Official Inquiry Vindicates Climate Scientists
Since Galileo, science has been under attack, and its foes thought they had scored a huge victory when hackers broke into the emails of researchers at the CRU, finding some suspicious correspondences. An official UK government inquiry has just cleared the scientists of any wrong doing, reasserting that man-made global warming is a fact.
Belgium To Ban Burqa
The House Affairs Committee of the Belgian Parliament voted unanimously to ban the use of a burqa in public. The measure will be brought before the full government after Easter, and is expected to be the first bill of its kind in Europe.
Haiti’s 1804 Original Declaration Of Independence Found
The document is untitled “Liberty Or Death” and it is the original document written in French by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the leaders of Haiti’s revolution with Toussaint Louverture (2 ND photograph). The extraordinary discovery was made by Julia Gaffield, a 26-year old student from Duke University. Gaffield found the only known printed copy of […]
Pakistan: Supreme Court Pushes To Reopen Zardari’s Corruption Case
Pakistani anti-corruption officials have asked Switzerland to reopen a corruption case against their own President, Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari and his late wife, Benazir Bhutto, were convicted in Geneva for laundering 13 million dollars which they allegedly received in bribes in 2003. The verdict was thrown out after an appeal, but Pakistan Chief Justice Chaudhry […]
Death Penalty “Club”: China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi-Arabia And The US
On Tuesday, Amnesty International released its report concerning death sentences and executions in 2009. The report reveals that at least 714 people were executed in 18 countries and at least 2001 people were sentenced to death in 56 countries last year. The report shows that countries that still carry out executions are the exception rather […]
