US censors Arctic scientists' as it prepares for oil and gas
news.independent.co.uk — The United States has blocked the release of a landmark assessment of oil and gas activity in the Arctic as it prepares to sell off exploration licences for the frozen Chukchi Sea off Alaska,The long-awaited assessment was meant to bring together work by scientists in all eight Arctic nations to give an up-to-date picture (Submitted by iching) More...
Just One More Year! Good Riddance to George W Bush
news.independent.co.uk — Today is a sombre milestone, marking the start of the last of Mr Bush's eight years in the White House. This being a leap year, exactly 366 days remain until 20 January 2009, when his successor will be sworn into office. It is a time when incumbents look to their legacies. And for this President the view could scarcely be bleaker. (Submitted by MakiMaki) More...
Starbucks Spied on Staff Looking to Establish Union
news.independent.co.uk — Starbucks managers monitored internet chatrooms and eavesdropped on party conversations in a covert campaign to identify employees agitating for union representation at the coffee chain, internal emails reveal. The correspondence has come to light after a long-running legal battle between the company and a union being prevented from organized. (Submitted by MakiMaki) More...
New York millionaires guilty in 'modern day slavery' case
news.independent.co.uk — A jury yesterday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their New York mansion to work as housekeepers, subjecting them to repeated psychological and physical abuse and forcing them to work 18 hours or more a day. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Scientist Who Sparked Racism Has Black Genes
news.independent.co.uk — A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who provoked a public outcry by claiming black Africans were less intelligent than whites has a DNA profile with up to 16 times more genes of black origin than the average white European. (Submitted by inactive) More...
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