New spy leak: Denmark part of NSA ‘inner circle’

4/11-13 8:08

DANISH NEWS - Denmark works closely with intelligence agency NSA and enjoys a closer relationship with the USA than other non-Anglo Saxon countries such as Germany, the British newspaper The Guardian writes

Documents leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden show that Denmark is part of an exclusive…

Spanish royal's property impounded in corruption case

A judge in Spain has ordered properties belonging to the king's son-in-law to be impounded amid a corruption scandal that has embarrassed the royal family.

4 November 2013 Last updated…

'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack

4 November 2013 Last updated at 21:40 GMT

A man wielding a knife hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three people on board, police say.

The suspect, in his 50s and of foreign origin, has been arrested, police told the Norwegian Broadcasting…

Millions of Europeans Seek Food Aid, Red Cross Reports

By Giles Broom - Oct 10, 2013 1:57 PM GMT+0200

Europeans unable to feed themselves are increasingly seeking charitable services provided by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, according to a …

French farming hit by a suicide every two days

Published: 10 Oct 2013 16:55 GMT+02:00

Updated: 10 Oct 2013 16:55 GMT+02:00

In France, a farmer commits suicide every two days. That’s the shocking statistic quoted in a new report released on Thursday, which will set alarm bells ringing in France’s Ministry of Agriculture, which is struggling to revitalize the flagging…

The little-told story of the massive WWII pet cull

By Alison Feeney-Hart

BBC News Magazine

At the beginning of World War II, a government pamphlet led to a massive cull of British pets. As many as 750,000 British pets were killed in just one week. This little-discussed…

Teen wounds four people in stabbing spree at school in Finland

AFP 

October 11, 2013 3:03AM

A 16-YEAR-OLD student who had threatened "to kill the whole school'' stabbed three students and a janitor…

Scientists trace 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman whose 5,300-year-old body was found frozen in the Alps

• Austrian scientists tested the DNA of 3,700 male blood donors in Tyrol
• They matched a genetic mutation to the mummy found back in 1991
  
  

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Snowden among finalists for EU human rights prize

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on Monday, 09.30.13

BRUSSELS -- U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is among three finalists for the European Union's top human rights prize.

European…

Greece Strike Amid Anti-Racist Rapper Killing

2:19pm UK, Wednesday 18 September 2013

The troubled country again grinds to a halt, as a neo-Nazi is arrested for stabbing to death a hip-hop artist.

Labor’s Demise As A Countervailing Power

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

Infowars.com

Sunday, September 4, 2011

 

It is Labor Day weekend, 2011, but labor has nothing to celebrate. The jobs that once gave American workers a stake in capitalism have left and gone away. Corporations in pursuit of near-term profits have moved labor’s jobs to China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea and Eastern…

HMS Westminster arrives in Gibraltar a day after Spanish fishermen’s stand-off with Royal Navy after going into British waters 

• Warship seen approaching port of Gibraltar at around 7.15am GMT
• Day after fishermen protested over artificial reef at British outpost
• They say the concrete blocks ruin traditional fishing…

Norwegian Vikings grew hemp

The Sosteli farmsted, in Norway's southermmost Vest-Agder County, offers strong evidence that Vikings farmers actively cultivated cannabis, a recent analysis shows. The cannabis remains from the farmsted date from 650 AD to 800 AD.

This is not the first sign of hemp cultivation in Norway this far back in time, but the find is much more extensive than previous…

Killing of grandfather near mosque 'was act of terrorism': Police question Ukrainian man held over mosque bomb attacks on suspicion of his fatal stabbing

• Police granted extra time to question Ukrainian men in connection with mosque explosions
• One of two men arrested in connection with murder of Mohammed Saleem
• Mr Saleem, 75, stabbed and stamped on as he walked back from…

Doctor’s son, 19, dies with 62 injuries after becoming violent and suffering a severe reaction to the ‘biggest ever dose’ of party drug Dr Death

• Promising teenager tragically found dead in the family home by his mother
• Victim Travis Barber had highest ever dose seen of the lethal drug in his bloodstream
• His mother has warned about the dangers of playing Russian Roulette with…

Burzum's Varg Vikernes, Neo-Nazi, Arrested in France on Terrorism Suspicions

Norwegian right-wing extremist and black metal musician served 15 years in prison for murder and arson

Just four years after finishing 15 years of a 21-year sentence for murder, arson, and…

The bloody day Harry was witness to an horrific war crime: Prince was just 220yds away when US Special Forces trooper fired machine gun at Afghan goat herders

• Harry witnesses a US trooper fire a machine gun at a group of shepherds
• The incident took place on Harry's first tour in Afghanistan
• Other soldiers in Harry's regiment made complaints about the…

Luxembourg spying scandal threatens Juncker government

Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:38am EDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg faced the prospect of early elections being called on Wednesday, with a parliamentary debate about a spying scandal threatening to topple long-standing prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker's ruling coalition.

Juncker, who became…

Bulgarian Christian Orthodox bishop Cyril found dead on beach

Reuters) - Bishop Cyril of Varna, a prominent Bulgarian Orthodox cleric who was ousted last year as a secret police collaborator under Communist rule, was found dead on a Black Sea beach on Tuesday, regional police said.

The body of Cyril, 59, who headed one of Bulgaria's biggest Christian Orthodox eparchies and also served as an interim patriarch,…

Bolivian President Evo Morales has threatened “measures” against European countries in response to the grounding of his plane in Vienna last week, demanding they reveal the source of false information that Edward Snowden was on board.

“We are expecting European countries that forced me to land to explain what made them think I was transporting the fugitive US citizen. Where did this information come from, and why are they breaking international laws? If we in South America are not…