Posts Tagged ‘over’

Over 700 Protesters Arrested On Brooklyn Bridge … Claim Entrapment

  Washington’s Blog Oct 2, 2011 More Than 700 Arrested Associated Press reports: More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. Some of […]

US, Pakistan Playing Blame Game Over Haqqani Network

by Ismail Salami   Tensions between Pakistan and the USA are escalating as the two sides are blatantly playing a blame game over the terror love child neither party wishes to acknowledge. The root cause of the bitterness between the two actually goes back to the time when the United States Special Forces military unit […]

Ron Paul raised over $5 million in third quarter

Reuters Oct 1, 2011 Ron Paul’s presidential campaign will post well over $5 million in fundraising for the third quarter, a campaign spokesman said on Friday, enough for the Republican candidate to comfortably fund his presidential race in the coming months. “We will well exceed $5 million,” campaign spokesman Jesse Benton said. That haul would […]

Labor losing support over tax

Updated: 12:25, Saturday October 1, 2011 A poll has revealed that a third of voters are more likely to vote Labor if it dumps its carbon tax policy. The Galaxy poll, published in News Ltd newspapers, reveals that 32 per cent of people would be more likely to vote Labor if the tax was dumped. […]

4WD reverses over baby girl in NT

AAP A family has been devastated by the death of their baby girl after she was run over by a four-wheel drive on a property in the Northern Territory. The one-year-old girl was killed when her family’s four-wheel drive backed up over her at a property near Katherine on Saturday morning. Her family took her […]

Julian Burnside apologises to Tony Abbott over ‘Paedos in speedos’ tweet

Julian Burnside’s comments about Tony Abbott, and his ensuing apology, as it unfolded on his twitter account. Picture: Twitter Source: Supplied Julian Burnside QC has apologised to Tony Abbott for an inappropriate tweet that was sent to 5000 of his followers. Picture: Darryl Gregory Source: Herald Sun Prev  of 2 Next HUMAN rights lawyer Julian Burnside […]

Wall Street cop faces probe over pepper spray

As protesters cry foul over the NYPD’s violent acts perpetrated at Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, the cop that infamously sprayed down a group of women in Manhattan last week with mace will become the subject of an internal investigation. In the days since NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna released pepper spray on a group of […]

Farage Lambasts Barroso Over Call For “More Of The Same” In Europe Crisis

Prisonplanet.com Sept 28, 2011 Nigel Farage: The Union is in a state, Mr Barroso Reuters – EU’s Barroso calls on ECB to do whatever it takes in crisis Delivering his annual “State of the Union” speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday, Barroso set out a range of steps the euro zone needed to get on top […]

SAF Sues City of Omaha Over Gun Registration Ordinance

  Second Amendment FoundationPR Newswire September 28, 2011 The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in federal district court in Nebraska against the City of Omaha, challenging the city’s prohibition against anyone who is not a United States citizen from registering a handgun. SAF’s lawsuit, on behalf of Armando Pliego Gonzalez, a resident alien living […]

Jesse Ventura Calls For NFL Boycott Over TSA-Style Groping

  Former Governor also selects July 4th 2012 as national no fly day Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has called for a nationwide boycott of the NFL in response to its announcement that attendees to all football games will be groped TSA-style, while Ventura also launched a […]

Three year old toddler in Rushcutters Bay run over by car, dies in hospital

Police on the scene in Clement place , Rushcutters Bay. A 3 year old child was injured when a 4WD reversed over him in Clement place Rushcutters Bay. Picture: John Appleyard Source: The Daily Telegraph Rushcutters Bay…the Sydney suburb where a toddler was accidentally run over today. Picture: Jim Trifyllis Source: The Daily Telegraph A […]

Injured War Contractors Sue Over Health Care, Disability Payments

A civilian contractor exercises. (Dimitry Kostoukov/AFP) by T. Christian Miller   Private contractors injured while working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Monday, claiming that corporations and insurance companies had unfairly denied them medical treatment and disability payments. The suit, filed in district court […]

Rand Paul Slams Congressional “Circus” Over Deadlines And Shutdown Threats

  “Democrats are insisting we borrow more money” Steve WatsonPrisonplanet.com Sept 27, 2011 Kentucky Senator Rand Paul appeared on CNN last night to inject some sense into the latest stand off between Republicans and Democrats over government spending and the deficit. In light of the fact that a government shutdown has been only narrowly averted […]

Infowars.com Journalist Sues Pittsburgh Over Arrest at G-20 Summit

  Rich LordPittsburgh Post-Gazette September 26, 2011 A journalist who covered the G-20 Summit for the website Infowars.com and for The Alex Jones Show has sued the city of Pittsburgh over his treatment at the hands of police two years ago. Robert Dew, of Austin, Texas, was leading a three-man crew for Free Speech Systems […]

War of words over global warming as Nobel laureate resigns in protest

  Philip Sherwell Telegraph September 26, 2011 In a fresh challenge to claims that there is scientific “consensus” on climate change, Prof Ivar Giaever has resigned from the American Physical Society, where his peers had elected him a fellow to honour his work. The society, which has 48,000 members, has adopted a policy statement which […]

