1. Oslo\'s Calling
(Newsletter)

...by its security agencies to spy on Muslim communities. CONTINUE... Maldives cabinet sends climate SOS Top_news By Agencies    Saturday, 17 October 2009 The Maldives government is ho...

2. Ineffectiveness and Dangers of Flu Shots
(Newsletter)

...orse a UN report criticising Israel's conduct in its war on Gaza. CONTINUE... Argentine folk icon Sosa dies at 74 CULTURE By Agencies    Monday, 05 October 2009 Mercedes Sosa, the A...

3. How About Stimulating Truth, Not Spending
(Newsletter)

...ng Editorial By Ben Tanosborn    Wednesday, 28 January 2009 Answer to American economy's SOS? Of course, SOS! A month's hiatus in putting out my weekly column was never planned as a...

4. Peru police hold 'fat gang' killers
(News/Global)

... gang allegedly cut off their victims' heads, arms and legs, removed the organs, then suspended the torsos from hooks above candles that warmed the flesh as fat dripped into tubs below. Police dubbed ...

5. Maldives cabinet sends climate SOS
(News/S+T)

The Maldives government is holding a cabinet meeting underwater in a bid to attract international attention to the dangers of global warming. President Muhammad Nasheed, dressed in full scuba gear, he

6. Philippine floods begin to recede
(News/S+T)

...f Luzon, local officials reported on Saturday. Relief officials estimated total damage at nearly 2bn pesos ($43 million), including 1.6bn pesos in lost crops. Emergency teams, including troops, began ...

7. Argentine folk icon Sosa dies at 74
(News/Culture)

Mercedes Sosa, the Argentine folk singer who became known as the "voice of Latin America", has died at the age of 74. Thousands of people, many with flowers or Argentine flags, gathered to p

8. Typhoon Parma approaches Taiwan
(News/S+T)

... remain under-served. The agriculture department said the two storms had caused at  least 5.5bn pesos ($117 million) in damage. Most of  this was from the loss of rice that was due for harve...

9. Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order
(Opinions/Review)

...ts presidential election. Other recent examples include the Belgrade 2000 coup against Slobodan Misosevic, Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution ousting Eduard Shevardnadze for the US-installed stooge, ...

10. Against the Tortured Logic of Obama's Placebo Presidency
(Editor/Editorial)

...t creates an audience for the likes of Beck, Hannity, and Limbaugh. It is high season for those virtuosos of displaced anger, because not only the nation's treasure, but its élan vital, has been squa...