from The Tyee
"Gassed" by oil sands operations, families say they've been forced to evacuate…
Mar 042013
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Mar 042013
from Democracy Now
For the first time, 25-year-old U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning has admitted to being the source behind the largest leak of state secrets in U.S. history. More than a thousand days after he was arrested, Manning testified Thursday before a military court. He said he leaked the classified documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks in order to show the American public the "true costs of war."..
Mar 042013
from The Guardian
Nearly a quarter of those due to be affected by the so-called "spare bedroom tax" will be single parents, according to new research.
Government figures show that 150,000 of the 660,000 people expected to have their benefits reduced because they have at least one unused room are lone parents under 60, Labour claim…
Mar 022013
from Yahoo
People often say that there's no such thing as coincidence, and there are plenty of romantic stories about those who feel they have found true love simply by being in the right place at the right time. But for one New York couple, fate took them a step further: They already had each other, and being in the right place at the right time — a busy Manhattan subway station at rush hour — they found their son…
Mar 012013
from Al Jazeera
Tribunal finds that UN bosses did not act on warnings by senior member of its staff in order not to upset Robert Mugabe…
Mar 012013
from Mother Jones
Last August, Shell got a long-awaited go-ahead from US regulators to begin exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic. It's a potential gold mine for the company — up to a fifth of the world's untapped oil resources are in the Arctic. But instead of rolling in cash, Shell ended up getting rolled by one disaster after another, culminating in the crash in January of drilling rig and a subsequent investigation by the feds…
Feb 282013
Biggest US union coalition faces historic low union membership.
by Anna Palmer
The AFL-CIO is in survival mode.
Over the next six months, the group will engage in an unprecedented self-evaluation that will result in a new strategic plan that leaders say could open the door to nonunion workers and alliances with old rivals.
Feb 282013
Flanagan's remarks about child porn as free speech "crossed the line".
from CBC
TORONTO, Feb 28, 2013 /CNW/ — "In light of recent remarks made by Tom Flanagan at the University of Lethbridge, CBC News has taken the decision to end our association with him as a commentator on Power and Politics.
"While we support and encourage free speech across the country and a diverse range of voices, we believe Mr Flanagan's comments to have crossed the line and impacted his credibility as a commentator for us".
Jennifer McGuire
General Manager and Editor In Chief, CBC News and Centres
Feb 272013
from Mother Jones
Despite persisting concerns over genetically modified crops, a new industry report (PDF) shows that GMO farming is taking off around the world. In 2012, GMO crops grew on about 420 million acres of land in 28 countries worldwide, a record high according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, an industry trade group…
Feb 272013
from Al Jazeera
Defence minister says it is too early to talk about a quick pullout, despite the growing cost of the intervention…