Saturday, April 25, 2009 'New' Flu Kills over 60 [sic], sickens 900 in Mexico (39 comments)
The unique strain of swine flu found in seven people in California and Texas has been connected to the deadly flu that has broken out in Mexico, killing as many as 61 people. The strain has never been seen before and is raising fears of a possible pandemic across North America.
Friday, April 10, 2009 Lawsuit filed against 3 US companies for supplying chemical WMDs to Iraq (2 comments)
Five survivors of the 1988 poison gas attacks of ethnic Kurds in Iraq have filed a class action lawsuit in Maryland claiming three American companies and the government of Iraq violated the Geneva Convention by using mustard and nerve gasses to kill tens of thousands of people.
Monday, April 6, 2009 Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake; 50,000 now homeless (1 comments)
Gioacchino Giuliani, an employee at a physics institute at Gran Sasso, says he predicted Monday's devastating earthquake that killed dozens of people and left tens of thousands homeless in central Italy, but was reported to police for "spreading alarm" and was forced to remove his findings from the Internet.
Friday, February 13, 2009 911 Widow Activist Killed in Buffalo Crash (6 comments)
Just a week before her death, Beverley Eckert met with President Obama as part of a group of 9/11 families. After her husband's death on 9/11/01, she had taken leadership of a network of widows, mothers, and children seeking answers and reforms.
