Environmental activists have built a climate camp near a power station in Kingsnorth, south-east England, to protest against plans for a new coal-fired plant. Yet Britain’s energy infrastructure is heading rapidly for obsolescence, and the British authorities need to start building coal-fired plants now if we are to avoid a shortfall in energy supply. That […]
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Kingsnorth: a camp of uncritical conformity
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Tags: uk · activism · environment · global+warming · world
Emo and goth to be made illegal in Russia
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government’s Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Education bill, the details of which were leaked to The Moscow Times. The newspaper subsequently reported that, among other things, the draft bill dubbed the musical movements a "dangerous teen […]
Italy Passes Law To Fingerprint All Roma : Indybay
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
In their election campaign earlier this year, Berlusconi and his allies had already made clear their intention of deporting tens of thousands of Roma back to Romania and former Yugoslavia. In mid-June a March decisions by Italy’s highest appeal court was released stating that "it is acceptable to discriminate against Roma" because the court found […]
Man who had sex with bike in court - Telegraph
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
A man has been placed on the sex offenders’ register after being caught trying to have sex with a bicycle.
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My first response to this story was how? But whilst it appears to be a fun oddly-enough news story, it’s actually a rather concerning story. What anybody does with an inanimate object […]
Government Warns Malaysian Bloggers
July 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
A prominent Malaysian blogger has been summoned by the police for questioning over allegedly seditious remarks about Islam and the king. The summons for Raja Petra Kamarudin, who runs the Malaysia Today website, comes amid warnings from a senior government minister that “irresponsible” bloggers could face imprisonment without trial.
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Iran executes 12 criminals in Tehran
July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Iran early on Sunday hanged 12 people at Tehran’s Evin prison for rape and drug trafficking and also broadcast footage of some of the condemned men speaking just minutes before their execution. Shots of criminals, their crimes being announced on TV
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