Australia urged to formally recognise climate change refugee status

Sea level rising threaten Kiribati and other Pacific Islands

Australia, a close neighbour of small, low-lying South Pacific states at the frontline of climate change, should be the first country to formally recognise climate change refugees, the country’s main refugee advisory body has said. The Refugee Council of Australia has told the Australian government that it should create a new refugee category for those [...]

Boston Bombing: Patriot’s Day

Boston Bombing: Patriot’s Day

Some have described this as the biggest day of the year for Boston. Three people are dead and 130 are injured so far. The first explosion happened near the finish-line of the annual Boston Marathon, on Boylston Street. A runner is struck near the knees by fragments of the first explosive and immediately falls down [...]

US-led soldier killed in blast in eastern Afghanistan

ShareThis US-led soldier killed in blast in eastern Afghanistan 22 Mar 2013 A US-led foreign soldier has been killed in a blast in the troubled eastern Afghanistan as foreign fatalities continue to rise across the war-ravaged country. “An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan [...]

Afghan official says member of government-backed militia has shot and killed 5 colleagues

ShareThis Afghan official says member of government-backed militia has shot and killed 5 colleagues 22 Mar 2013 An Afghan official says a member of the country’s government-backed militia has shot and killed five of his colleagues. Badhis provincial government spokesman Mirwais Mirzakwal told The Associated Press on Friday that the shooting happened Thursday morning in [...]

Obama Bypasses Congress, Shifts Rules on Immigration Again

It took a year, but the Obama administration has now changed immigration rules to make it easier for illegal aliens with U.S. relatives to remain in the country while seeking a visa. Illegal immigrants who have family members — a spouse, children, or parents — who are already U.S. citizens usually have to return to [...]

Australia not allowing bullion out of the country

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So under what authority is the Perth Mint allowed to send their coins via AusPost, while others can’t? This photo was obtained in Victoria when a We Are Change member tried to mail some coins to a friend.              

Bolivian police mutiny over pay, other issues

  (CNN)    Talks continued Saturday in Bolivia, where a police mutiny over pay has included the storming of buildings and a hunger strike by officers’ wives. Bottom-rank officers across the country are demanding a substantial pay increase and a retirement pension equal to their current salaries. They have a monthly base salary of $ [...]

THE WORLD IS CHOKING ON CARTOONISH HYPOCRISY

  (Miss American for FederalJack)   The very ‘humans’ who have gained their immense wealth and power through the centuries from the sweat and toil of others, and who have arranged the world to steal anything they want without lifting a finger, are the same ones who have appointed themselves as the new God’s of the [...]

And Justice for All?

  (FEDERALJACK)   Without the question mark, this is the tail-end of the statement in the Pledge of Allegiance, represented by the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, south of Ellis Island at the New York port of entrance into the United States. Since 1886 that declaration has inspired an endless number of immigrants, coming [...]