He described the government scientist's death as a 'textbook' suicide and illustrated his opinion with evidence not heard at Lord Hutton's public inquiry into Dr Kelly's death. It has now come to light that Dr Hunt did not have authorisation to speak publicly about the post-mortem report and may have broken official guidelines again.

Posted: 9:26:08 AM  

Last night Mr McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp said: 'It's good to hear that David Blunkett has the honesty and decency to admit that mistakes were made about the extradition treaty with the U.S. and Europe and that he realises that he gave too much away.

'This has left British citizens especially vulnerable and the treaty is all too often being used frivolously and not for the serious crimes we were led to believe it was intended for. The past eight years of stress has ruined Gary's life and his mental health has deteriorated greatly. Our lives have also been ruined.'

Posted: 9:23:32 AM  

The cloud is heading in the general direction of Saturn and poses no threat to Earth. Like the similar flare reported yesterday, today's event was centered on old sunspot group 1100. Solar rotation will turn this active region back toward Earth for possible geoeffective action in about 7 to 9 days. Stay tuned!

Posted: 8:17:55 PM  

The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

The site of the explosion is west of where BP's massive spill occurred.

The Coast Guard said no one was killed Thursday in the explosion. The blast was spotted by a commercial helicopter flying over the site.

All 13 people aboard the rig were found floating in the water in survival gear.

Posted: 8:13:32 PM  

President Barack Obama declares emergency as Hurricane Earl looms

"If Hurricane Earl worsens, additional people may be ordered to evacuate.

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Time of posting (911).

Tropical Storm Gaston's path a question mark

We'll have just to have wait and see. Hopefully, we'll have a better idea of its intentions by early next week.

Posted: 9:29:00 AM  

Sarah is 43, single and celibate — and determined to remain so. Each night she fastens a wire chain, known as a cilice, around her upper thigh.

The device has sharp prongs that dig into the skin and flesh, though generally it does not draw blood. To most women, it sounds a peculiarly ­masochistic practice.

Posted: 9:22:25 AM  

Attorney General WILL study papers that could finally lead to an inquest

It is a highly unusual step which means that, for the first time, Mr Grieve is actively seeking the evidence required to hold a new inquiry into the weapons inspector's death.

Posted: 9:21:16 AM  

In the past few days the crew of a mini submarine carrying out a mapping exercise in Lake Baikal spotted some 'shiny metal objects some 1,200ft down in the murky depths.

Posted: 9:45:35 AM  

'I think he jumped!'

Mac on... The Royal Navy joining forces with France

Posted: 9:44:14 AM  

Blair 'desperately sorry' for war dead

Mr Blair said he was "sorry for the lives cut short", but maintained it was right to remove dictator Saddam Hussein from power, in extracts from A Journey, his account of his decade in office.

Drama, manipulating minds and blackmail. All of this is NOT LOVE.
WISDOM IS, so educate self and search 911, Loose Change, Endgame, 2012 in this site. While "educating self", pay it forward.

Posted: 9:31:01 AM  

January 11 - 2 0 0 7 - on Latest kNEWs

* Mad World
* Divide et impera, etc.

January 22 - 2 0 0 8 - on Latest kNEWs

* The Re-Turn Of Ages
* The Energy of CHI

Posted: 9:26:31 AM  

The 5th annual charity fundraiser by WeAreChange is back and bigger than ever this year.

Posted: 11:21:58 PM  

On ARTICLES

The Atlas/World Cup final was on July 11, Spain vs. Netherlands; Spain's southernmost point is (Strait of) Gibraltar AKA 'Pillars of Hercules', a major geographical marker/gateway beyond which, according to Plato, lay Atlantis.

Posted: 10:43:20 AM  

Posted: 10:29:18 AM  

Dutch police question two men on trans-Atlantic flight

Dutch police have questioned two men who arrived at Amsterdam airport from Chicago, after US authorities spotted "suspicious items" in their luggage.

However, a spokeswoman for the US Department of Homeland Security said none of the items were dangerous "in and of themselves".

Security staff found one mobile phone taped to a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, three other mobile phones taped together and several watches, also taped together. A box-cutter and three large knives were also found, ABC said.

Did you READ WELL?

Posted: 10:24:16 AM  

Hurricane Earl gains strength in eastern Caribbean

Hurricane Earl is expected to gain more strength before heading towards the US.

Posted: 10:18:20 AM  

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Posted: 10:31:57 AM  

An expedition surveying the wreck of the Titanic is showing off some crisp images of the world's most famous shipwreck, but officials said Sunday they are headed back to shore. Officials from Expedition Titanic said in a statement they are now headed back to Newfoundland because high seas and winds brought on by hurricane Danielle are preventing researchers from carrying out their work.

Posted: 10:15:20 AM  

Burning Man, that legendary art-and-dance-and-expression extravaganza that regularly attracts thousands of revelers each Labor Day Weekend (and the week leading up), is once again set to roll for 2010.

The dates are Monday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 6.

The place is once again Black Rock City, Nevada, a just-for-the-week, oh-so-brief burg set in the bleak and beautiful Black Rock Desert.

Posted: 10:12:57 AM  

The volcano, in the north of the island of Sumatra, had been rumbling for several days.

Posted: 10:03:28 AM  

Swine flu cases down but season's worst 'yet to come'

On the eve of spring and after weeks of cold, damp weather, flu cases have surged, with H1N1 - or swine flu - the predominant virus, said Victoria Health Department spokesman Bram Alexander.

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THIS could be in the same corner, manmade:

Deadly fungus spreading across US and Canada

Published in PLoS Pathogens, a journal of the Public Library of Science, the report explains that the new fungus is currently infecting people across the Pacific Northwest region and its scope is continuing to expand.

Posted: 9:41:11 AM  

It sent sand and ash up to a mile (1.5 kilometers) high but lava only moved near its crater. It caused no major damage and "only dust covered plants and trees," he said.

Posted: 12:27:44 PM  

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Posted: 9:53:30 AM  

Kepler scientists have also identified what appears to be a third, much smaller possible planet which is around 1.5 times the size of Earth but which is orbiting in a scorching 1.6 day-orbit very close to the sun.

Posted: 9:51:16 AM  

Australia bans flu vaccines in children after vomiting, fevers, seizures

Remember: Health authorities in Australia, UK, the United States and everywhere else have relentlessly insisted that flu vaccines are perfectly safe and can't possibly harm anyone. In the U.S., the FDA has given its approval to the very same flu vaccine that's harming children in Australia, and the CDC has insisted that all children in the USA -- regardless of age -- should now be injected with this very same flu vaccine.

So now we've got a vaccine that Australia has banned by the USA somehow says is safe enough to inject into a six-month-old infant. How many convulsing babies will it take in the U.S. before American parents realize the truth about flu vaccines?

As a 'mother', I have experienced this myself. So I am in the "NO-CAMP" for vaccination.

Educate before you vaccinate!

Posted: 9:37:34 AM