Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had affair, phone-hacking trial hears

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having an affair for at least six years from the late 1990s, the phone-hacking trial has heard. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC said he was disclosing the affair because it showed how much the pair trusted each other. "What Mr Coulson knew, Mrs Brooks knew too. What Mrs Brooks knew, Mr Coulson knew too," he said. "That's the point." Mrs Brooks and Mr Coulson deny charges including conspiracy to phone hack. Jurors heard their affair, which began around 1998, was discovered by police...

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Thai amnesty bill passes lower house

Thailand's lower house of parliament has passed a political amnesty bill that critics say could allow the return of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. The amnesty applies to offences committed during the political turmoil after Mr Thaksin was ousted in a coup. The lower house passed the controversial bill in the early hours of Friday. It now goes to the Senate. The opposition Democrat Party has warned that the passage of the bill will trigger street protests. It did not take part in the vote, but the bill passed by 310 votes to 0. Advocates of...

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Australia ambassador summoned amid Asia US spying reports

Indonesia has summoned Australia's ambassador amid reports that Australian embassies have been used as part of a US-led spying network in Asia. The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported on Thursday that diplomatic posts in Asia were being used to intercept phone calls and data. China has also demanded an explanation from the US over the allegations. The reports were based on a US National Security Agency document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The document, which was originally published by German newspaper Der Spiegel, describes a...

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Row over Marine Le Pen comments on Niger hostages

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has sparked criticism with comments on the appearance of four French hostages freed in Niger. Mrs Le Pen said she had felt "uneasy" on seeing footage of the return, calling their behaviour and clothing - including their beards - "surprising". A government minister called her comments an "unbelievable indecency". The four arrived in Paris on Wednesday. They had been seized by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen in northern Niger in 2010. They had been kidnapped in raids targeting French firms operating a uranium...

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Germany to allow 'indeterminate' gender at birth

Germany is to become Europe's first country to allow babies with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female. Parents will be allowed to leave the gender blank on birth certificates, in effect creating a new categories of "indeterminate sex". The move is aimed at removing pressure on parents to make quick decisions on sex assignment surgery for newborns. As many as one 2,000 people have characteristics of both sexes. 'Bruised and scarred' They are known as "intersex" people because they have a mixture of male and...

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Italy busts 'international child kidnapping ring'

Police in Italy say they have dismantled an international ring that conspired to kidnap children involved in custody battles. A police statement said those involved were special forces veterans whose commando-style tactics "put the child's life at risk". They charged tens of thousands of dollars for the abductions from North Africa to Europe using high-speed boats, police said. Several people have been arrested. They have been named as Luigi Cannistraro, Antonio Barazza, Sebastiano Calabrese and a former Ukrainian sailing champion, Larysa Moskalenko. It...

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Tunnel linking US and Mexico found

More than 75 tunnels under the US-Mexico border have been found since 2008 A drug-smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system has been found connecting San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. Authorities seized more than eight tons of marijuana and 325lb (147kg) of cocaine in the discovery. Officials have not revealed the exact length or location of the recently finished tunnel, but Mexican media report it is near Tijuana's airport. More than 75 such secret tunnels have been discovered since 2008. US Immigration...

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John Galliano: the puppet show

Love Magazine's 10th issue may feature cover stars Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell and Georgia May Jagger and Minnie herself all wearing mouse ears but Parisian fashion annual, Vestoj has set a new benchmark in the publicity stunt department. To accompany its fourth issue, it has created a 20-minute puppet show adaptation of John Galliano's Charlie Rose interview of earlier this year. SEE: Apologetic John Galliano on the Charlie Rose chat show Star of the show, Little John Talks is Little John himself, a marionette version of former Dior designer...

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie auction barrel of their estate wine for 10,000 euros

A barrel of organic wine produced by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s estate in the south of France has been sold for more than €10,000 (£8,500) at auction, with the money going to support an agricultural project in Africa. Winegrowers in the village of Correns, where Pitt and Jolie have their chateau, 50 miles inland from Saint-Tropez, organised the sale on Wednesday evening as part of an annual auction to raise funds for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and donated to an agricultural cooperative which aims to teach young people about sustainable...

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Marine Le Pen suggests French hostages had Homeland-style radicalisation

Far-Right leader Marine Le Pen has sparked outrage by hinting that four French hostages who were kidnapped by Islamic militants may have radicalised because they returned home with “strange” beards. Thierry Dol, Daniel Larribe, Pierre Legrand and Marc Féret were given a heroes’ welcome when they returned to France on Wednesday after a three year ordeal at the hands of al Qaeda-linked militants in Africa’s desert Sahel region. President François Hollande personally greeted the four men, kidnapped in Niger in 2010, as they arrived at Villacoublay...

