Is there a bird flu pandemic? German virologist Dr. Stephan Lanka says no, and does so in detail.

He makes some points that I’m sure will seem startling, but there’s a wonderfully no-nonsense, common-sense approach to his thinking (“Think for yourself, look into it yourself”), and a refreshing lack of fear-mongering.

Slobodan Milosevic (a former Serbian president), world’s only sitting president to be delivered to a foreign court (jurisdiction) had died, in spite of his many requests for medical treatment. To my mind this is not only a pre-mediated murder with forethought of malice but also one with unprecedented degree of cruelty.

Interview with Kelly Dougherty, cofounder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

Faced with the spectre of a public hearing at the National Labor Relations Board that would air Starbucks dirty laundry, the coffee giant has moved to protect its valuable image. They have quickly settled without a hearing by agreeing to instead rehire outspoken union organizers with back pay, and stop breaking the law. Their admission of guilt is yet another victory for the Industrial Workers of the World (The Wobblies), in their David vs Goliath battle.

Women of different political groups and professions were present at the March. Thirteen major groups joined forces under the banner “Martsa ng Kababaihan”. Present in big numbers were members of Akbayan, LABAN ng MASA, Bayan, Black and White Movement, women advocate groups like Gabriela Women’s Party, Welga ng Kababaihan, and WomenSpeak. In an interesting twist of history, this was the first time that the women’s movements gathered together in a common cause since the Marcos dictatorship.

The land of International penny stock fraud makes for strange bedfellows and here often right wing cons of all stripes lie together.So it should come as no surprise that by touting or allowing his name to be used to tout a Michael Zwebner pump and dump penny stock scam(one of many over the years) President of Israel Moshe Katzav not only mixes his name and reputation with American mafia and international crooks and gangsters but also Mr.Zwebner's business partner in a number of scams over the years including UCSY or Universal Communications Systems is the infamous Mohamed Hadid,a Palestinian of ill repute connected to the Herndon,Virginia Muslim charity suspected in both money laundering and terrorist funding activities,including Al Qaeda.

More space art from the "Cassini Imaging Team"

The lifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017 (State of Emergency) is a victory for the Filipino people! It was not the will of GMA, but the will of a determined people, who had continuously fought and challenged the proclamation and held protest actions to oust her from office, that made such lifting possible.