Basra

A US general has said the security situation in Basra has got worse because of a lack of British troops.

BBC News Player: Basra security 'gets worse'

The Pope

Indigenous leaders in Brazil are angry at Pope Benedict's comments on their predecessors' conversion to Christianity.

BBC News Player

Earth-like planet

Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, one which could have water on its surface.

BBC News Player

Copenhagen hit by riots

A police operation to evict squatters from a building in Denmark's capital triggered a major riot.

BBC News Player

War on Science

The theory of evolution is under attack from a controversial new idea called intelligent design. But is it science?

War on Science

(50 min. video)

Censored?

Brasscheck TV seems to have some problems with the videos.

Of course it might just be a technical problem, or a misunderstanding, I don't know.

But you can get more information by clicking the link in my previous post:

Conspiracy-theory?

At the time I posted that link, the film was there, and I saw it.

Conspiracy-theory?

There are lots of theories about 911, many of them are probably just conspiracy theories, but in my opinion it is necessary to at least take a look at them, for three reasons:

1) We all know today, that the Bush-regime is totally unreliable.

2) The official story is the story told by the Bush-regime itself.

3) If you look at the official story as a whole, too many circumstances fit each other in a rather unlikely way (a sign that the chain of events are not "natural").

Now there is another theory, based on the role of the media - immediately after the basic event.

See a video about it on: Brasscheck TV

update:
alternative link: http://www.ifilm.com/video/2823171
restored link from Brasscheck: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/92.html

Anti-terror

In the fight against terror, new kinds of technology are of course invented. But it is a serious problem, that most techology is specific, and can only be used against certain kinds of terror. A tecnological method to detect explosives might be useful, but it couldn't have prevented 911, since explosives was simply not used in this act of terror.

Technology is clearly not enough to fight terror.

Not that I would just say: Let it bee!

North Korea nuclear talks

Six-party talks in Beijing are focusing on a call for North Korea to shut down its nuclear facilities in return for energy.

BBC News Player

Scott Ritter

Wars against Iraq and Iran are part of a larger US strategy that would eventually include conflict with Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Ritter says. Why? A main reason is that the US wants to dictate the growth of China and India.

more: Information Clearing House Blog

Hawking warns of 'Doomsday'

Climate change is as great a threat to humankind as nuclear annihilation, a group of scientists has warned. Professor Stephen Hawking made comments as the famous "Doomsday Clock" was set two minutes closer to midnight.

US sends Iran naval warning

A US aircraft carrier battle group has set sail for the Gulf as part of a build up of naval forces. The ships are a response to what Washington sees as the Iranian threat to the region. John Simpson reports.

Tell Hamoukar

Archeologists are discovering that the first cities may have developed in multiple places at the same time.

see: New York Times Video

UN challenge for Ban Ki-moon

The new UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said making it fit for the 21st century is one of his most important tasks. But changing the organisation could prove more difficult than anticipated. Laura Trevalyan reports from New York.

Esther Sparks

Listen to this song by Esther Sparks: Peace

Woman 'embraced' by lion

An African lion has been filmed 'embracing' the woman who nursed him back to health in an animal shelter in Colombia. Ana Julia Torres runs the Villa Lorena shelter for abandoned and maltreated animals. Sarah Penn reports.

Rumsfeld may face charges

Donald Rumsfeld, who quit as US defence secretary, may face criminal charges for alleged abuses in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. A US human rights group is trying to bring a case against him in a German court. Tim Allman reports.

US political landscape shifts

The effects of the US mid-term elections will be felt both in America and abroad. As Matt Frei reports from Washington, the ideologues are out, and the realists are back in.

Video 'shows police beating'

The FBI has launched an investigation after a video emerged apparently showing a policeman beating a man in the US. The video from the YouTube website appears to show a suspect being repeatedly hit in the face. Pippa Gardner reports.

Rise and fall of Saddam

Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. Bridget Kendall reports on the former Iraqi leader's rise to power and his subsequent fall.