MI5 ‘tried to recruit’ Woolwich murder suspect

Published time: May 25, 2013 08:45 

Edited time: May 26, 2013 08:28

UK intelligence service MI5 approached Woolwich killing suspect Michael Adebolajo to offer him a job, a friend of the alleged murderer claimed in a BBC interview. Meanwhile police have arrested three more people suspected of plotting the brutal killing.…

From Alaska to Florida: Americans take to streets against Monsanto and GMOs

Published time: May 25, 2013 19:56 

Edited time: May 26, 2013 09:03

Hundreds of thousands across the US joined the worldwide rally against biotech giant Monsanto and genetically engineered crops. It comes shortly after the Senate turned down a bill that would allow states to require the labeling of GM foods.

Organizers of the major…

Two arrested after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani civilian plane to London airport

Challenging Monsanto: 200,000 in 40 countries to rally against GMO

Swedish riots rage for fourth night

Police attacked and cars torched in Stockholm suburbs as unrest sparked by long-term youth unemployment and poverty spreads

• Agencies in Stockholm…

Ongoing military rape epidemic: 85k vets treated for sex abuse in 2012

Published time: May 20, 2013 21:05

More than 85,000 US veterans received medical treatment for sex abuse trauma in 2012, while only 4,000 applied for disability benefits. The numbers portray the shocking long-term consequences of sex abuse, days after the Pentagon acknowledged the problem.

The data shows the…

91 dead as mile-wide tornado flattens Oklahoma City suburbs (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Iran unveils ‘Epic’ new drone

Published time: May 10, 2013 00:51

Much has been said already of the vast US military drone program, but Iran has just unveiled the latest of its own autonomous aircraft in a bid to highlight recent advances in the drive to build its own drone fleet.

Designated as the Hemaseh in Farsi, meaning 'epic' in English, Iran’s latest reconnaissance-combat…

78,000 Apply for Private Mars Colony Project In 2 Weeks

By Mike Wall | SPACE.com – 17 hrs ago

Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave…

Pilot describes moment an Airbus with up to 220 people on board came dangerously close to crashing into 'UFO' as it came in to land

• Plane narrowly avoided the 'blue and yellow' object at 3,500ft
• Drama happened 13 miles outside Glasgow Airport
• Nothing else was noticed on the radar at the time
• Object passed beneath the plane…

Teen victims of predator Hall: As BBC star admits he molested 13 girls, two reveal why they spoke out after 40 years to bring him to justice 

• Susan Harrison and Kim Wright waived their right to anonymity 
  
  
• The pair revealed they were among 13 girls molested by the presenter 
  
  
• For decades they suffered in silence unable to out speak about the…

Tupac Shakur's aunt becomes the first woman on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list: Radical who executed cop in 1973, escaped jail and fled to Cuba

• Joanne Chesimard escaped from prison, where she was serving a life sentence for the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, in 1979
• The Black Liberation Party member has since fled to Cuba, where she's lived for decades as Assata…