Sexual Violence Escalates in Kenya

Seeded on Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:27 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

I'm a bit late on this story, though I unfortunately have a feeling that it's going to be relevant for some time.

human-rights, war, africa, rape, kenya, world-news, sexual-assault, humanity, gang-rape

10 Steps To Destroy A Local Community

Seeded on Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:55 PM EST (corrupt.org)

10 Steps To Destroy A Local Community Step 1: Tolerance Step 2: Equality Step 3: Segregation Step 4: Altruism Step 5: Cold Love Step 6: Big Brother Step 7: I Hate The State Step 8: Buy Yourself An Identity Step 9: Jurassic Park Step 10: Overthrow

education, community, culture, love, identity, big-brother, segregation, altruism, tolerance

Women are growing bigger busts

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:02 PM EST (Australian News Network)

Interesting fluff article... IT sounds crazy, but lipstick and booze among other pleasures are being blamed for a growth spurt in womens' breast cup sizes. A recent study in the UK has revealed that British breasts are getting bigger, according to reports in The Daily Mail.

health, sugar, weight, breasts, bras, nutrition, alcohol, boobs

Bush names terrorist sympathizer as new ambassador to Nicaragua

Seeded on Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:34 PM EST (paulitics.wordpress.com)

Interesting! A database search of all mainstream news outlets suggests that this announcement has gone completely unreported in both the United States media (source) and the Canadian media (source), however some publications in Europe published the story.

nicaragua, terrorism, daniel-ortega, honduras, george-bush, world-news, contras, john-negroponte

Living in Fear and Paying a High Cost in Heart Risk

Seeded on Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:07 PM EST (The New York Times)

Which is more of a threat to your health: Al Qaeda or the Department of Homeland Security?

terrorism, health, homeland-security, fear, al-qaeda, dhs

Project Censored: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008

Seeded on Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:35 PM EST (Project Censored)

Every year they compile a list of the top 25 news stories that you just didn't hear about through the traditional media. Here's 2008's List:

world-news, police-state, censorship, propaganda

Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 5:11 PM EST (Raw Story)

North Vietnamese made hoax calls to get the US military to bomb its own units during the Vietnam War, according to declassified information that also confirmed US officials faked an incident to escalate the war.

history, nasa, vietnam

SWAT Team Shoots Baby, Kills Mom in Drug Raid Gone Wrong

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 5:03 PM EST (stopthedrugwar.org)

It has become a nauseating chore just to report on all the innocent people that get killed in the drug war. But until our public servants stop killing us to protect us from drugs, the reporting must continue:

us-news