Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

Graphic Silence | Drawings, Comics, and Illustrations Inspired by News Headlines from Around the Web
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

Graphic Silence | Drawings, Comics, and Illustrations Inspired by News Headlines from Around the Web
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

Graphic Silence | Drawings, Comics, and Illustrations Inspired by News Headlines from Around the Web
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

Graphic Silence | Drawings, Comics, and Illustrations Inspired by News Headlines from Around the Web
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

Graphic Silence | Drawings, Comics, and Illustrations Inspired by News Headlines from Around the Web
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests
Iran's election recount hanging chads
Kim Jong Il - Unstable Atoms
Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
...
In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

...
In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.

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Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

Neda Agha-Soltan, becomes the face of the Iran protests

The bloody video of her death on Saturday, circulated in Iran and around the world, has made Ms. Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old who relatives said was not political, an instant symbol of the anti-government movement.

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Iran's Version of Hanging Chad's

Supporters of Iran's defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi planned fresh protests today as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of last week's disputed poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea threatens nuclear war

North Korea has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic weapons programme in defiance of new UN sanctions.

Don't Ask Don't Tell - Supreme Court denies Military Gays

Opponents of anti-LGBT discrimination were outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 8 to reject a challenge to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy--especially since the decision was made possible with the help of a brief filed by the new Obama administration.

Save the Red Light District

Cause for concern or mere progress? Montrealers will be interested to know that our so-called red-light district of lower St-Laurent is currently slated for some controversial renovations by a group called Angus Development Corp.

A group of British tourists were seriously injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees while visiting an art gallery in France.
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In what witnesses described as a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock horror film, thousands of the potentially lethal bees descended on a dozen victims.
The worst injured was an English woman in her 20s who sustained at least 500 stings all over her body.

Washington DC city council has voted to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.

As Washington DC is not a state, the decision will now have to be approved by Congress before it can become law.

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In Washington DC, the city council voted 12 votes to one to pass the resolution recognising same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.

Violent worker protests in Europe implies Socialism is gaining in popularity

With capitalism increasingly under fire, is Marxism making a comeback in Europe?

Today’s as good a day as any to consider the question – it is May Day, traditionally a day highlighted by left-wing and workers’ protests.

Swine Flu under the microscope

What to call the new strain of flu raising alarms around the world has taken on political, economic and diplomatic overtones.

Pork producers question whether the term "swine flu" is appropriate, given that the new virus has not yet been isolated in samples taken from pigs in Mexico or elsewhere. While the new virus seems to be most heavily composed of genetic sequences from swine influenza virus material, it also has human and avian influenza genetic sequences as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

deputy dog catches the somali pirate

A Somali teenager who was involved in taking the American captain of a cargo ship hostage off the coast of Somalia has appeared in court in New York to face charges of piracy.

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse will be the first person in more than a century to be tried in the US for piracy. He was captured and taken aboard the USS Bainbridge shortly before US snipers killed three of his fellow pirates holding Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama.

Obama takes Iran diplomacy to the airwaves

The groundbreaking message to Iran that President Obama delivered by videotape on Friday was part of a strategy intended to emphasize a positive message to Iran in the prelude to that nation’s presidential election this summer, according to administration officials and European diplomats.

Villain Bernie Madoff goes to jail

Careful to blame only himself, a "deeply sorry and ashamed" Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen, and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.

Bible fails to miraculously deflect bullets; Illinois Pastor Dies

A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.

Hudson River Hero Sully Sullenberger speaks against airlines pay cuts

The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit.

Climate change is causing penguins a stressful commute.

Shifting ocean conditions — changes in temperature and circulation — and overfishing are among the factors pushing penguins to travel farther and father to find food. "When they go out to forage, penguins are swimming about 25 miles farther than they did a decade ago," Boersma said. "While they're swimming, their mate is sitting on the nest starving and fasting, so they're both in this vicious cycle.