UK Supermarkets in 'secret talks to introduce GM foods to the shelves'
The big supermarkets have held secret talks to pave the way for the introduction of controversial GM crops on to their shelves, industry sources said last night.

Canada Liberals to bring in non-confidence motion
Canada's official opposition Liberal Party plans to introduce a motion of non-confidence in the minority Conservative government as soon as possible after Parliament resumes this month, two aides to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff told Reuters on Tuesday.

Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs
Argentina and Mexico have taken significant steps towards decriminalising drugs amid a growing Latin American backlash against the US-sponsored "war on drugs".

US Hummers Enter Pakistan, Undercover American Soldiers Swarm Islamabad
Undercover armed Americans are swarming the Pakistani capital in the latest sign that the elected government has allowed Washington to dispatch what is believed to be a large number of American special operations agents and contractual security guards, including the infamous Blackwater private militia.

ElBaradei calls Iranian threat 'hyped'
Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called the Iranian threat "hyped," saying there is no proof the Islamic republic will soon have nuclear weapons.

Gaddafi's 40th turns into a diplomatic minefield
Britain has refused to reveal who it will send to the biggest party in Libya's history, a celebration of the rise to power of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in a coup d'etat 40 years ago.

Karzai rival calls on supporters to stay calm
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main rival Abdullah Abdullah staged a rally of village elders on Tuesday to denounce fraud in last month's election and said he was doing all he could to keep his supporters off the streets.

Iran ready to hold talks with world powers-TV
Iran has prepared an updated nuclear proposal and is ready to hold negotiations with world powers, Iranian television quoted the Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator as saying on Tuesday.

Iraq death toll hits 13-month high in August
Violent deaths in Iraq hit a 13-month high in August, official figures showed on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns about the country’s stability after a government admission that security is worsening.

Israeli troops kill West Bank boy
A Palestinian youth, 15, has been shot dead by Israeli forces in an incident outside a settlement near the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Europe marks 70 years since start of World War II
Europe was on Tuesday paying solemn tribute to victims of World War II as Angela Merkel lamented the "endless suffering" caused by Germany amid ceremonies marking 70 years since the conflict began.

Fresh clashes in Pakistan's Swat valley; dozens killed
Pakistani troops killed 15 militants in fresh clashes in Swat, the army said on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 45 in five days after a lull in the campaign to clear the Taliban out of the northwestern valley.

The Truth Of Iraq's City Of Deformed Babies
An Iraqi doctor has told Sky News the number of babies born with deformities in the heavily-bombed area of Fallujah is still on the increase.

Obama aides see need for more troops in Afghanistan
Many of President Barack Obama's top advisers on Afghanistan agree with military commanders that more troops are needed to reverse Taliban gains in the country's east and south, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Gaza-bound goods stuck at the border
With crossings closed or barely functioning, most of Gaza's goods are brought in at steep prices via the tunnels.

Activist Releases Archive of Suppressed News Videos
In a move sure to send shockwaves through the online activist community, Jonathon Elinoff—activist, researcher, and the filmmaker behind the Core of Corruption documentary series—has released a video archive of dozens of network news broadcasts detailing controversial and suppressed news stories.

This is Big Government
The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - they've had 234 years to get it right; it is broke, and even though heavily subsidized, it can't compete with private sector FedEx and UPS services.

Tidal Wave Of Anger Could Still Kill Hate Bill!
As members of Congress prepare to return to Washington on September 6, I am proud that many concerned Americans have spoken out against the federal hate crimes bill in town hall meetings.

Agreement reached on land for Flight 93 memorial
The federal government has reached final agreements with landowners to purchase 1,400 acres at the Flight 93 crash site in southwestern Pennsylvania yesterday, clearing the way for construction to begin on the 9/11 memorial park this fall.

As California fires spread, residents return
Southern California residents have begun to return to the ashes of their homes and ponder what's next even as wildfires continue to fan out, destroying 53 homes and threatening 12,000 others.

Kinky Friedman to make another run for Texas governor
Calling himself the "only true man of the people" in the race, Austin author-entertainer Kinky Friedman plans to launch his Democratic campaign for governor today with a statewide media tour starting in Austin.

Doctor Admits Euthanizing Patient During Hurricane Katrina
A doctor has admitted that he gave orders for a lethal dose of medication to be administered to a patient under his care during the hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005 - a decision that he says he does not regret having made.

