A group of Moscow residents has suggested outlawing animal sacrifices in the capital as a reply to the recent ban on the film Innocence of Muslims. In a press release forwarded to all major media the group, apparently formed by the NGO called Public Coalition for Defense of Moscow, said they will soon write a draft of the bill banning all animal sacrifice and submit it to the legislative bodies of... 

As predicted in this column several years ago, tropical diseases have started to appear in Europe. Among these is the dreaded Dengue Fever, which can develop into an Ebola-like haemorrhagic form, causing the patient to bleed from the nose, mouth, ears and eyes. To date there are 34 cases reported on the Isle of Madeira, Portugal. The cases were confirmed by the President of the Regional Health Service... 

Beekeepers in north eastern France have been scratching their heads after the hives began to produce a weird colored substance instead of regular honey. They think candy M&Ms are to blame. The bees around the town of Ribeauville in the Alsace region have been carrying an unidentified colored substance back to their hives since August. The keepers have done a bit of sleuthing and think the Agrivolar... 

According to a 2009 report of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the total world Muslim population at the time was 1.57 billion and growing (“Mapping the Muslim Population”). Just recently it was estimated that whilst 95% of Muslims are by and large peaceful this means 5% that are not and they constitute 78 million people. Now that is a lot of people who are not peaceful. Let’s assume... 

The European Food Safety Authority has rejected a controversial study by French scientists linking GM corn to cancer. Many in Europe are already calling for stricter controls on GMOs, as farmers weigh the lucrative crops against health concerns. ­In September, French scientists from the University of Caen released a study claiming that rats fed on a diet containing NK603 – a corn seed variety made... 

Indian labourers work in a field of Jatropha in the village of Hassan, some 250 kms from Bangalore. Jatropha, a wild shrub that grows abundantly across India, has been hailed as an eco-friendly solution to the energy needs. 2 million kilometers of foreign purchased land in developing countries is either idle or used for Western biofuel production, according to a British charity. Oxfam’s report... 

Business Secretary Vince Cable says the UK economy is “in a very deep crisis”. The British Business Secretary Vince Cable says the UK economy is currently “in a very deep crisis”. Cable told the state-run BBC that it is “very difficult” to predict when the UK economy would recover from the recession and resume growth. Meanwhile, the Markit/Cips purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for services... 

The BBC was up to their usual tricks again last weekend. The largest and most spectacular display of working class patriotism for 25 years was either ignored or mis-reported as a sectarian provocation. More than 30,000 loyalist band members and Orangemen paraded past hundreds of thousands of spectators to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant against the Home Rule... 

The debate about the possible harmful effects of GM foods came roaring back after a French scientific research linked the appearance of cancerous tumors in rats consuming GM corn. The study caused an uproar and the French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, came to announce incentive measures for banning GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in all of Europe, if it confirms the result of the harmfulness... 

High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned. Andrew Rennison said new technology was being rolled out without public consultation. It is so intrusive that Britain may be in breach of human rights laws, he warned, and most people are ignorant... 

An analyst says people across the European Union countries must fight against the global banking cartel, which is controlling economies all over the world, Press TV reports. “The competitiveness is they control the system and the people in these nations they fight over the scraps. It’s ridiculous,” said Chris Dorsey, an economist and banking analyst, in a Monday interview with Press TV. “I... 

Portugal Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar Portugal finance minister announces an income tax hike for the 2013 budget as the unemployment rate is expected to hit 16.4% the same year. On Wednesday, the Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar had announced that the average tax hike would rise from 9.8 percent to 13.2 percent in 2013, adding that the unemployment rate is also expected to rise from 16 percent... 

Car making capital of the world: As well as British brands, many foreign car companies are also based in Britain Britain has become the car capital of the world as experts predict we will be making 2.2million vehicles a year by 2016. Despite the British car-making industry reaching the brink of collapse just a few years ago, the automobile industry has made a startling come back. Mini, Jaguar and Range... 

The swastika symbol was around long before the Nazis chose it for their notorious emblem. An ancient Buddhist statue with a swastika on it they brought back from Tibet was probably carved from a meteorite that crashed on the Siberia-Mongolia border. ­According to researchers, the 10-kilogram figure of the “Iron Man” which features a large swastika, a good-luck symbol in Buddhism, most... 

Hard talk: Reporter David Rose interviews a Muslim inmate at Whitemoor prison To reach the heart of HM Prison Belmarsh is a bleak and time-consuming process. It means a thorough search at the gate, the issuing of a special biometric identity card, and a long, repetitive journey through successive electronic gates in the vast, brick-built perimeter and concentric layers of razor-wire fence. It is a...