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L'arrestation de Redoine Faïd possible grâce au portable d'un "indic"

C'est un "indic" qui a "plombé" Redoine Faïd. Le braqueur, évadé mi-avril de la prison de Sequedin (Nord), a été repris grâce à un "indic" et à un portable qui a permis de le géolocaliser, affirme le journal Libération (article pour abonnés) dans son édition à paraître vendredi 1er novembre. Redoine Faïd est soupçonné notamment de participation à une tentative d'attaque à main armée qui avait coûté la vie à la policière municipale Aurélie Fouquet, 26 ans, en mai 2010 à Villiers-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne). "Durant sa cavale, il a essayé d'acheter...

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Mothers of Other Trayvons Express Anguish

The acquittal verdict in Florida has led to a maternal outpouring. "Black mothers around this country are once again potential Mamie Tills," said one woman in a Frisky story, referring to the mother of Emmett Till, who was lynched in 1955. NEW YORK --In the aftermath of the July 13 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin, black mothers have been expressing anguish at the vulnerability of their male children. "All Black mothers in Florida, and Black mothers around this country are now, once again, potential...

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Healthy gut bacteria help body regrow intestinal cells, surprised researchers discover

It is becoming common knowledge that the human intestinal system is dependent upon a diverse and populous mix of beneficial bacteria in order to maintain strong immunity and to function as designed. But new research out of Georgia has shown, perhaps for the first time, that natural gut bacteria is also necessary to repair and maintain a healthy intestinal cellular system and that gut microbes are fully capable of regrowing damaged or compromised tissue. This shocking finding was uncovered by researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine...

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Edward Snowden de nouveau consultant

Depuis le retentissement déclenché par ses déclarations, Edward Snowden n’exerçait plus aucune profession. Les choses ont changé depuis que l’ancien consultant de la NSA a obtenu l’asile en Russie. En effet, Il jouit depuis août dernier d’un visa de séjour temporaire d’un an. L’homme qui a passé pratiquement deux mois dans la zone de transit de l’aéroport Cheremtievo, à Moscou, vient de décrocher son premier emploi en Russie. L’information a été révélée par son avocat Anatoly Kucherena. Ce dernier a indiqué qu’ « Edward va commencer à travailler...

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L’ex-chef de la Gestapo aurait été enterré dans un cimetière juif

Le mystère de la disparition d’Heinrich Müller, l’ex-chef de la Gestapo, a peut-être été élucidé. Celui qui fut l’un des responsables de la Shoah aurait été enterré dans un cimetière juif de Berlin. C’est le journal Bild qui l’affirme, en s’appuyant sur des documents d’archives, fournis par le dirigeant du Mémorial de la résistance allemande, Johannes Tuchel. “Heinrich Müller fut responsable avec Himmler, Hitler et Heydrich, d’un certain nombre de crimes de masse’‘ rappelle-t-il. ‘‘Il a été profondément impliqué dans l’Holocaust, il a participé...

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Mille tonnes d’agents et d’armes chimiques syriens désormais sous scellés

Mille tonnes d’agents chimiques et 290 tonnes d’armes chimiques ont été placés sous scellés par les inspecteurs de l’organisation chargée de la destruction de l’arsenal chimique syrien. Les sites de production et d’assemblage ont également été déclarés inutilisables. Il s’agit d’une première étape dans un programme encore chargé. “La Syrie a déjà donné à notre conseil exécutif, ce qu’on appelle un plan général de destruction, d‘élimination de la totalité de ses réserves. Le 15 Novembre, notre conseil exécutif devra approuver un plan qui assure...

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A broken ocean: The aftermath of Fukushima

While mainstream media appears to have almost forgotten that the Fukushima disaster ever happened and the aftermath of the damaged nuclear power plant continues to be downplayed by government officials, reports of spreading radiation, sick and dying marine life and contaminated food are rife. A report in the Newcastle Herald recently shared the story of an Australian sailor expressing concern about the state of the ocean after recently sailing from Melbourne in Australia to Osaka, Japan, and then from Osaka to San Francisco. The sailor reports...

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BETRAYED: Democrats now admit they knew all along that millions would lose their existing health plans

The degree of betrayal found in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is finally coming to the surface... and it's intense. As a top Democrat admitted today, the Democrats knew all along that Obamacare would cause millions to lose health care coverage. Yet they continued to promote it with premeditated lies such as, "You can keep your current health plan if you like it" and "your health insurance costs will be lower than a phone bill." "We knew that there would be some policies that would not qualify and therefore people would [lose their existing...

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Michigan State University sells deadly toxic waste to the public on its surplus website

An exclusive News investigation reveals that Michigan State University (MSU) is eliminating toxic waste / deadly environmental toxins by selling them to the public as "surplus" materials. At least one of these materials can be weaponized by terrorists and used to poison municipal water supplies and cause widespread neurological damage to the population. Using nothing more than a credit card on the MSU surplus website (MSUsurplusStore.com), I was able to accidentally purchase an enormous quantity of liquid mercury inside a "surplus" polarographic...

