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Israel sanctions mean Palestinian Authority cannot pay employees' wages | World news | The Guardian
Israel sanctions mean Palestinian Authority cannot pay employees' wages | World news | The Guardian: "Refusal to release tax revenue will hit one-third of Palestinians, who go to the polls with rest of West Bank and Gaza on 4 May"
China supports Pakistan in row over Nato border attack | World news | The Guardian
China supports Pakistan in row over Nato border attack | World news | The Guardian: "China says it is 'deeply shocked' by Pakistani soldiers' deaths, as Afghan and Nato officials again say they came under fire first"
Iran: explosion in Isfahan reported | World news | guardian.co.uk
Iran: explosion in Isfahan reported | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Widely conflicting reports emerge of apparent explosion in the north-east of Isfahan near where nuclear facilities are located"
Citigroup-SEC settlement rejected by New York judge | Business | guardian.co.uk
Citigroup-SEC settlement rejected by New York judge | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Jed Rakoff blocks $285m CDO settlement, arguing that the deal obscured an 'overriding public interest in knowing the truth'"
Pakistan orders US to leave airbase in row over deadly Nato assault | World news | guardian.co.uk
Pakistan orders US to leave airbase in row over deadly Nato assault | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Islamabad says US must leave Shamsi base in 15 days after deaths of at least 24 Pakistani soldiers in mistaken attack"
Cesium levels hit tens of billions of becquerels at river mouth - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Cesium levels hit tens of billions of becquerels at river mouth - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun: "Researchers have sounded the alarm over river water containing cesium levels at tens of billions of becquerels a day flowing into the sea near Fukushima Prefecture, site of the crippled nuclear power plant."
Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun: "Radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have now been confirmed in all prefectures, including Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, about 1,700 kilometers from the plant, according to the science ministry."
German police clear huge sit-in at nuke protest - seattlepi.com
German police clear huge sit-in at nuke protest - seattlepi.com: BERLIN (AP) — "German police say they have cleared a sit-in of thousands of protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste and have detained 1,300 people."
Pakistanis protest at U.S. consulate after NATO attack | Reuters
Pakistanis protest at U.S. consulate after NATO attack | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Thousands gathered outside the American consulate in the city of Karachi on Sunday to protest against a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops and is threatening a strategic alliance between the countries."
Israeli desert plan would uproot 30,000 Bedouin | Reuters
Israeli desert plan would uproot 30,000 Bedouin | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Bulldozed by Israel more than two dozen times, a village known by Bedouin Arabs as Al-Arakib is one of many ramshackle desert communities whose names have never appeared on any official map."
Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown | World news | guardian.co.uk
Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown | World news | guardian.co.uk: "International criminal court asked to investigate Felipe Caldéron over killing, torture and kidnap of civilians by army and police"
The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "The National Union of Journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a Freedom of Information Act request to investigate possible federal involvement with law enforcement practices that appeared to target journalists. The New York Times reported that "New York cops have arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at reporters and photographers" covering protests."
German police spray water at protesters | Video | Reuters.com
German police spray water at protesters | Video | Reuters.com: Nov 26 - "German police spray water at anti-nuclear protesters near a storage depot overnight where 150 tonnes of reprocessed nuclear waste is expected to arrive later this weekend. Rough cut (No reporter narration)( Transcript )"
Violence, pepper spray mar Black Friday shopping | Reuters
Violence, pepper spray mar Black Friday shopping | Reuters: (Reuters) -" Black Friday turned into a black mark against American shoppers as riotous crowds brawled over video games, waffle irons and towels, drawing international condemnation and even raising questions about the state of humanity."
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28 | Reuters
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28 | Reuters: (Reuters) - "NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations, already deeply frayed, further into crisis."
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Eight years worth of stuff | Reuters
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Eight years worth of stuff | Reuters
Finally the troops are coming home or are they simply rotating in Afghanistan?
Thousands rally in Egypt on last chance Friday | Reuters
Thousands rally in Egypt on last chance Friday | Reuters: (Reuters) -" Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule converged on Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in what activists say will be the biggest day yet in a week of demonstrations in which 41 people have been killed."
Since money talks, Wall Street will get this message | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Since money talks, Wall Street will get this message | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "We, the 99%, don't know our own power: we can move billions of dollars from corporate megabanks to people's credit unions"
Medvedev threatens US over missile shield | World news | guardian.co.uk
Medvedev threatens US over missile shield | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Russia's president said country would deploy missiles to target the shield in Europe if the US fails to provide guarantees"
Iran 'arrests 12 CIA agents' | World news | guardian.co.uk
Iran 'arrests 12 CIA agents' | World news | guardian.co.uk:" Influential politician tells official news agency agents planned to strike Iranian interests with the aid of Israel"
Fresh round of hacked climate science emails leaked online | Environment | The Guardian
Fresh round of hacked climate science emails leaked online | Environment | The Guardian: "A file containing 5,000 emails has been made available in an apparent attempt to repeat the impact of 2009's similar release"
US road accident casualties: every one mapped across America | News | guardian.co.uk
US road accident casualties: every one mapped across America | News | guardian.co.uk:" 369,629 people died on America's roads between 2001 and 2009. Following its analysis of UK casualties last week, transport data mapping experts ITO World have taken the official data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - and produced this powerful map using OpenStreetMap. You can zoom around the map using the controls on the left or search for your town using the box on the right - and the key is on the top left. Each dot represents a life"
Left, right, left: the changing face of EU politics - interactive | World news | guardian.co.uk
Left, right, left: the changing face of EU politics - interactive | World news | guardian.co.uk
Right wingers are on the rise and so is the economic depression, the two seem correlated.
