Around 80,000 gipsy children are to be fingerprinted by the Italian authorities under a new scheme that has drawn comparisons to the policies of Benito Mussolini.
The home minister, Roberto Maroni, has now announced that all the Roma will be fingerprinted, including children. "This is not ethnic cataloguing, this is the ultimate safeguard of their rights," he said.
Posted: 11:38:23 PM
Guided Meditation:
Handling Suppression, Judgment and Psychic Attacks
Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to increase government control over state TV yesterday sparked an outcry from his political opponents who accused him of tightening a Berlusconi-style grip on the airwaves and dragging France back into its dark age of postwar censorship and propaganda.
The former President of France Giscard d'Estaing has told media that referendums, such as last week's key Irish vote on the Lisbon Treaty, will simply be ignored by bureaucrats in Brussels as they may hinder the progress of European integration.
d'Estaing also told the Irish Times that after the rejection of the original EU Constitution in 2005 by Dutch and French voters, The Lisbon Treaty was a deliberate attempt to repackage the constitution in a more confusing format.
The usual tactic of the EU is simply to keep repeating a referendum until they achieve the result they desire.
In 2001 the Irish voted No to the Nice Treaty and were simply asked to vote again a year later. That time they said Yes. In 1992 Denmark voted No to the Maastricht Treaty - and voted Yes a year later. The French and Dutch rejected the constitution in 2005 and the EU architects designed the Lisbon Treaty instead.
Environmentalists say active sonar can hurt or kill whales and other marine mammals. The Navy says it takes steps to protect marine mammals from its sonar.
The demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at the North's main reactor complex is a response to U.S. concessions after the North delivered a declaration Thursday of its nuclear programs to be dismantled.
Oil futures climbed briefly to a new record above $142 a barrel Friday on expectations that the weakening dollar, a major factor in crude's stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil's appeal.
Junior justice minister Nebahat Albayrak said in a reaction to news agency ANP that she had already taken steps to keep families with children out of detention centres. The Netherlands would also adopt EU guidelines which say detention may last a maximum 18 months, she said.
Every Dutch national who downloads protected music, films or software is apparently breaking the law thanks to a new court ruling, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Friday.
Posted: 7:08:40 PM
Daily Motivator
The power of discipline
Adding a little more self-discipline to your life can be somewhat painful at first. Yet it can quickly make you feel a lot better about yourself and your situation.
Putting a lot more discipline in your life requires vigilance and commitment. And it also guarantees long-term success.
What area of your life could benefit from a little more self-discipline? What magnificent dream could you achieve through focused, disciplined effort?
Discipline is not complicated or out of reach. It is really nothing more than actually doing what you know must be done in a timely and consistent manner.
The power of self-discipline is yours when you decide to use it. It is always one of your most effective options.
Choose to exercise the discipline of which you're surely and already capable. And break through the limits that previously held you back.
When genetic engineering of plants and animals began in the mid-1970s, scientists were secure in the belief that the characteristics of organisms are simply hardwired in their genome. But geneticists soon discovered that the genome is actually remarkably dynamic and fluid.
Dr. Mercola's asnwer:(subscription needed - pls subscribe)
Dr. Ho has written one of the best explanations I've heard of exactly why GM crops are threatening the world's food supply.
There is something inherently unsettling about messing around with the very makeup of living organisms. Not surprisingly, this unsettling feeling is spot on. Although the evil GM giants like Monsanto will carry on with their claim that GM foods are no different from conventionally grown varieties, the research begs to differ.