Photo Blackoutspeakoutca A sweeping omnibus bill introduced last month to the Canadian parliament has been harshly condemned as “undemocratic.” Over 13,000 websites across Canada are planning to protest with a June 4 blackout to highlight their cause. Bill C-38 – otherwise known as the “Jobs,... [Read More]

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists have rallied on Capitol Hill to decry corporate influence on the American government ( Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP) Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists have rallied on Capitol Hill to “Occupy Congress”, decrying corporate influence on the American... [Read More]

Top suspect in journalist s death blames Ukrainian ex president A former Ukrainian police general, and the main suspect in the high profile case of a journalist’s murder, has said that former President Kuchma ordered the hit. Ukrainian media has reported that Aleksey Pukach, the main suspect in... [Read More]

Senators enjoy vacation while leaving thousands unemployed 4,000 employees of the FAA remain jobless Lawmakers in DC may have found a temporary solution to the debt crisis, but politicians in the US Senate didn’t bother to resolve another major issue within the Federal Aviation Administration this... [Read More]

Missouri struggles of prevent student teacher sex Social studies? Yes. Social networking. No. When Missouri Senate Bill 54 goes into effect on August 28, teachers across the state will be prohibited from contacting students, former and current, through online networking sites. Messages, commenting,... [Read More]

Massive child pornography ring busted Attorney General Eric Holder announced this morning that 72 individuals have been charged with being linked to a massive child pornography ring started in Louisiana and spreading across five continents and 13 countries. Holder spoke from Washington DC this morning... [Read More]

NYPD pepper sprays man to death The death of a Bronx man who suffered a fatal asthma attack after cops pepper-sprayed him has been ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner. An autopsy found that Kemp Yarborough cause of death was by“acute bronchial asthma attack during a physical altercation... [Read More]

American credit rating downgrade still likely Lawmakers may have hoped that the last-minute debt ceiling deal yesterday saved the US economy, but credit agencies aren’t about ready to say that the dollar is safe from danger. Hours after lawmakers say they managed to cut a deal to cut $2.4 trillion,... [Read More]

Marines land at nudist beach All they want to do is strip naked and play a little volleyball. Is that so wrong? Outside of San Diego, California, park rangers and the Marine Corps think so. The “naturalists” that frequented Trail 6 at San Onofre State Beach were told that they had to take their... [Read More]

Russia’s Ilona Korstin and Maria Stepanova with the European champions’ trophy (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) Russian women’s basketball team have returned home after being crowned European champions. ­They touched down in Moscow bearing flowers and the trophy after beating Turkey... [Read More]

Fans vs Police debates over football supporters law Supporters of Spartak Moscow during the latest durby with Lokomotiv (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Pesnya) Why do Russian football fans boycott the national team’s games? What is behind Moscow fans’ reluctance to travel to the Caucasus? Who is to blame... [Read More]

The problem of hooliganism on the sadiums is wide open in Russia The president of the Russian Football Union, Sergey Fursenko, has announced the release of a document meant to ease tension between football fans and the police, and also to get rid of football hooligans. Russia is preparing to host football’s... [Read More]

An Egyptian shouts slogans during a protest of Islamist groups at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 29, 2011 (photo from daylife.com) In Egypt, the crowds are back in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, five months after the ousting of President Mubarak. Thousands... [Read More]

Tea Party screws Boehner collateral damage for Obama Days away from default, no solution for the US debt ceiling has been reached. On Tuesday, the United States government is planning on running out of the more than $14 trillion that DC lawmakers say the country can borrow from abroad. As Democrats... [Read More]

Migrant workers might provoke a crisis opposition leaderMigrant workers in Russia (RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov) Labor immigration to Russia should be banned from states where the birth rate is not restricted by law, the Liberal Democratic Party has stated. ­Russia should set a condition to other... [Read More]

Police ignored neighbors concerns over Breivik The farm house of Anders Behring Breivik at Aamot in Hedmark, eastern Norway (AFP Photo / Scanpix Norway / Jo E. Brenden) Reports are emerging that people living near Breivik’s farm tried to alert the police long before the events in Oslo and Utoya.... [Read More]

Russian court makes foreign donations to NGOs tax freeImage by RT The Russian Supreme Arbitration Court has freed non-governmental organizations from paying a tax on the donations they receive from foreign foundations. The tax officials wanted to levy a 24 percent profit tax on such donations. ­The... [Read More]

Medvedev creates new body to fight extremism Last year, soccer fans, nationalists and natives of North Caucasus tried to organize several rallies in Moscow, but their attempts were suppressed by the police (RIA Novosti / Ilya Pitalev) The Russian president has formed an interdepartmental commission... [Read More]

Polygamist leader fights sex abuse case FLDS Church leader Warren Jeffs plans to represent himself. A whole lot of wives and a whole lot of trouble. Nonetheless, polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs thinks he can take care of his own affairs and has dismissed the attorneys that had been representing... [Read More]

Government admits to spying through your cell phone The government can take data from your phones to see where you are. The US government is in a relationship with your cell phone provider, but “it’s complicated.” When the general counsel of the National Security Agency was asked if the government... [Read More]

Gay remark could cost Rachel Maddow 50 million The official website for Christian rap-metal band Junkyard Prophet says that lead singer and drummer Bradlee Dean is hard, funky, loud and fast. Next time the webmaster logs on, he might want to add lawsuit-happy, pissed off and weary of gays. In addition... [Read More]

US-visa-blacklist-threatens-to-derail-reset US and Russia may be heading for a diplomatic row over a reported American visa “blacklist” against some Russian citizens.   Some members of the US Senate are attempting to push through legislation that would place up to 60 Russian nationals,... [Read More]

RT Photo / Irina Vasilevitskaya When it comes to the dating game in Russia, it really is a man’s world. There are 10 million more women than men in the country, forcing some to turn to unconventional methods to find love. Even if that means a sharing and compromise. Andrey is a father of three.... [Read More]

A Palestinian protester holding his national flag confronts an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah near Bethlehem (AFP Photo / Musa Al-Shaer) In response to the Palestinians’ decision to declare statehood at the UN General... [Read More]