News you might not have heard

[Gullscorer]

Poverty in UK and Europe: http://rt.com/op-edge/icrc-poverty-eu-crisis-732/

[Gullscorer]

Japan MPs approve controversial secrets law:

Japan's parliament has approved a state secrets law that imposes penalties of up to 10 years in jail for leaks by government officials, AP reported. Penalties would also apply to journalists who seek such information, who could be jailed for up to five years. The full upper house approved the bill Friday by 130 to 82, after the more powerful lower house had approved the bill last week. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe insists the law is needed to protect national security..!!

[Gullscorer]

British Intelligence linked to Libya torture scandal: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/20 ... 16294.html
Chinese doctors attach hand to foot: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25405543
Scientific journal violates procedures, bows to Monsanto over long-term scientific study: http://rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/
Japanese man runs like a dog: http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/100m-re ... s-and-legs
Amnesty in Russia could free Greenpeace group: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/20 ... 86390.html
Russian scientists call for 10-year GM ban: http://rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/
South Devon's most expensive property? http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Sou ... story.html
China News: http://www.chinanews.net/

[Gullscorer]

The sheer volume of inefficient and unethical changes to social security the Government has enacted means some of it doesn’t even get noticed. So here’s five benefit changes the government doesn’t want you to know about:

1. Disabled people denied a key benefit have had their right to appeal reduced

2. Long-term sick people are having their benefits sanctioned ... for being sick

3. 50,000 disabled people are being cut out of work

4. There’s now a one-year limit on hundreds of thousands of people’s sickness benefit

5. Eviction letters are now including veiled threats to remove people’s children

Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/11/5-b ... know-about

[Gullscorer]

US General misbehaves in Moscow: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat ... ml?hpid=z1

[Gullscorer]

You may already know that ‘QANTAS’ is an acronym for ‘Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services’.
But did you know that the Australian airline is doomed? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25252286

[Gullscorer]

Reporters face jail: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/featur ... 16366.html
85-year-old Palestinian man killed by Israeli Tear gas canister: http://rt.com/news/palestinian-dies-israeli-gas-083/
Most under-reported news of 2013: http://rt.com/news/underreported-news-stories-2013-836/
People infected with deadly new virus: http://rt.com/news/virus-mers-five-infected-071/
Cambodian troops break up textile workers strike: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-paci ... 72281.html
Torquay United sack manager Alan Knill: http://www.torquayunited.com/news/artic ... 70751.aspx

[AustrianAndyGull]

Looks like all bad news until you get to the bottom.

[Gullscorer]

Looks like all bad news until you get to the bottom.

Always try and look on the bright side.. :~D

[Gullscorer]

2014 prediction: Britain will be bankrupt in 2014. Dramatic and sudden collapse of economy following interest rate increases. Massive bailout required with stringent conditions attached; worse than Greece. Tax rises, benefits and pensions cuts, credit controls, severe restrictions on bank withdrawals, hyper-inflation, food shortages, riots in the streets.. General Election will be announced, which will be won by UKIP, who will cause an international crisis by taking the UK out of the EU, who will make threats of dire consequences, including military intervention..

[Glostergull]

2014 prediction: Britain will be bankrupt in 2014. Dramatic and sudden collapse of economy following interest rate increases. Massive bailout required with stringent conditions attached; worse than Greece. Tax rises, benefits and pensions cuts, credit controls, severe restrictions on bank withdrawals, hyper-inflation, food shortages, riots in the streets.. General Election will be announced, which will be won by UKIP, who will cause an international crisis by taking the UK out of the EU, who will make threats of dire consequences, including military intervention..

Yeah but we will all be happy when United win the league.

Ohhhhh Some rotten swine just dumped a large load of pooh from a great height.

[Gullscorer]

British military commanders have warned that the Taliban will quickly retake hard-won areas of Afghanistan when UK troops leave later this year. In other words, Britain's Afghanistan adventure will have been a complete waste of lives, time and money in an unnecessary war against an almost non-existent (unless you believe US propaganda) terrorism..

[Behind-the-Gulls]

Agree we should never have got involved but are you saying the Taliban aren't terrorists-what are they then?

[Gullscorer]

Agree we should never have got involved but are you saying the Taliban aren't terrorists-what are they then?

They're an Islamic fundamentalist political and insurgency movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban They're a brutal, nasty, undemocratic organisation. But the USA did not declare war on the Taliban, nor on Afghanistan. The USA and the UK invaded Afghanistan on the pretext of fighting a war against global terrorism..

[Gullscorer]

Police brutality: this is USA but it can happen anywhere: http://rt.com/usa/seabrook-nh-police-video-323/
Poverty in USA: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas ... 78555.html