Disastrous bond sale shakes confidence in Germany | Reuters
Disastrous bond sale shakes confidence in Germany | Reuters: "Financial markets were also unnerved by newspaper reports that Belgium may be pressing France for an expansion of a 90 billion euro ($120 billion) bailout of failed bank Dexia."
Yemen's Saleh in Saudi to sign power transfer deal | Reuters
Yemen's Saleh in Saudi to sign power transfer deal | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to sign a deal brokered by Gulf states that would ease him out of power, state media said, after 10 months of protests against his rule that have crippled the country."
Rats help Colombia sniff out deadly landmines | Reuters
Rats help Colombia sniff out deadly landmines | Reuters: (Reuters) - "In a laboratory on the grounds of a police-guarded complex, 11 white-furred rats wait their turn to impress trainers and perhaps receive a bit of sugar as reward."
China says to go ahead with Pacific naval drills | Reuters
China says to go ahead with Pacific naval drills | Reuters: (Reuters) - "China said Wednesday it will go ahead with naval exercises in the western Pacific this month, an announcement that came a week after Washington reinforced its Asia-Pacific footprint with plans to operate 2,500 U.S. Marines out of northern Australia."
Stocks set for 6th losing day on Europe, China woes | Reuters
Stocks set for 6th losing day on Europe, China woes | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Stock index futures were lower on Wednesday as worries about the euro zone crisis and weak data from China weighed on investor sentiment, putting the S&P 500 on track for a sixth day of losses."
U.S. Economic Growth Is Revised Down to 2 Percent - NYTimes.com
U.S. Economic Growth Is Revised Down to 2 Percent - NYTimes.com: "The United States economy grew at a slightly slower pace than previously estimated in the third quarter, but weak inventory accumulation amid sturdy consumer spending strengthened analysts’ views that output would pick up in the current quarter."
Pepper spray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pepper spray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"For those with asthma, taking other drugs, or subject to restraining techniques which restrict the breathing passages, there is a risk of death. The Los Angeles Times has reported at least 61 deaths associated with police use of pepper spray since 1990 in the USA.[7] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) documented 27 people in police custody who died after exposure to pepper spray in California since 1993.[3][8][9] However, the ACLU report counts any death occurring within hours of exposure to pepper spray. In all 27 cases, the coroners' report listed other factors as the primary cause of death, though in some cases the use of pepper spray may have been a contributing factor.[3]
The US Army concluded in a 1993 Aberdeen Proving Ground study that pepper spray could cause "[m]utagenic effects, carcinogenic effects, sensitization, cardiovascular and pulmonary toxicity, neurotoxicity, as well as possible human fatalities. There is a risk in using this product on a large and varied population".[10] However, the pepper spray was widely approved in the US despite the reservations of the US military scientists after it passed FBI tests in 1991. As of 1999, it was in use by more than 2000 public safety agencies.[11]
The head of the FBI's Less-Than-Lethal Weapons Program at the time of the 1991 study, Special Agent Thomas W. W. Ward, was fired by the FBI and was sentenced to two months in prison for receiving payments from a peppergas manufacturer while conducting and authoring the FBI study that eventually approved pepper spray for FBI use.[9][12][13] Prosecutors said that from December 1989 through 1990, Ward received about $5,000 a month for a total of $57,500, from Luckey Police Products, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company that was a major producer and supplier of pepper spray. The payments were paid through a Florida company owned by Ward's wife.[14]"
How dangerous is pepper spray? | World news | guardian.co.uk
How dangerous is pepper spray? | World news | guardian.co.uk:" Studies suggest the use of pepper spray on peaceful protesters, such as the UC Davis students, is likely to make them more violent"
Occupy Seattle protester claims police caused her miscarriage | World news | guardian.co.uk
Occupy Seattle protester claims police caused her miscarriage | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Jennifer Fox, who was pepper sprayed during the march last Tuesday, alleges that police officers hit her twice in the stomach"
BofA warned by regulators to get stronger: report | Reuters
BofA warned by regulators to get stronger: report | Reuters: (Reuters) - "U.S. regulators have informed Bank of America's (BAC.N) board that the company could face public enforcement action if they are not satisfied with recent steps taken to strengthen the bank, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation."
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