A Texas scientist advocates killing nine-tenths of the world’s population by an airborne Ebola virus, writes John Ballantyne. An award-winning Texas scientist was given a standing ovation after he advocated the extermination of 90 per cent of the Earth’s population by an airborne Ebola virus. The University of Texas evolutionary ecologist, Dr Eric R. Pianka, was addressing the 109th meeting... 

Professor Kills Three At Georgia Theater Authorities say three people were fatally shot and another three wounded in a shooting at an Athens theater. A Jewish professor at the University of Georgia is being sought in connection with the shooting. Athens-Clarke County Assistant Police Chief Alan Brown said George Zinkhan is a the main suspect in the shooting Saturday afternoon at the Athens Community... 

100 days later? Abject absurdity, right. On his 100th day in office, President Obama will be “crowned” in messianic imagery at New York City’s Union Square. Artist Michael D’Antuono’s painting “The Truth” – featuring Obama with his arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns upon his head – will be unveiled on April 29 at the Square’s South Plaza. According... 

The Obama Administration will put forth new peace initiatives only if Israel wants it to, said Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in his first comprehensive interview on foreign policy since taking office. “Believe me, America accepts all our decisions,” Lieberman told the Russian daily Moskovskiy Komosolets. In other words this is what he means: America is our puppet state, we control it. Lieberman... 

The Global Movement for the Defense of Children’s Palestine Branch reports that Israeli imprisonment of Palestinian children is up. Over the past two months Israeli forces have increased campaigns against children. At the end of February 2009 the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons was up to 423. This is the highest number since the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada in 2000. It... 

RUE Britannia, Britannia rues the waves of disbelief, dismay and despondency that have been rippling across the nation since Alistair Darling’s Budget Day, when he declared class war on high earners and made ridiculously optimistic forecasts about economic recovery, while cheerfully ratcheting national debt up to £1.4 trillion by 2014. It’s time to quit. And if he won’t, maybe we should. It’s... 

Many Israelis worry that African immigrants threaten the country’s national identity. Human rights groups say this fear prevents the government from treating the new arrivals fairly. Should Israel be criticized for isolating these immigrants? Definitely not! Now, weather people like it or not, Israel is their (Jewish people) land, their country so they can do whatever they want in their own... 

David Duke went to "dictatorial" Iran and came back safely but he went to "democratic" Europe to be imprisoned. Where's the Freedom of Speech, where's the democracy Europe? The International War on Freedom of Speech led to the arrest of Dr. David Duke in Czech Republic for alleged “Denial of the Holocaust”. The Czech police arrested David Duke, former leader... 

Photo: An Asian slave woman lives in confinement while forced to do hard labor in Dubai. Saudi Arabia officially outlawed slavery in the 1960’s, however they still openly practice indentured servitude that international rights groups say is tantamount to slavery. Servants are brought in from countries like Bangladesh to do hard labor while living in squalid conditions. Women are also lured to Saudi... 

The left-wing media empire of Israel “Izzy” Asper, which dominates Canadian media, is facing bankruptcy. Israel Asper served as the leader of the Canadian Liberal Party in Manitoba in the 70’s and served in the Manitoba Legislature from 72-75. The media empire he founded, CanWest, is often cited as one of the worst examples of centralized media ownership in the Western World. Aspers three children,... 

An armed mob, angered over the slow pace of land reform benefits, has launched a Zimbabwean-style invasion of one of South Africa’s new multimillion pound showpiece agricultural reform projects, the biggest yet in value instituted by the post-apartheid government. Government sources said a mob, armed with knives and machetes, had seized control of Forana farm in the rich farming area of Mpumalanga... 

Gerald Frederick Toben, 64, was convicted in the Federal Court on 24 counts of contempt of court after continuing to publish material about Jews and the Holocaust on his Adelaide Institute website, despite 2002 orders to stop. Judge Bruce Lander said Toben, who will be sentenced later this month, had steadfastly refused to comply with the law. He did not accept that freedom of speech “does not... 

Fears over GM corn's effects on the food chain have led to the ban. Germany has decided to ban genetically modified corn, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced Tuesday, amid concerns over its environmental and economical impact. Aigner announced a ban on the cultivation of US biotech giant Monsanto’s genetically modified corn strain MON 810 after considering a number of studies. The... 

South African farmers suffered millions of dollars in lost income when 82,000 hectares of genetically-manipulated corn (maize) failed to produce hardly any seeds.The plants look lush and healthy from the outside. Monsanto has offered compensation. Monsanto blames the failure of the three varieties of corn planted on these farms, in three South African provinces,on alleged ‘underfertilisation... 

Mariana van Zeller a Portuguese journalist takes a look at the tradition of female circumcision in Africa. She travels to rural villages in Sierra Leone with an activist who faces a tough battle to put an end to the practice.  Read More »