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America Has Its Own Secret Police: The Creep Factor

Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything About You By Joel Stein Three hours after I gave my name and e-mail address to Michael Fertik, the CEO of Reputation.com, he called me back and read my Social Security number to me. “We had it a couple of hours ago,” he said….

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Whale Wars : Activists Force Japan Stop Whale Hunting

Japanese whaling fleet abandons whaling grounds 16/02/2011 09:10:31 The Yushin Maru No. 3 and the Nisshin Maru flee from the Bob Barker. (photos by Sam Sielen). Japanese Whalers Escorted out of the Whaling Grounds February 2011. According to government sources, Tokyo has now decided to cut short this year’s Antarctic whale hunt and Japan’s whaling…

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Al Jazeera Network Editorial Freedom Sympathetic Vision of Ted Turner CNN

Al Jazeera’s coverage of the current events in Egypt has been greatly received by global audiences This has been an unprecedented month in Al Jazeera history. Transformational events in the Middle East have brought enormous demand for news about the region. As director general of the region’s largest TV network, I am proud to say…

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Suez Canal: Vital Shipping Route for America`s Oil

Nervous eyes on the Suez Canal as Egyptian unrest hits world economy Egypt’s political turmoil has left traders nervous, pushing oil and gold prices up and sending Asian stock markets down as concerns mount that the unrest will affect trade through the Suez Canal, a vital shipping route. AP – Oil prices closed in on…