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Schoolboy handed ‘Banksy’ print by train passenger claiming to be artist who told him ‘this will be worth about £20,000 – have a good life’

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

By Hannah Parry and Jo Davies The Daily Mail A schoolboy on a train was handed a ‘Banksy’ by a passenger claiming to be the elusive graffiti artist. Ben Azarya was handed the signed copy of an iconic print which he...

CFR: French Admit To ‘Probably following’ Kouachi Brothers Before Magazine Shooting

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

21st Century Wire Going by the official narrative, which says that the two prime suspects announced by French police, Cherif and Said Kouachi, were responsible for Wednesday’s attack, it seems as if the two ‘terrorists’ were...

Turkish Government Pays Citizens to Have Children

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

Hurriyet Daily News The government has unveiled a new incentive program to encourage working women to have more children, in a bid to avoid the decline of the Turkish population. Under the new plan, the government is pledging...

‘Cyborg’ spinal implant could help paralysed walk again

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

By Sarah Knapton The Telegraph Paralysed patients have been given new hope of recovery after rats...

Computer chaos feared over 2015’s leap second

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

By Andrew Griffin USA Today The year 2015 will have an extra second — which could wreak havoc on the infrastructure powering the Internet. At 11:59 p.m. on June 30, clocks will count up all the way to 60 seconds. That will allow...

Mainstream News Says French Terrorists Shot, Caught, and Named: Then Retracts Statement

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

By Pete Williams NBC News After a long day of rapidly changing information, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday night that they cannot be certain of the status of the three suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie...

Britain’s MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West

by Alec Cope | Jan 9, 2015 | 0 |

By Guy Faulconbridge Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or “iconic targets”, the head of Britain’s MI5 Security Service...

New York Times Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Robert Parry Global Research.ca During my years at Newsweek in the late 1980s, when I would propose correcting some misguided conventional wisdom, I’d often be told, “let’s leave that one for the historians,” with the...

Strong geomagnetic storm hits Earth

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Luke Funk FOX News The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning for a large geomagnetic storm on Wednesday morning. The NOAA organization said the primary areas that would be affected would be in the northern portion...

Jeb Bush Has Spent the Last Seven Years Getting Filthy Rich

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Zaid Jilani Alternet Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R ) has made headlines for resigning from a number of boards – both non-profits and corporations. The media has widely recognized the moves as aimed at preparation for a...

Showdown: Greece Takes on EU

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Ellen Brown Web of Debt Greece and the troika (the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the European Central Bank) are in a dangerous game of chicken. The Greeks have been threatened with a “Cyprus-Style prolonged bank...

New York family left homeless after 18 police agencies destroy entire home while serving DUI warrant

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By David Edwards Raw Story New York family has been left homeless after law enforcement agencies...

UN chief says Palestine will join int’l court on April 1

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Edith Lederer Yahoo News U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Tuesday that the state of Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1, a high-stakes move that will enable the Palestinians to pursue...

New UN Report Highlights Israeli Connection To Syrian Death Squads

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Brandon Tubeville Activist Post Ever since the Western-backed attack on the secular government of Bashar al-Assad began in earnest in late 2010, Israel had been clearly implicated in providing assistance to the fundamentalist...

Melbourne’s homeless to get free entry to movies and pools to escape heat

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Oliver Milman The Guardian The City of Melbourne will offer homeless people free passes to the movies and swimming pools amid fears that the summer heat will prove to be a “silent killer” of those unable to escape it. The...

A Restaurant Just Banned Tips And Employees Are Thrilled

by Alec Cope | Jan 8, 2015 | 0 |

By Hayley Peterson Business Insider A Pittsburgh restaurant just banished tips and in return, started paying employees a $35,000 salary with benefits. The restaurant, called Bar Marco, is also giving its workers health care, 500...

House adopts Amash transparency reforms

by Alec Cope | Jan 7, 2015 | 0 |

House.gov The House adopted a set of transparency reforms written by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) this afternoon. The reforms were adopted as part of the House Rules, which passed 234-172-1. “For the second Congress in a row, the...

Former Head of Cyber Security Gets 25 Years for Planning to “Violently Rape and Murder Children”

by Alec Cope | Jan 7, 2015 | 0 |

By Matt Agorist The Free Thought Project The man responsible for “keeping you safe” on the internet has just been sentenced to 25 years for using the internet and the very tools given to him for this job, to run a child...

Tony Blair ‘could face war crimes charges’ over Iraq War

by Alec Cope | Jan 7, 2015 | 0 |

By Christopher Hope The Telegraph Tony Blair could face war crimes charges as a result of the Iraq war inquiry report, the House of Lords has been told. Lord Dykes of Harrow Weald, a Liberal Democrat peer, claimed that the...