October 06, 2013

When the clock struck midnight on October 1st, there was plenty more optimism in Beijing than in Washington. In China, people gathered in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s founding. In the US, the situation was much grimmer.

A kabuki theatre of incompetence that brought…

October 04, 2013 

Death row inmates are suing the state of Texas for obtaining a killing drug from a compounding pharmacy after its previous supply of pentobarbital expired last month. The lawsuit says the drug carries "a high risk of excruciating pain."

The state turned to a compounding pharmacy in suburban Houston to…

October 03, 2013 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation secretly obtained a court order compelling Lavabit, the email service used by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, to hand over its private SSL key, thereby allowing the FBI to monitor Lavabit's users.

The FBI order was handed down on July 16, according…

October 01, 2013

Former NSA agent, Edward Snowden, has called on an EU Parliament committee to provide protection for whistleblowers and “create better channels” for them to inform. The committee is currently holding an inquiry into the 'Prism scandal'.

The inquiry involves a series of special hearings looking at specific…

OCT. 1, 2013

The US federal government is partially shutting down after the Congress failed to fund its work amid a Republican drive to defund the Obamacare healthcare program. President Obama addressed to US troops to boost their confidence amid the crisis.

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" Without Prejudice" (FICTION STORY) The residents and tourist on the Gold and Sunshine Coast in Queensland and New South Wales border have had enough of these outlaw motorcycle gangs causing a public nuisance byway of deadly weapons and gang related fights, making a ruckus on our streets of Surfers Paradise, and in pubs and clubs etc. The public demand action now too reduce…

October 01, 2013

The Senate has rejected the House's latest short-term government funding deal, setting up a government shutdown at 04:00 GMT. 

Tuesday, October 1 

04:56 GMT:…