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Researchers from Save the Children looked at the health, education and economic status of women in 165 countries to develop the ranking, with Norway claiming the top spot and Somalia the bottom.
Most of the top spots are taken by Scandinavian countries. ...[Read more]
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"In Soviet Russia, YOU make the law ..."
Vladimir Putin has said that any Russian will be able to submit his or her own bills for parliamentary consideration after collecting 100,000 signatures in its support.
With this move, Russia is now second after ...[Read more]
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Wikileaks documents reveal that u.s. and canada have engaged in espionage, illegal wiretapping of indigenous peoples, and pressurized governments including ecuador, iceland, in order to stop adoption of the document of rights of indigenous peoples. ...[Read more]
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In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and remove videos that show protests and other examples of citizens ...[Read more]
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Scores of Americans are in an uproar since Food Safety News revealed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon allow U.S. chickens to be sent to China for processing before being shipped back to the states for human consumption.
Bureau of Labor ...[Read more]
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Amid allegations the Conservative government intentionally lowballed the price of the F-35 stealth fighter project, newly released National Defence documents indicate the full cost of last year's Libya mission was nearly $350 million ...[Read more]
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The US is preparing to face FBI-drafted legislation enabling it to monitor any personal communication activities in the web. It aims to use preset backdoors in social networks, online messaging, internet telephony and even Xbox gaming servers.
Tech media ...[Read more]
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Residents in east London have threatened to form human barricades to prevent missiles being installed on the rooftops of their homes for the Olympic Games.
Six sites in east London have been earmarked for the deployment of Rapier and Starstreak missiles, ...[Read more]
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In Robert E. Gamer's book "The Developing Nations" is a chapter called "Why Men Do Not Revolt." In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone ...[Read more]
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