Venezuela opposition fumes about deaths of party activists
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles demanded justice on Sunday for the shooting of three of his activists, while President Hugo Chavez promised to expand his socialist...
View ArticleWhite House Admits it Was Targeted by Hackers
Screenshot from http://zone-h.org/archive In response to a right wing website's allegation they sustained a cyber attack from Chinese hackers, the White House has admitted to Politico that the attack...
View ArticleIron Fertilization: The Scheme That Is Killing the Oceans, Marine Life and...
The IOC claim that ocean fertilization address the urgent need for environmental, social and legal schemes that international regimes must implement in their efforts to continue geo-engineering...
View ArticleEU falling short on bank capital rules, warns regulator
The EU is failing to meet international rules to make bank lending safer, according to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.Related Stories[Agenda] Growth and budgets in the spotlight this...
View ArticleThe Debate: What They Didn’t Talk About
Bruce Dixon, Managing Editor of Black Agenda Report, on first Presidential debate … Read More
View Article[Agenda] Merkel to visit Greece this WEEK
German Chancellor Merkel will Greek PM Samaras in her first visit to the debt-ridden country since the crisis began.Related Stories[Focus] List of EU lobby firms by incomeDraghi puts the ball in...
View ArticleEurozone to launch new rescue fund
Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg Monday will hold the inaugural session of the permanent bailout fund , which is to have a firepower of €500bn by next year.Related StoriesDraghi puts...
View ArticleWill SCOTUS make it illegal to resell your stuff?
If you buy an iPod or a phone, a book or a DVD, it's currently legal to resell it, as thousands of eBay and Craigslist posts attest.However, as Jennifer Waters at MarketWatch reports, a little-known...
View ArticleIMF: politics could wreck EU bank union plan
The IMF has warned that political tensions could unravel EU plans to put the safety of its banks beyond doubt.Related Stories[Agenda] Merkel to visit Greece this WEEKNo eurozone-only assembly, say...
View ArticleEU financial transactions tax gets enough support to take off
Eleven member states have agreed to push ahead with the introduction of a financial transaction tax but the political breakthrough is tempered by a number of unanswered questions.Related StoriesDraghi...
View ArticleBelgian MEP and ex-PM under spotlight for beer money
Belgian euro-deputy and ex-prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene has denied delaying full disclosure of his financial interests as required by the parliament's code of conduct.Related Stories[Agenda] Merkel...
View ArticleMitt’s abortion etch-a-sketch
Here is a new way for Mitt Romney to express an ever-contorted position on abortion rights: “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,”...
View ArticleThe old abortion trick
Two things happened yesterday that don’t seem unrelated. First, there was the release of a new poll in Ohio that showed Mitt Romney pulling closer to President Obama but still trailing by four points –...
View ArticleRomney to shut up about Benghazi victim
Mitt Romney has agreed to stop referencing a chance Christmas party encounter with Glen Doherty, one of the Navy SEALs who was killed in Libya, after Doherty’s mother denounced it.“I don’t trust...
View ArticleGenetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives
Genetically Modified Organisms are now part of foods and those GMOs are not properly labeled so consumers can make an informed decision as to what kind of products they can bring home to their...
View ArticleFlorida LGBT Republican group condemned for using photo of dead ambassador
A Florida chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans has been criticized by LGBT groups from both major political parties after using a picture of the body of slain U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens in a...
View Article[Agenda] This WEEK: bank union to dominate EU summit
EU leaders will descend on Brussels on Thursday for a summit to be dominated by talks on the proposed EU banking union.Related StoriesUS to EU: data laws could 'cripple' law enforcementSchaeuble...
View ArticlePride, confusion and sour grapes after EU wins Nobel
EU officials got a morale boost on Friday when the Nobel Peace Prize gave the world's most prestigious award to "the European Union."Related StoriesMEPs: next EU budget should spend more on research,...
View ArticleLast Chance: Consultation on Net Neutrality in EU
Back in July, I wrote about a consultation on net neutrality from the EU, entitled On-line public consultation on "specific aspects of transparency, traffic management and switching in an Open...
View ArticleMinisters and MEPs set for showdown in ECB gender dispute
Ministers and MEPs are poised for a showdown over the appointment of the newest member of the European Central Bank's six man executive board over what the European Parliament claims is systemic gender...
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