U.S. Meetings With Lobbyists Go Unreported
President Obama ordered federal officials to disclose their contacts with lobbyists trying to influence how the government doles out money to jump-start the economy. Yet few such communications have been reported even though lobbyists say they are busier than ever with the multibillion-dollar stimulus.

American soldier I killed innocent people - Video

Obama poll problem persists, Congress too
The Rasmussen reports daily presidential tracking poll today shows likely voter approval of presidential performance at 46 percent, the lowest level yet for Obama.

57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress
If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.

U.S. Temperatures Since 1900: Of Five Cool/Warm Periods, Climate Models Can Only Match One
IPCC climate models output only consistent with single time period over last 108 years.

Enviros on the Run
The environmental lobby isn't doing well. And, surprise, surprise!, the lobby says it's all the fault of industry.

New browser red-flags disputed facts on the web
Developers of new web browsing software that flags questionable claims or outright lies on the web hope it will become a valuable tool to deal with the misinformation that litters the Internet.

Historical facts about the dangers (and failures) of vaccines
Mass vaccination programs not only fail to protect the population from infectious disease, they actually accelerate the spread of disease in many cases.

Will the quiet Sun leave us with summer sea ice as far south as NYC by 2020?
At the present time, according to www.CryosphereToday.com the current sea ice extent is approximately 3.6 million square kilometers. This is approximately 0.4 million square kilometers more than 2008 at this time last year and the same larger than the 2007 minimum.

Reverse Bank Robbery
No wonder America's banks are making profits again: the US government is bribing them to borrow its own money.

Bailout “profit” is taxpayers’ loss
A very dangerous misconception is taking root in the press, that in addition to saving the world financial system, the bank bailout is making taxpayers money.

Banking Bailouts by Other Means
The fact that shares of the worst financial institutions are both going parabolic and doing so on massive volume has been known since June. Finally, a concerted effort to try and put these numbers in perspective is happening, and the picture painted is both not surprising nor indicative of a "real" market.

New Yorker The Current Cinema on “American Casino”
Out of the shadows, he explains how such bizarre instruments as collateralized debt obligations (C.D.O.s) quieted the normal skepticism of investors. Here’s the drill: when the bank assembled a group of mortgage-backed bonds as an investment product, it submitted them to a ratings agency. But the agency, rather than run its own computer models on the trustworthiness of such bonds, he says, merely handed the job back to the bank, which ran its models.

US commodities rattled by China derivatives stance
U.S. gold and soybean markets fell on Monday following a weekend report that China's state companies may default on commodity derivative contracts with banks providing over-the-counter hedging services.

Revenue-hungry Kansas will be owner of new casinos
Kansas is poised for an unlikely distinction: It's about to get into the casino business, not merely by blessing gambling and taxing the profits but by becoming the legal owner of the casinos themselves.

Flashback - JFK Hopes To Spur Economy With Income Tax Cut (Video)
John F. Kennedy speaks on his income tax cut that he wants to present to Congress in January 1963.

Cities Brace for a Prolonged Bout of Declining Tax Revenues
The recession is finally hitting city budgets, with overall city revenues inching down in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 2002, according to a report to be released Tuesday by the National League of Cities.

Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say
Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who outperformed peers last year, is wagering that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley got it wrong in declaring the start of an economic recovery.

For more hard-pressed Americans, a campsite is home
A gravelly campground off Interstate 40 in central Tennessee is a last refuge for a hodgepodge of Americans: Here you can get a $275-a-month camping spot with a 30-amp electric outlet and a scratchy Wi-Fi signal emanating from “the bathhouse” down the lane.

Dollar Is Funny Money in Push for World Currency: Kevin Hassett
Like the Chinese, the folks at Disney World peg their currency to the dollar. Hand them $1 U.S. and you receive one Disney dollar, complete with a picture of Mickey Mouse or his friends, plus the signature of Disney’s official treasurer, Scrooge McDuck.

Fed Can Avoid Inflation Danger: NY Fed President
Fears of inflation because of the Federal Reserve's massive quantitative easing measures are overblown, because the Fed has the ability to pull the liquidity out of the market fast enough to prevent price rises, William Dudley, New York Fed president, told CNBC Monday.

