Al Jazeera and Agencies Last Modified: 05 Jan 2011 20:56 GMT A 26-year-old Tunisian man who set off a wave of protests after attempting to commit suicide by setting himself on fire last month has died of third-degree burns in hospital, his relatives and human rights groups have said. Mohamed Bouazizi died at 5:30 pm […]
By The Tico TimesMonday, January 10, 2011 Thugs on Saturday allegedly chased a biologist through a crowded market in the Pacific port of Puntarenas after he attempted to film shark fins drying at a makeshift dock. Investigating Costa Rica’s profitable shark-fin trade appears to be an increasingly dangerous undertaking. For the second time in less […]
9 January 2011 (Desdemona Despair) – In April 2010, actor Lance Baxter, known to many as the voice of the GEICO Gecko, left a voice mail for the “tea party” organization Freedom Works that asked how Freedom Works will “spin it when one of your members does actually kill somebody, wondering if you’ve got a […]
The ACLU has received over 1000 complaints from travelers in the United States about the TSA’s new pat-downs, providing a unique vantage point on what is taking place at airports around the nation. These complaints came from men, women, and children who reported feeling humiliated and traumatized by these searches, and, in some cases, comparing […]
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff WriterWednesday, December 8, 2010; 10:52 PM During his campaign to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate, GOP nominee Ron Johnson accused Democratic incumbent Russell Feingold (D) of being “on the side of special interests and lobbyists.” “After promising voters that he would reform the culture of lobbying in Washington, […]
[Desdemona has a new respect for Chef Ramsay. For more on the fishing mafia, see Sharkwater and SSCS Defending Sharks.] By WENN.COMLast Updated: January 3, 2011 3:56am Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was doused in gasoline and held at gunpoint as he tried to uncover the dark world of illegal shark fin trading for a new […]
By David SwansonTuesday December 28, 2010 The fall and decline of an empire can take many years, but certain “benchmarks” (as imperial courts have been known to call them) can measure the progress in one year alone. Take, for example, the year 2010. This year opened with the United States Supreme Court claiming further power […]
By Tom Philpott10 Dec 2010 8:36 AM It’s not just the State and Defense departments that are reeling this month from leaked documents. The Environmental Protection Agency now has some explaining to do, too. In place of dodgy dealings with foreign leaders, this case involves the German agrichemical giant Bayer; a pesticide with an unpronounceable […]
By Mike Roddy and Ian Murphy 11 December 2010 (AlterNet) – This was the hottest decade on record and 2010 has been the hottest year on record. Extreme weather and starvation are increasing on every continent, as beetles devour our forests and jellyfish begin to rule the sea. MIT and the Met Office Hadley Centre […]
www.mongabay.comDecember 02, 2010 Indonesia’s national climate change strategy document includes text suggesting that dumping mining waste in peatlands could be used as an approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. According to Indonesia’s National Council on Climate Change, degradation of peatlands accounted for 41 percent of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2005, making the sector the […]
