Majora Carter:An Eco-Warrior Fighting For Greener Urban Areas
Environment activist, Majora Carter, started her grassroots activities in the 1990’s. Her first accomplishment was to fight a plan, put together by then New-York’s Major Rudy Giuliani, to put an additional waste in the South Bronx.
Mousavi Accuses Regime Of Torturing To Obtain ‘Confessions’
Today, opposition leader Mousavi went on the offensive, and accused the authorities of using ” medieval-era torture” to extract fake confessions from the protesters on trial. Former president Khatami joined Mousavi in saying that the mass trial was in violation of the Iranian constitution.
Test:What Is Your News IQ?
The Pew Research Center has put together a short 12 questions quiz to test your knowledge of people and major events in the news. Included in the current version of the quiz are questions related to the economic crisis and other prominent current events. The Pew research randomly selected 1,003 adults. They were asked the […]
Iran: The ‘Holy’ Regime Put 100 Protesters On ‘Trial’
According to the official ‘news’ agency IRNA, the defendant are facing the following charges: Attacking military centers with firearms & bombs, attacking government centers and setting them on fire, destroying public property, creating terror amongst the public, contact with militants and hostile groups, violence against police and security agents, reporting for foreign and hostile media, violence against people and distributing material against the holy regime.”
Major AIG Contractor Under Scrutiny
A company hired by insurance giant AIG to investigate federal contract workers injured in war zones is itself under scrutiny after an employee brandished an ID card that falsely suggested he was a government agent.