U.K. Consumers Repaid Debt as Manufacturing Activity Slows
U.K. consumers repaid debt by the most on record in July and manufacturing unexpectedly contracted, indicating the economy’s path out of the worst recession in a generation will be uneven.

Commercial Real Estate Lurks as Next Potential Mortgage Crisis
Federal Reserve and Treasury officials are scrambling to prevent the commercial-real-estate sector from delivering a roundhouse punch to the U.S. economy just as it struggles to get up off the mat.

Shipping rates seen falling 50% as China cuts imports
Just as global trade starts to recover, the shipping market is crashing for the second time in a year as China reduces raw-material imports and record numbers of new vessels set sail.

Seven Points About Dick Cheney and Torture
By Jeremy Scahill
One last point about Dick Cheney and his little toadie Chris Wallace when they talk about how there hasn’t been another attack since 9-11. Remember toadie’s sarcastic words: “I just want to point out to the audience that it is purely coincidental that this country has not been attacked since 9/11.” How about the more than 4,300 US troops that have been killed in Iraq as a result of the Bush-Cheney lie factory? That is more American dead than perished on 9/11. Those young men and women would not have died in Iraq had it not been for the policies of Bush and Cheney.

CIA Blackwater Op Infiltrated Ron Paul Campaign (Video)
The Wayne Madsen Report says that the CIA used Blackwater linked mercenaries as journalists in order to gather intelligence. Allegedly, two people working as sub-contractors to the CIA had significant links to Blackwater's operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq.

Ain’t That America
By Peter Orvetti
Officer Wesley Cheeks, Jr., inadvertently revealed a sad truth during a confrontation with a peaceful demonstrator last Tuesday in Reston, Virginia.

America's Tortured Past
By Stephen Lendman
In office, Obama abandoned his promise to end America's sordid, tortured past in violation of the rule of law, ethical and moral standards, and everything he swore he'd change.

The Fed's Interesting Week
By Ron Paul
One way or another, the days of Fed autonomy are coming to an end, as well they should.

Israeli Bodysnatchers
By Bouthaina Shaaban
The investigative report written by Swedish journalist Donald Boström and published in Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet about Israeli occupation forces killing Palestinians with the objective of stealing their organs has raised a political and media storm in Israel, disclosing up a horrible crime perpetrated for years under the full gaze of the ‘free’ world.

Marc Faber: Lateline Business Interview (Video)
Dr Marc Faber, one of the world's best known economists, editor of the Gloom Boom and Doom report, and author of Tomorrow's Gold, joins Lateline Business to share his views on whether a global financial recovery is possible.

Liquidity to Keep the Financial System from Collapsing in a Heap
By Mike Whitney
Bernanke has put himself and the country in the direct path of a debt-liquidation avalanche; a near-endless flow of rising defaults, foreclosures and bankruptcies.

Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US?
By Paul Craig Roberts
In Israel, a country stolen from the Palestinians, fanatics control the government. One of the fanatics is the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week Netanyahu called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran.

The Corruption of Empire
By Philip Giraldi
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz predicted in 2003 that the cost of the Iraq war would be covered by Iraqi oil revenue, which would also pay for reconstruction.

“Emergency Control” of the Internet
By Tom Burghardt
You have to hand it to congressional Democrats. Mendacious grifters whose national security agenda is virtually indistinguishable from Bushist Republicans, when it comes to rearranging proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic, the party of “change” is second to none in the “all terrorism all the time” department.

Cops jump on swine-flu power: Shots heard 'round the world
Massachusetts Pandemic bill allows health authorities to enter homes, detain without warrant

Missouri Libertarian Party to testify at MIAC hearing
Missouri Libertarian Party Vice Chair Cisse Spragins will be testifying at a Missouri House of Representatives Interim Committee on State Intelligence Analysis Oversight public hearing August 31st in Grandview, MO. In March, a "Strategic Report" on "The Modern Militia Movement" written by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) was leaked to the press.

Internet Rumor Leads to Quarantine Concerns
Health leaders in Iowa are reassuring people that there are no H1N1 related quarantines being ordered.

A Primer On “Martial Law”
In sum, “martial law” cannot exist in this country. It is a legal impossibility.

Another Police Department Gets Military Vehicle
The armored gift arrived in Newport Beach last week via the military’s 10-33 program that provides surplus equipment to law enforcement agencies.