Cameron to visit Algeria after offering more than 330 British troops to take on Islamist terror groups in neighbouring in Mali

• Up to 40 UK personnel to train Malian army and another 200 to prepare combat troops from neighbouring countries
  
  
• At least 90 more personnel providing crews for Sentinel spy plane and C17 transport…

What a way to beat the traffic! Flying car developer says he's $80 million closer to making sci-fi dream a reality

• Moller International joins with outside firm to move production to China
• Founder expects a working prototype by the end of 2013
  
  

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Data Privacy Day 2013: Twitter reveals US government makes 80% of info requests

Published: 29 January, 2013, 12:22

Twitter has released its second transparency report, which demonstrated a frightening increase in requests for user data by the US government and ignited serious concerns over privacy and free expression.…

Anonymous hacks US Sentencing Commission website for Swartz

Published: 26 January, 2013, 14:51

Hacktivist movement Anonymous has hijacked the US Sentencing Commission website as a personal vendetta to retaliate against the justice system that threatened to imprison web activist Aaron Swartz, who recently committed suicide, for decades.

The…

First NATO Patriot battery goes operational in Turkey

Published: 27 January, 2013, 00:44

NATO has declared operational the first Patriot anti-missile battery deployed in southern Turkey, set to intercept possible rockets fired from Syria. The other five units are expected to be in place and operational over the next few days.

The first…

Life in the clouds: Over 3,000 compounds and seven species of bacteria found in HAILSTONES (so it's probably not a good idea to eat snow)

• Researchers say clouds are teeming with life - and that bacteria could actually trigger rain and hailstorms
  
  
• Findings could have major implications for weather forecasting

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Second NY hospital warns nearly 2,000 patients of possible HIV infection from insulin pens

Published: 26 January, 2013, 15:46

A hospital in New York State has notified 1,915 patients that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C – days after another hospital in NY admitted making the same mistake - through reusing insulin pens, used…

Boy, 17, smiles and laughs as police arrest him for 'beating his mother to death with the butt of a shotgun'

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PUBLISHED: 03:17 GMT, 25 January 2013 | UPDATED: 03:17 GMT, 25 January…

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The 'ghost cape' that could make fighter jets look like passenger planes

• Groundbreaking technology can make an object appear to be something else
• Technology could be used  to make a jet fighter appear to be a passenger plane, or a soldier appear to be  a tree
• Researchers say the  technique is…

Top Al Qaeda commander killed for the THIRD time: U.S air strike 'finally'  gets terror boss in Yemen

• Senior Al Qaeda  leader reported dead after air strike
• It is the third  time Said al-Shihri   has been reported…

'Supercop' who tackled New York and LA crimewaves could be heading for Scotland Yard after ban is lifted on foreign police chiefs

• David Cameron wanted Bill Bratton for London  in 2011 but was stopped
• Downing Street is changing rule that blocks  foreigners running UK forces
• Now the U.S. citizen says he wants to take  over the…

Leaks from UN telecom conference show Orwellian proposals

Published: 10 December, 2012, 11:25

Leaked documents from a recent International Telecommunications Union meeting have exposed several disturbing examples of potential usages of the Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) standard, which was recently adopted by a UN conference in Dubai.

­The…

World’s most dangerous religion: Atheists face worldwide persecution – report

Published: 10 December, 2012, 15:03

From the Christian West to the Islamic Middle East, atheists face discrimination and persecution including execution, life in prison, the revocation of citizenship and the denial of education and medical services, a new report has revealed. 

A 69-page study titled…

Swedish woman accused of having sex in flat with SKELETONS after police find 100  body parts

• WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT
• Gothenburg woman, 37, suspected of using 100  parts in 'sexual situations'
• Charged with violating peace of deceased after police…

Martial law authorized in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania

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PHOTOS - Major Flooding in NYC - Hurricane #Sandy…

Sandy Sparks ‘Over a Dozen Major Fires’ Across New York City