Britain wants UK break up, poll showsThe United Kingdom should be broken up and Scotland and England set free as independent nations, according to a huge number of voters on both sides of the border.
A clear majority of people in both England and Scotland are in favour of full independence for Scotland, an ICM opinion poll for The Sunday Telegraph has found. Independence is backed by 52 per cent of Scots while an astonishing 59 per cent of English voters want Scotland to go it alone.
There is also fur... (more)
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W library in record book: $500M center would be priciest for a PrezWASHINGTON - He may be a certified lame duck now, but President Bush and his truest believers are about to launch their final campaign - an eye-popping, half-billion-dollar drive for the Bush presidential library.
Eager to begin refurbishing his tattered legacy, the President hopes to raise $500 million to build his library and a think tank at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Bush lived in Dallas until he was elected governor of Texas in 1995.
Bush sources w... (more)
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Disneyland brings in biometric ticketing It may have needed a dose of creativity to create the endless fairy tales and wondrous fantasies for kids and adults alike, but when it comes to the adoption of technology and IT security, Disneyland takes a strictly pragmatic approach.
The world-renowned theme park and entertainment resort implements technology only if it is able to derive real business value, said David Shek, senior analyst of IT security, Hong Kong Disneyland, in an interview with ZDNet ... (more)
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'Mysterious liquid' and anthrax note shut down Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial was shut down today for over three hours after "suspicious items" were found, including a note which referred to anthrax and two bottles with "mysterious liquid" found in the women's restroom.
"A suspicious packing envelope, along with a note mentioning anthrax, was found Nov. 27 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and a suspicious liquid resembling a sports drink was found in the ladies' restroom," Stratfor reports. "Authorities... (more)
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Laser eye ops could ruin sight Concern has been raised about the long-term effects of laser eye surgery after a new study has shown that tens of thousands of Kiwis are likely to suffer defective vision from the surgery in their later years.
Studies from Otago and Oxford Universities have shown that laser surgery for short-sightedness could cause haze, glare and blurred vision as people reach their 60s and 70s.
Given that around 25,000 New Zealanders have had the surgery, Otago University head ... (more)
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2002 Aussie Documents: We Will Help Invade Iraq Newly released documents show that the Australian government knew a US led military invasion was on the cards 13 months before it went ahead, and gave unequivocal support with a promise to participate in the occupation.
Once again proving a participating government has lied to its people over the Iraq invasion, the documents contradict John Howard's ... (more)
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Secret Pentagon Documents Classify Central Coast Group as a "Threat"New details tonight about a secret Pentagon database used to monitor anti-war protests and activists. Recently-disclosed documents reveal that some of the surveillance targets include an organization with ties to the Central Coast.
Secret Pentagon documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union provide details of how the organization called "Veterans for Peace" was considered a threat.
Every Sunday for the past three years, members of the Santa Barbara Chap... (more)
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"Whaaaassssuuuuuuup?!"Remember that phrase? Still trying desperately to forget it? Good luck.
It's one of the most pervasive pieces of pop language in recent memory.
What you might not know, however, is that before it was an advertisement for beer, it was a short film by a young black copywriter in Chicago. The film catalogued the soon-to-be ubiquitous phrase's popularity among filmmaker/copywriter Charles Ston ... (more)
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Cited for jaywalking, pair says police actions cross lineTim Carr and Shaun Selvage are waging a crusade against the flagrant abuse of our city law 106-452 every day on Boonville Avenue outside the Greene County Judicial Courts Facility:
"No pedestrian shall cross the roadway at any place other than a crosswalk within those areas described in ordinances adopted from time to time and on file with the city clerk."
What brought this on? The two were given tickets for crossing outside a designated crosswalk on Commercial Stre... (more)
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Poisoned spy was the victim of state terror Britain's intelligence agencies last night claimed that the poisoning of the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko bore the hallmarks of a "state-sponsored" assassination.
A senior Whitehall official told The Times that confirmation that the former Russian spy, who had become a British citizen, had been poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 and other evidence so far not released pointed to the murder being carried out by foreign agents.
Last night the Foreign Off... (more)
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Alexander Litvinenko: The Kremlin PedophileThis article was allegedly written by Alexander Litvinenko four months before his assassination.
A few days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin walked from the Big Kremlin Palace to his Residence. At one of the Kremlin squares, the president stopped to chat with the tourists. Among them was a boy aged 4 or 5.
'What is your name?' Putin asked.