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Historical data shows vaccines are not what saved us

Do vaccines actually protect against the viruses and illnesses that they claim to? If you only get your news and information from mainstream news and educational sources, then the question about whether vaccines are effective is never even raised. However, if you look at the historical data on vaccination efficacy, you'll see that they are not responsible for the decline in disease in the last hundred years at all. Historical evidence Take a look at some of the historical data below showing various vaccination programs and the outbreak of that...

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Confirmed: Girl smuggled into UK to have her organs harvested for wealthy recipients

There's a new kind of human trafficking taking place, and it has nothing to do with the Triangle Trade and slavery during the Colonial Era of American History. But it is every bit as sinister. Authorities in Great Britain have confirmed for the first time that a young girl was smuggled into the country specifically so her organs could be harvested and sold to wealthy recipients. As reported by The Telegraph: The unnamed girl was brought to the UK from Somalia with the intention of removing her organs and selling them on to those desperate for...

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For the first time, FDA announces safety rules for pet food manufacturers (and they actually make sense)

In the wake of yet another wave of animals deaths caused by tainted pet treats, the FDA has just announced new "Preventive Controls for Food for Animals" rules that would, for the first time, establish basis manufacturing standards for pet food. Click here to read the proposed regulations. Natural News readers know that I am usually an outspoken critic of the FDA on issues like drug safety and the agency's attacks on nutritional supplements and raw milk. But on this issue of dog food manufacturing, I honestly have to agree with the FDA in this...

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FDA finally admits conventional chicken contains toxic arsenic

Late to the game as always, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally admitted that cancer-causing drug compounds intentionally added to conventional chicken feed for the last 60 years, indeed, persist in chicken meat. According to a somewhat recent FDA-commissioned study, arsenical drugs like Pfizer's roxarsone produce inorganic arsenic (iAs) in chicken meat that ends up being consumed by millions of people. The study contradicts claims long made by the FDA and the industrial food industry that arsenical drugs are safe because they...

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Unraveling food industry lies - Many honey and spice products are counterfeit

It might be a hard pill for many people to swallow, but a significant segment of the food industry is built on a foundation of lies and deception. Grocery store and supermarket shelves everywhere are literally filled to the brim with products that claim to be one thing, but are really something else, including many unsuspecting food ingredients like cinnamon, honey, and saffron, for instance. Many commercially available herbs and spices are, in fact, imitations or flat-out fakes, despite what they might say on the label. And yet, because the chicanery...

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10 reasons to take spirulina every day

We talk a lot about "superfoods" here at NaturalNews because there are literally thousands of nutrient-dense superfood options from which to choose, all of which contain a unique array of disease-fighting vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other healing components. But the one superfood that stands out among the rest -- and the one that you should be taking every single day for your health -- is spirulina, a special type of blue-green algae that is loaded with chlorophyll and a host of other life-giving nutrients. Spirulina is particularly rich...

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The evidence is clear: Fukushima radiation is still tearing up West Coast of USA

As cleanup crews gear themselves up to begin the treacherous task of removing 400 tons of spent fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor No. 4 in the coming weeks, reports continue to flood in showing that radiation from the stricken plant is still causing major environmental damage all over the world. Particularly on the West Coast of the U.S., a multitude of strange animal deaths, high radiation readings and other recent anomalies suggest that the Fukushima disaster is far from over. It is simply ludicrous, in other words, for anyone to suggest...

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Obamacare will cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance

Much of the attention lately concerning Obamacare has been focused on the complete failure of the government website to operate as promised, a failure that has prevented virtually everyone who has thus far tried from actually signing up through it. But according to House Speaker John Boehner, a much bigger and more serious problem is Obamacare itself, which he predicts will eventually result in more Americans losing their existing healthcare coverage than the number that will eventually sign up for the program, assuming the website ever actually...

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Federal government planning black box vehicle mandate to track, tax and even remotely control all personal vehicles

The federal government is working on a plan that would mandate black box tracking devices be installed in every vehicle, with real-time uploading of vehicle location, speed and mileage to government authorities. This Orwellian technology is already technically feasible and will be promoted as a way to increase "highway safety" while boosting government revenues from mileage taxation. "The devices, which track every mile a motorist drives and transmit that information to bureaucrats, are at the center of a controversial attempt in Washington and...

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Help stop former Monsanto VP from attaining top position at the FDA - sign the petition

The one man who may be responsible for more food related illnesses and deaths than anyone in history, Michael R. Taylor, has just been promoted from US Food Safety Czar to Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of the FDA, a position which would enable the giant biotech company Monsanto to silently and legally feed cancer causing vegetables to every living person who is not 100% strictly organic. President Obama has appointed the former Monsanto Vice President and lobbyist Michael R. Taylor to the throne. This is the same man who was Food Safety Czar...

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