclear Israel: The secret that is not
December 5, 2012 By 21 Comments
The United Nations General Assembly is pressing Israel to reveal its nuclear arsenal. Israel has lashed out against the overwhelming approval of the resolution, which calls for international inspectors to be allowed to examine its atomic programme. Its foreign minister said the vote was meaningless. The country also rejected a UN-backed conference on a nuke-free […]
‘Criminals, Terrorists And Pedophiles’: Spy Bill Author Slams Big Bro Critics
December 5, 2012 By 13 Comments
Britain’s so-called “snooper’s charter” bill is heating up debates among MPs as parliamentary reports on it are being prepared. The bill’s initiator has just released an emotional verbal offensive against the opponents, equaling them to criminals.
LORD GILBERT SAYS: ‘DROP NEUTRON BOMB ON AF-PAK BORDER’
December 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
Deccan Herald | Elite nut-job, Lord John Gilbert wants to use nukes to quarden off areas for Asian plebs.
HARRY FEAR FILM: ‘Harassed in Gaza: Internationals Under Threat’
December 3, 2012 By 928 Comments
An impromptu documentary capturing Israeli soldiers’ threats of violence, by Harry Fear. Dedicated to the sufferers of constant harassment under Israeli occupation in the West Bank of Palestine. http://fb.com/harryfear – © http://GazaReport.com
