Tag: uk
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‘High-Fructose Corn Syrup’ Getting Rebranded As ‘Corn Sugar’
The good news: Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is at a 20-year low. The bad news: The folks who make this insidious sweetener aim to rebrand it to boost sales.
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Media Hypes New Drug-Resistant Superbugs
An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday.
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uk & canadian troops investigated over heroin trafficking claims
video: military running heroin smuggling operation from guardian: Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers have been involved in heroin trafficking in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said it was aware of “unsubstantiated” claims that troops were buying the drug from dealers and shipping it out of the country in military aircraft. An inquiry…
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childless uk couple build robot child companion
from dvice: Meet Aimec, the creation of Tony and Judie Ellis, a robot building couple from South-East England. Aimec follows them around their 18th century country home, cracking jokes, laughing, and searching online for interesting things to tell its parents, just like a real kid. Aimec is also adept at imitating vintage robot voices, and…
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iran starts a reactor, while israel has ‘hundreds of nuclear bombs’
israel says iranian reactor use ‘totally unacceptable’ from ap: Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country’s peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its…
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defcon 8/19: flashback flares & jackal hacktivism
video: top physicist says solar flare would set us back 100yrs* sun affects earth more than you might realize* call it ‘operation ajax truth’: iranian activists deface uk genetics website* 19 aug ’53 – anglo-american military coup in iran* ‘day of the jackal’ & ‘odessa file’ author/journalist blames nsa for wife’s laptop hack* wikileaks says…
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cattle cloned from dead animals to produce ‘that memorable taste’
from bbc: Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals, according to a US cloning company. Farmers say it is being done because it is only possible to tell that the animal’s meat is of exceptionally high quality by inspecting its carcass.…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Renouncing Citizenship, Pentagon Softwar(e), Regulating Dust
Story #1: Americans Renounce Citizenship to Avoid IRS // Story #2: Pentagon is Losing the Softwar(e) // Story #3: EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust
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Americans Renounce Citizenship to Avoid IRS
At the US Embassy in London, there is a waiting list that none of the officials likes to discuss. On the list are Americans hoping to give up their citizenship, as they seek shelter from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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NORAD Running Drills Over DC for ‘Operation Noble Eagle’
The North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct early morning exercises over the Washington area. The exercises will take place between midnight and 2 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
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New Report Shows Food Dyes Linked To Cancer
Many artificial food dyes that colour everything from breakfast cereal to ice cream should be banned because they pose cancer risks, a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest says.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Amiri Abducted?, Kelly Suicided?, Farmers Bankrupted?
Story #1: Missing Iranian Nuclear Scientist Turns Up at Pak Embassy // Story #2: ‘Why I’m certain my friend Dr Kelly was murdered’ // Story #3: 46,000 dairy farms closed down in last 10 years
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7/15 Newspurge: Crash Years
Classified CIA transcript counters Bin Laden terror role // More & more Americans preparing for social collapse // Taliban jihad terror monkeys probably not real // Gov. Paterson turns to higher power by wearing red string Kabbalah bracelet to ward off evil // Obama more like Reagan than FDR // IDF officer indicted on charges…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: No First Amendment, UK Surveillance, Hello Dubai
BP/DHS Coverup of Gulf Oil Spill Goes Orwellian // UK Surveillance System Monitors Conversations // Naked Body Scanners Will Not Be Used at Dubai Airports