Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Craig Venter and other investors are working behind-the-scenes to bring genetically engineered (GE) algae to market with products that include fuel, animal feed made with manure, human food and vaccines. The US government have a stake in this enterprise, too. Obama put a moratorium on drilling for oil on federal land and voted down the Keystone pipeline, in... 

The debate about the possible harmful effects of GM foods came roaring back after a French scientific research linked the appearance of cancerous tumors in rats consuming GM corn. The study caused an uproar and the French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, came to announce incentive measures for banning GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in all of Europe, if it confirms the result of the harmfulness... 

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2012. Qatar has become the major supplier of weaponry and funds to the terrorist Free Syrian Army fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Large amounts of money and weapons are being transferred from Lebanon to Syria by a network of Qatari intelligence... 

High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned. Andrew Rennison said new technology was being rolled out without public consultation. It is so intrusive that Britain may be in breach of human rights laws, he warned, and most people are ignorant... 

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech to the Summit of South American and Arab Countries (ASPA), in Lima, on October 2, 2012. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has once again voiced opposition to any military attack on Iran’s nuclear energy facilities, warning it would have serious repercussions for the region. “Such a move could have dire consequences for the region and beyond,”... 

Several Syrian soldiers killed in Turkey attack Turkey has fired back at Syria after Syrian mortar bombs killed five people and wounded eight, in a Turkish town near the border, according to senior Turkish officials. NATO convened for an urgent meeting tonight, unilaterally condemning the act. “Our armed forces in the border region immediately retaliated against this heinous attack… by shelling... 

An analyst says people across the European Union countries must fight against the global banking cartel, which is controlling economies all over the world, Press TV reports. “The competitiveness is they control the system and the people in these nations they fight over the scraps. It’s ridiculous,” said Chris Dorsey, an economist and banking analyst, in a Monday interview with Press TV. “I... 

The US military and intelligence agencies are preparing to capture and kill militants involved in the attack on the US consulate in Libya, despite the Libyan government’s demand that no foreigners will fight on their country’s land. The top-secret Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is currently gathering information on the attack that killed a US ambassador and three other Americans, planning... 

Portugal Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar Portugal finance minister announces an income tax hike for the 2013 budget as the unemployment rate is expected to hit 16.4% the same year. On Wednesday, the Portuguese Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar had announced that the average tax hike would rise from 9.8 percent to 13.2 percent in 2013, adding that the unemployment rate is also expected to rise from 16 percent... 

Radical Jewish settlers vandalized a Christian church outside of Jerusalem, spray-painting “Jesus is a bastard” and “price tag” on its outer door. Such attacks have been on the rise despite police promises to curb hate crimes in the Holy Land. The blue graffiti denigrating the central figure to the Christian religion was scrawled on the door of the Franciscan Convent near the Dormition Abbey... 

At least 25 nations, NATO and non-NATO nations are expected to hold massive war games in Persian Gulf, near Iran’s waters. Iran has also announced that it will hold it’s largest war game in history and that it’s prepared to fight off any aggressor. Some news outlets have even reported that the number of nations which will participate in this month’s war games in the Persian... 

Think twice the next time you play a video game or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk. The international mental health encyclopedia known as the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM-IV) will include Internet-use disorder as a condition... 

It seems that Curiosity, a Martian rover, managed to find evidence that proves that there used to be a lot of water on the Red Planet. The discovery means that that there could be life on Mars as well. The images obtained with the help of telemetry show a river channel or streams among rocks. Researchers are studying the images, trying to determine the parameters of an ancient water reservoir. The... 

Thousands of miners of South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt gather for a rally South Africa’s government has opened a judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal shootings of 44 people during strikes at Marikana mine. The panel, appointed by South African President Jacob Zuma, will investigate the roles played by the police, the management of the platinum mine, Lonmin and the unions and... 

US military secretly sprayed radioactive particles in St. Louis, Texas A college professor from St. Louis, Missouri claims that allegedly harmless chemical sprays that doused the city in the 1950s and ‘60s as a Cold War-era protection measure was something much more sinister. Lisa Martino-Taylor, a sociologist at the St. Louis Community College in the Midwest, has been endlessly digging through publically...