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Russians point finger at Berezovsky over ex-spy's death Poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko’s deathbed message accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, but pro-Kremlin MPs and state-controlled television networks today pointed the finger of blame at a prominent Putin enemy in Britain - tycoon Boris Berezovsky.
The MPs seconded a top Putin aide’s suggestion that Litvinenko’s death in a London hospital last night was part of a plot against Russia and claimed that Berezovsky, a major critic whose asylum in Britain ... (more)
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Boris Berezovsky: The first oligarch As Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy, lay dying in a London hospital, regular bulletins on his condition were supplied not by his family and only rarely by the hospital. The head messenger was the energetic and voluble Alex Goldfarb, who described himself as a close friend of the stricken agent. He could also have been described, no less accurately, as the right-hand man of Boris Berezovsky, the fugitive oligarch exiled in Britain who heads the list of Russia's "most wanted".
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Bolton Busy Framing Syria for Gemayel Assassination “John Bolton, the American ambassador to the United Nations, said recent probes into political killings in Lebanon suggested Syrian involvement. He told the BBC that if Syria was deemed to have been involved, the implications were serious.”
It does not matter there is a complete paucity of evidence indicating Syrian involvement. Moreover, it does not matter that Syrian complic... (more)
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Democrats Blame Iraqis for U.S. Induced Misery Steny Hoyer, nicknamed “boy wonder,” is speaking tough to the besieged Iraqis.
Hoyer, as incoming House Majority Leader, wants the Iraqis to understand they only have themselves to blame for all the murder and misery in their country. “In the days ahead, the Iraqis must make the tough decisions and accept responsibility for their future,” said Hoyer during the weekly Democratic radio address. “And the Iraqis must know: Our commitment, while gre... (more)
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Hezbollah versus the CIA’s Cedar Revolution As the engineered sectarian melt-down in Lebanon crawls forward, it is interesting to read the neocon columnists as they bewail the erosion of the “Cedar Revolution,” that is to say the neocon-neolib subversion of Lebanese politics.
“In this sense, the Gemayal assassination is one of the opening shots in Hezbollah’s showdown with supporters of the Cedar Revolution,” writes Mario Loyola for the National Review Online.
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Ex-SAS officer hits out at Iraq war 'sham'A former senior SAS officer has called for the immediate withdrawal of Australia's troops in Iraq.
Peter Tinley was the lead tactical planner for Australia's special forces in 2002 ahead of the Iraq invasion.
He went on to become the deputy commander for the joint special forces group in western Iraq.
Mr Tinley has spoken out against the war, two years after retiring from the military.
The 44-year-old says Australia's involvement in the... (more)
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Covert U.S. Wiretapping Continues Unabated A covert U.S. wiretapping program continues unabated nearly a year after President Bush admitted its existence, it was reported Saturday.
Neither Congress nor the courts have taken definitive action against the National Security Agency program, The New York Times reported.
While Democrats have vowed to press for more facts about the operation, they are of mixed minds about additional steps, the newspaper said.
Some favor an agg... (more)
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Killing plunges Lebanon deeper into crisisNo-one except the gunmen and the men who paid them knows who killed Pierre Gemayel.
They operated in daylight, and did not bother to cover their faces.
They did not use a bomb, unlike the killers of the five other prominent anti-Syrian figures who have been assassinated here since the beginning of last year.
Instead, they crashed their cars into his, leapt out and opened fire on Mr Gemayel and his two bodyguards with their machine guns.
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Clarke blasts Cameron over ID cardsFormer Home Secretary Charles Clarke has hit out at Tory leader David Cameron in a passionate defence of identity cards.
Prime Minister Tony Blair backs the cards, but has faced criticism over the issue from the Tory leader who has branded them "un-British".
Mr Clarke, speaking at a fringe meeting at Labour's Scottish conference in Oban, dismissed fears that the cards will encourage a "Big Brother" state and said Mr Cameron's position would leave citizens unprotecte... (more)
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Turning self-defense into a criminal act: The grey area of self-defence: Two men may face chargesDon Shaxon was drawn to the darkest, quietest part of his home by his barking cocker spaniel.
The 30-year-old father of two thought he might have locked the cat in the basement, as he bounded down the stairs and rounded the bend into the laundry room early on Sunday. A dark figure wearing a hunter's fur hat emerged from the shadows; Mr. Shaxon assumed a defensive position and started swinging.
"I got him on the ground," the Burlington man recounted yesterday. "We st... (more)
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