A government-run institute in Malaysia announced this week that it had released 6000 genetically modified mosquitoes into an uninhabited patch of forest in December to combat dengue fever. Greenpeace, among others, has warned that the unknown risks of unleashing GM insects into […]

Unknown attackers have blown up a pipeline that runs through El-Arish area of Egypt’s north Sinai area and supplies gas to Jordan and Israel, according to Egypt’s state television. State TV quoted an official as saying that the “situation is very dangerous […]

Since early December, hundreds of private contractors of a multinational banana corporation have illegally invaded and occupied Afro-Colombian peace communities in the Curvaradó river basin with the intent to clear the land and actualize banana production for Banacol Inc. Their actions have […]

Around 2,500 police officers were deployed across Berlin to evict sqatters from one of the city’s last surviving squats. Police used an axe and a battering ram to break down the door of Liebigstrasse 14, in East Berlin. Disturbances broke out around […]

On Tuesday, February 1, a dozen people including students and community members gathered at Northern Arizona University to protest the college’s partnership with a telescope development located on a sacred site. NAU is listed on the telescope project’s website as a project […]

Winner of the Documentary Editing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front is slated for broadcast later this year on PBS’ POV series and will remain an evergreen title in educational […]

Andrew Millhouse, 24, originally from South Africa was found dead after firefighters were called out to a blaze Bilston Glen at around 3am on Monday morning. In a short statement, fellow protesters said: “The people of Bilston Road protest site regret the […]

Algonquin First Nations protesters say they have chained themselves to the trees of the Beaver Pond Forest Tuesday morning to halt the clearing of the area to make way for a residential development in western Ottawa. click here for more info.

On January 26, 2011, Briana Waters was re-indicted in a 9 count indictment which also served as a superseding indictment for Joseph Dibee, Josephine Overaker, and Justin Solondz. Briana is accused of: conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the US, possessing an […]

Using documents obtained through EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation the report finds: • *Evidence of delays of 2.5 years, on average, between the occurrence of a violation and its eventual reporting to the Intelligence Oversight Board* • *Reports of serious […]