NewsCloud.com Rights News http://www.newscloud.com/section/rights Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:08:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Review of Discovery Institute's Evolution Textbook http://www.newscloud.com/read/Review_of_Discovery_Institute_s_Evolution_Textbook Intelligent Design is still a hot topic, as evidenced by recent legislation mandating that it be taught in school. Pro-ID group Discovery Institute has released an evolution textbook for use in schools, but a review shows it to be chock full of bad science and questionable reasoning. 'The book doesn't only promote stupidity, it demands it. In every way except its use of the actual term, this is a creationist book, but its authors are expecting that legislators and the courts will be too stupid to notice that, or to remember that the Supreme Court has declared teaching creationism an unconstitutional imposition of religion.'

]]> Putting the rights of nature in Ecuador's constitution http://www.newscloud.com/read/Putting_the_rights_of_nature_in_Ecuador_s_constitution It sounds like a stunt by the San Francisco City Council. But Ecuador is engaged in nothing less than an effort to redefine the relationship between human beings and the natural world. And as crazy as it may seem, the movement to give nature legal rights didn't start in Ecuador's Amazon forest or its Galapagos Islands -- it started years ago in the United States, in cities and towns seeking to fight off coal mines, incinerators and factory farms. Aided by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund in Pennsylvania, about a dozen municipalities have abandoned the old-fashioned way of halting development -- through the appeals process -- and are placing outright bans on environmentally disruptive activities.

]]> Radovan Karadzic Proud of Srebrenica Genocide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Radovan_Karadzic_Proud_of_Srebrenica_Genocide Karadzic, 63, was making only his second public appearance since his arrest late last month ended 13 years on the run. The hearing is a crucial step along the path to Karadzic's trial for masterminding the worst atrocities perpetrated by Serb forces in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Earlier, Karadzic's legal adviser Svetozar Vujacic had forecast: "There is also a possibility that Karadzic will plead not guilty to all 11 counts as well as say that he is proud of what he did."

]]> UN Indigenous Peoples' Day marked by killing of West Papuan http://www.newscloud.com/read/UN_Indigenous_Peoples_Day_marked_by_killing_of_West_Papuan A West Papuan man was shot and killed by Indonesian police on August 9, the UN Day for Indigenous Peoples. The man was shot during a peaceful rally at Wamena, a town in the Papuan highlands, where an estimated 20,000 West Papuans had gathered.

]]> Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Three killed in Jerusalem bulldozer attack http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Three_killed_in_Jerusalem_bulldozer_attack A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into an Israeli commuter bus, cars and pedestrians on one of Jerusalem's busiest streets today, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead.

]]> Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mich_ruling_allows_K9_units_to_sniff_without_warrant GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

]]> United States Sanctioned Massacre of Korean Civilians http://www.newscloud.com/read/United_States_Sanctioned_Massacre_of_Korean_Civilians An official from the Bush Administration recently lectured me on why south Koreans who express anti-American sentiments are misguided and misinformed about the history of our two countries. I actually thought it was a pretty funny statement coming from an administration so clueless about other societies. Here's another reason why we should be more critical of such statements ...

]]> The writing on the wall http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_writing_on_the_wall Between 1978 and 2007 China saw its economy increase by nine times thus becoming the first exporter in the world, the second oil importer and a member of the "gotha" of super potencies. But this picture is not as grandiose as it appears because it is the achievement of a country that apparently refuses to respect the minimal rules adopted by the majority of the other countries.

]]> The Perfect Genocide Plan, Part 2 http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Perfect_Genocide_Plan_Part_2 The Perfect Genocide Plan continues.

More than 2 weeks after Cyclone Nargis, Than Shwe and friends have decided to allow its South Asian neighbors to send medical personnel and an assessment team into Burma, in order to appease the continuing international outcry.

Just enough of a concession to avoid being invaded for the mass murder they are in the process of committing.

]]> Ellen DeGeneres, girlfriend plan to marry - CNN.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/Ellen_DeGeneres_girlfriend_plan_to_marry_CNNcom Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action -- she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.

]]> The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Torture_Drawings_the_Pentagon_Doesn_t_Want_You_to_See_Rights_and_Liberties_AlterNet Drawings by journalist Sami Al-Haj depicting torture at Gitmo have been censored.

]]> Government Corruption in the U.S. | My Activist Network http://www.newscloud.com/read/Government_Corruption_in_the_US_My_Activist_Network LGBT Rights: Missing In Election Action http://www.newscloud.com/read/LGBT_Rights_Missing_In_Election_Action Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Land invasion forces Yanomami into local town - News from Survival http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Land_invasion_forces_Yanomami_into_local_town_News_from_Survival The UN Security Council fails to condemn Israel - English / - International Middle East Media Center http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_UN_Security_Council_fails_to_condemn_Israel_English__International_Middle_East_Media_Center