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South Korea Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea lifted an import ban on American beef on Thursday, despite an overnight protest in which thousands of people rallied in central Seoul to protest the government move and the police fired water cannons and detaine...

From today’s science fiction comes tomorrow’s science… first it was robots, now it’s laser like guns that really stun. British authorities are considering the use of a “microwave beam weapon” as a substitute to the water cannon as a means of controlling riotous crowds.

For those of you having problems reading this text, please place your cursor over the text and hold down the control key on your keyboard, (CTRL), and with the wheel of your mouse, roll the wheel towards yourself. This will increase the text size. In reading NewsWithViews today I came across an article that was rather stunning in its conclusions.

World Briefing - Asia - India - Fuel Protests Disrupt Commerce - Brief Angry consumers blocked roads and railroad tracks and closed businesses in many parts of India to protest the government’s decision to increase fuel prices. Twenty members of a hard-line Hindu nationalist party were arrested after they disrupt...

by twit What is the latest issue causing people to rally in the streets? What affront to civil liberty is getting them knocked out by water cannons and other fun forms of crowd control? South Korea reversed its ban on the import of beef from the United States. Fancy that.

MAKER FAIRE: REMOTE CONTROLLED BATTLESHIPS FIGHTING WITH BB GUN CANNONS [MAKER FAIRE] May 3rd, 2008 newVideoPlayer(”battlshipsmakersB.flv”, 494, 300,”"); Why do I requirement goggles to check R/C ships afloat in a pond? Because these replicas of WWII battleships blast C02-powered projectiles.

May 1 is a traditional workers' day holiday across most of Europe, with most of the countries on the continent having the day off (the UK and Ireland save the day off for the following Monday). It is also a traditional day for labour protests, although the intensity of those... read more

Jakarta has brought more shame on China as the Beijing Olympics of Shame's Torch Relay yet again is met with protests, and little public interest. To protect the shamed torch, Jakarta police had beefed up security, including high pressure water jets, and moved the torch to a closed, secured by invite only location...the event was POORLY ATTENDED.

Source: Teeth Maestro Macleans Canada Reports: Police using tear gas and water cannons clashed today with hundreds of lawyers to block them from reaching the barricaded house of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice.