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Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries. Wikipedia Scanner allegedly shows that workers on the agency's computers made edits to the page of Iran's president. It also purportedly shows that the Vatican has edited entries about Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. The tool, developed by US researchers, trawls a list of 5.3m edits and matches them to the net address of the editor. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that can be created and edited by anyone.

Iranian guards are terrorists, US to declare
The Bush administration is preparing to ramp up its confrontation with Iran by declaring part or all of the country's Revolutionary Guard a "global terrorist" organisation and targeting its extensive financial interests. The move is extremely provocative, given that the 125,000-strong Revolutionary Guard Corps is an integral part of the state rather than a group outside the law. It has its own navy, air force, and ground troops, as well as specialist wings. The Bush administration is trying to force Iran to abandon what the US claims is its ambition to build a nuclear bomb, and to end its support for Hizbullah, Hamas and other groups in the Middle East.

The MI5 Messiah: Why David Shayler believes he's the son of God
David Shayler is sitting before me - slim, tanned, sockless, dressed from top-to-toe in white and very, very chatty. 'I am the messiah and hold the secret of eternal life," he starts excitedly. "It all came about quite suddenly. "First I started meditating, then I learnt how to channel the "light", and the more research I did - into Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, Kabbalah - the more convinced I became that I was the Christ." Jesus Christ? "No, Jesus of the New Testament is an archetype," he explains patiently. "His name derives from the 13th Name of God in Kabbalah, which helps activate the Messiah consciousness within us.

China's Tallest Building Catches Fire, Does Not Collapse
Shanghai's World Financial Center, the tallest building in China upon completion, defied all known physics yesterday afternoon when it caught fire but did not collapse, a modern day miracle in light of the commonly accepted premise that since 9/11, all steel buildings that suffer limited fire damage implode within two hours. Anyone who has visited Shanghai's Pudong district will note that the World Financial building eerily resembles the twin towers in New York that were destroyed on 9/11, which is why the sight of it catching fire yesterday would have led many to immediately fear the imminent collapse of the structure.

Mireya Moscoso involved in drug scandal
The revelation by Colombian former soccer player Freddy Rincón that ex-President Mireya Moscoso suggested that he invest funds in a business to launder money from drug trafficking hit the headlines in the Panamanian press today. In spite of a refutation by her lawyers, the La Prensa, Panamá-América, La Estrella de Panamá and Critica dailies, with the largest circulation in the country, have reported Rincón’s charge, covered in Colombia by RCN and El País. Rincón is in prison in Brazil, awaiting the result of an extradition application by Panama for his alleged links with money-laundering via a company called Nautipesca, owned by Pablo Rayo Montaño, a Colombian drug trafficker.

NYPD Officers To Be Given Extra Money For Being More "Aggressive"
According to an article in the New York Post, "the NYPD's new patrol chief has ordered that special overtime money earmarked for cops in violence-prone precincts be given to "aggressive" officers rather than "do-nothings... His order affects a pool of funds known as Impact Overtime." Across the country, police brutality and presence has quickly become a nuisance. In an article published today by Raw Story, a 22 year old woman was hospitalized after a confrontation with a police officer in Providence, Rhode Island. According to the Providence Journal, the protest was organized by the Industrial Workers of the World labor group.

To the Bush administration spends $1.6 billion on propaganda
That's how much seven federal departments spent from 2003 through the second quarter of 2005 on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, media organizations and individuals, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. The 154-page report provides the most comprehensive look to date at the scope of federal spending in an area that generated substantial controversy last year. Congressional Democrats asked the GAO to look into federal public relations contracts last spring at the height of the furor over government-sponsored prepackaged news and journalism-for-sale.

Iraq bomb death toll reaches 250
Iraqi officials say at least 250 people died in Tuesday's bombings in the north of the country - the deadliest attack on a single area since the 2003 war. Four bombs devastated two villages of the Yazidi, a Kurdish religious sect, near the city of Mosul, and left at least 350 people injured. Rescuers are continuing to dig through rubble to find survivors. The US military blamed al-Qaeda for the bombs, and acknowledged that tackling insurgent attacks was a difficult task. Brig Gen Kevin Bergner said the attack fitted the profile of "spectacular" strikes expected by al-Qaeda during the ongoing US "surge" operation.

Is the United States killing 10,000 Iraqis every month? Or is it more?
While the atlantist media is reporting more than 3 000 GI’s killed in Iraq and many civilian victims of inter-confessional violences, it looks away from the daily slaughter of civilians by US patrols conducting their search operations for suspects. Professor Michael Schwartz estimates that their number reached 10 000 a month in the first 3 years of occupation. And much more since Bush ordered his surge of operations. A state-of-the-art research study published in October 12, 2006 issue of The Lancet (the most prestigious British medical journal) [1] concluded that — as of a year ago — 600,000 Iraqis had died violently due to the war in Iraq. That is, the Iraqi death rate for the first 39 months of the war was just about 15,000 per month.

3,700 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq
The United States lost 12 soldiers in the last 48 hours in Iraq, bringing the total of its troop fatalities in this country to 3,7000 since the war began in 2003. Two Army communiqués released today confirmed six of those deaths. In Al Anbar province, one soldier died in a ground attack and another five lost their lives when the helicopter transporting them crashed. The U.S. command also reported that three soldiers were wounded, but gave no details of the fighting or the course of operations in that territory, considered a bastion of the insurgency. The two incidents took place yesterday in the western command, where rebel attacks are persisting despite offensives mounted by the U.S. armed forces, local troops and Iraqi groups linked to the government.

Economic Expert: We Are Already In An Engineered Recession
Alex Jones was joined on air yesterday by investigative journalist, economic expert and Harvard Doctor of Political Science Jerome Corsi for an in depth discussion on the state of the economy and the engineered decline towards regionalization and a globalized monetary system. Corsi warned that the crisis in the stock market we are currently witnessing is simply the tip of the iceberg and part of an overall meltdown that represents a gutting of the United States by neo-mercantilist institutions bent on the formation of a new global monopoly. "We're gonna go through Stagflation, which is basically stagnation and inflation. We are already in a recession, it just hasn't been publicly declared yet. I think it will deepen through the rest of 2007 into 2008. Corsi stated.

Palestinian state would endanger US, warns Giuliani
A leading Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, has declared he is against the creation of a Palestinian state at present because it would "support terrorism" and endanger US security. He underscored his uncompromising approach to foreign policy by adding he would be prepared to destroy Iran's nuclear plants "should all else fail". In an interview with Foreign Affairs magazine, Mr Giuliani said "too much emphasis" had been placed on promoting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.The US president, George Bush, has said he supports a two-state solution and leaders of Israel and the Palestinians met last week to discuss "fundamental issues" ahead of the creation of a Palestinian state.

US: Military action on Iran 'not being contemplated'
The White House said Wednesday that it was not considering military action against Iran, as the United States planned to designate Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group. "Military action is not being contemplated," though no president should ever rule out the use of force, spokeswoman Dana Perino said as US President George W. Bush took a vacation from Washington on his Texas ranch. "No president should ever take that option off the table, but diplomacy is what we are aiming towards and what we are working on in terms of the UN Security Council," Perino told reporters.

Woolsey Claims Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb In ‘A Few Months’
During an appearance on CNN’s Lou Dobbs last night, former CIA director James Woolsey, one of the earliest advocates of invading Iraq, claimed that Iran “could have” a nuclear bomb in “a few months. The Iranians continue to work on getting enriched uranium,” said Woolsey. “I’m afraid within, well, at worst, a few months; at best, a few years; they could have a bomb.” Watch it:Woolsey is doing nothing more than fear-mongering when he says Iran could have a nuclear bomb in “a few months.” In fact, his assertion of an impending nuclear weapon in Iran is contradicted by experts on nuclear weapons, including the CIA.

Student arrested over Russian neo-Nazi 'execution' video
Russian police arrested a student today for posting a video on the internet which appears to show the execution-style killing by neo-Nazis of two migrant workers. Human rights activists said they believed the horrific footage posted on a far-right website on Sunday was genuine. It shows two men with their mouths gagged and hands tied behind their backs. They are kneeling in front of a red and black swastika flag in an unidentified Russian forest. A caption says one of the men is from Tajikistan and another from Dagestan, in Russia's mainly Muslim south. With heavy metal music blaring, the video appears to show their final seconds before a masked man hacks off the head of one victim with a hunting knife. Shouting "Glory to Russia", the man then shoots the second victim in the head. He tumbles into a shallow grave.

Chinese pair face Iran spy claims
Iran has arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly spying on military and nuclear facilities. A judiciary spokesman said the two had been detained while taking photographs of a military complex in the town of Arak, in central Iran. Tehran is building a controversial nuclear reactor near the town. Iran has good relations with Beijing and correspondents say this is the first time Chinese citizens have been accused of spying there. Spokesman Ali Reza Jamshid said the two entered Iran via the beach resort of Kish island which lies off Iran's southern coast.

One step closer to implanting children with RFID chips
In a letter published last month, prompted by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, design engineer Peter Fitzsimmons challenged Eureka readers to come up with a device to track lost children. Several readers have written with suggestions – two RFID-based ideas, one of which is in production, are highlighted here. At the same time, two competing satellite-based systems - one British, one French - have also been launched recently. Maidstone-based Blue Tree Services launched its OurKids child tracking system in the UK and Ireland earlier this year. The device comes in two parts: children wear the Blueranger unit, supplied with a belt similar to a money belt or with a pocket that can be attached to any item.