Mum runs over son in driveway tragedy in Sorrento

TRAGEDY has struck a family after a mother ran over her son and pinned her father to the front of her Mornington Peninsula home. The two-year-old boy and grandfather, 63, were sitting on a bench on the front porch in Morobe St, Sorrento, when the woman accidentally accelerated while parking on the front lawn at […]

Labor in spin over pokies

Targeted … Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland. Photo: Andrew Sheargold THE Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has joined the growing ranks of Labor MPs anxious about poker machine reforms, saying clubs are justified in demanding more information to show the changes will work and that there should first be a trial. Mr McClelland, who is being targeted […]

Family demands answers over child’s hospital death

The family of a seven-year-old boy found dead wedged between his hospital bed and a wall want Queensland’s coroner to investigate. Joshua Plumb, who had cerebral palsy, died on December 15, 2010, after being admitted to Ipswich Hospital with a bowel complaint. The high-care-needs child had been with his mother until she went home to […]

US soldier jailed for seven years over ‘thrill’ murders of Afghan civilians

  Amy FallonGuardian September 24, 2011 A US soldier has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the murders of Afghan civilians last year. Pvt 1st Class Andrew Holmes, 21, was among five soldiers charged over the “thrill killings” of the three civilians during patrols in Kandahar. The murders have been […]

Venus Movement wants technology over politics

With the worldwide economy showing disarray and madness, one can’t help but question if flaws within modern society are to blame for the unrest and unjust across the globe. Roxanne Meadows of the Venus Project thinks she might be able to change that. “What we are introducing is a new method of organizing and running […]

Chinese man held over killing sex slaves locked in basement

  Guardian September 23, 2011 A man in China has been detained on suspicion of keeping six women as sex slaves in underground rooms for two years and killing two of them, a state-owned newspaper has reported. The Southern Metropolis Daily said that over the past two years, Li Hao allegedly kidnapped women who worked as […]

Perry Caught In Blatant Lie Over Support For Bailouts

  Denies he ever supported $700 million blank check for Wall St Steve Watson Infowars.com Sept 23, 2011 GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry has been caught in an outright lie regarding his previous support for the 2008 Federal bailout of Wall Street. When asked recently by a reporter about his position on the controversial TARP […]

China slams America over Taiwan arms deal

Chinese officials have lashed out at the Obama administration after the president of the United States pledged to offer the Taiwan military nearly $6 billion in upgrades. Nearly 150 of Taiwan’s antiquated F-16 fighter jets will see improvements thanks to a $5.8 billion plan put before Congress yesterday. Taiwan had originally asked the US to […]

Ahmadinejad blasts U.S. over “mysterious” 9/11

  CBS News September 22, 2011 Making reference to what he called the “mysterious September 11th incident” and the “slave masters and colonial powers” of the West, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated Western member nations in an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Iranian leader’s appearance Thursday has been met […]

Two arrested over Blue Mountains fires

Firefighters try hosing flames in the valley from The Elisian Rock lookout. Picture: Tracee Lea Source: The Daily Telegraph TWO teenagers were arrested today over their involvement in up to 13 fires in the Blue Mountains over the past five days. A number of crude home made incendiary devices were used in some of the […]

Iran ‘in talks’ with Russia over new nuclear sites

RIA Novosti Sept 22, 2011 Iran is in talks with Russia to build new nuclear facilities, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday. “We are in talks with Russia on construction of new nuclear power stations,” Ahmadinejad told the Russia Today TV channel. Iran may accept an offer from any other country willing to cooperate, he […]

Mothers and babies at risk over craze for collecting umbilical cord blood

  Sophie BorlandDaily Mail September 22, 2011 Mothers and babies are being put at risk by the craze for collecting blood from the umbilical cord to protect against future illnesses, doctors and midwives warn. Thousands of women have the blood extracted minutes after giving birth. The blood, which contains stem cells, is then stored to […]

Former hostage takes aim at Canberra over ‘flawed advice’

Photo-journalist Nigel Brennan, who was kidnapped in Somalia, in Sydney yesterday. Picture: Alan Pryke. Source: The Australian NIGEL Brennan says he would have died at the hands of his Somali kidnappers if his family had listened to the “fatally flawed” advice of the Australian government during his 15-month hostage saga. The photo-journalist has also lashed […]

Abbott says PM must resign over asylum policy

Alexandra Kirk Updated September 22, 2011 14:48:19 The Government is standing firm in its attempt to get its asylum legislation through Parliament. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is calling on the Federal Government to resign if it cannot get its contentious offshore-processing plan through the Parliament. The Government today brought forward debate on its proposed changes […]

Perry Backs Full Israeli Control Over Jerusalem

  Richard A. Oppel Jr.New York Times September 21, 2011 UPDATE 2:30 p.m. : Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Tuesday came down firmly on the side of the more conservative supporters of Israel, denouncing what he called an Obama administration policy of “appeasement” that had gravely weakened Israel and declaring unambiguously that Jerusalem should be […]

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