• UK: State to 'spy' on every phone call, email and web search Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by private citizens is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies. Read more
• Smells like Spy Spirit: Oxford 'guru' accused of torturing and brainwashing French aristocrats Oxford 'guru' accused of torturing and brainwashing French aristocrats Thierry Tilly, an Oxford-based Frenchman, has been arrested over allegations that he kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed several...
• UK: Sex and drug lessons from age 5 Sex and drug lessons will be compulsory under plans announced by the Schools Secretary. Under the new curriculum, pupils as young as seven will learn about puberty and the facts of life and...
• Second autopsy: Hampton's death likely murder Related: Did MI5 kill Weapons Expert Dr David Kelly?; Doctors Demand 'Proper' Dr Kelly Inquest;Who Ordered the Assassination of Dr. David Kelly(Press TV) -- A doctor who carried out a second...
• Bootlickers wanted: Sacked drug tsar claims 'no independent scientist could work for Home Secretary' The furore over his departure has led to predictions of mass resignations from the country's drugs advisory panel which could leave the service in disarray. Dr Les King, a panel member, resigned in...
• Switzerland set to declare war on 'suicide tourism' (RIA Novosti) - Switzerland is reviewing draft legislation aimed at restricting the number of patients allowed to undergo euthanasia procedures in the country's clinics, the Swiss justice minister...
• So what? My blood is yours :) Daimler slammed for controversial blood tests Daimler slammed for controversial blood tests German luxury carmaker Daimler has come under fire for carrying out blood tests on potential employees. A leading privacy advocate has condemned the...
• Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial on corruption charges. He paid cronies for non-existent jobs? Former French president vows to fight allegations that as mayor of Paris he paid cronies for non-existent jobsJacques Chirac, the former French president, has been ordered to stand trial on...
• Taxpayers fund Sarkozy's 276,000 euros shower Related: Who is your daddy? Sarkozy's gives job to 23-year-old son sparking ...EU taxpayers funded a custom-built 276,000 euros (£250,000) shower for French President Nicolas Sarzoky, auditors...
• Britain: Investigations of controversial deaths to be held in secret Civil liberties campaigners today accused the Government of quietly reviving plans to hold investigations into controversial deaths in secret.
After widespread opposition to proposals to hold...
• NATO logo morphs into swastika at Nato conference An animated picture of the NATO logo morphed into a Nazi swastika during a presentation given by Croatia's military envoy to the western alliance.The conference was held in Zagreb, Croatia, local...
• Why? 25th suicide at France Telecom in 18 months France Telecom says an employee at its research and development center in the Brittany town of Lannion has committed suicide at his home -- the 25th at the company in some 18 months. The death comes...
• Stripped: Britain announces massive assets sale to cut debt British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday a massive 16-billion-pound sale of state assets including the Channel Tunnel rail link, to cut soaring debt caused by economic crisis. Brown,...
• Porsche to investigate forced labor under Hitler After already admitting to using minimal forced labor during the Nazi regime, new investigations of Porsche's role under Hitler have produced accusations of widespread slave labor.
Porsche says it...
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