Being able to present one’s own definitions of concepts as well as interpretations of various phenomena and historical events is a vital part of every metapolitical and cultural struggle. This is more important than ever in these modern times, where many concepts have been distorted and lost their original meaning – which can be regarded [...]

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An Indian billionaire has bought the Scottish whisky distiller Whyte & Mackay in a £595m ($1.2bn) deal.
The spirits giant United Breweries, which is headed by Vijay Mallya, announced the all-cash acquisition to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
In a statement, the firms said the deal would help expand the market for Whyte & Mackay’s brands [...]

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The British National Party has experienced a dramatic increase in support, and nationally polled about 14% of the vote in last week’s elections, according to Labour Party MP Jon Cruddas, a deputy leadership candidate for that party.
Speaking at a rally in Trafalgar Square, Cruddas said that “the BNP achieved very significant levels of support in [...]

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If you think the price of gas is high now, imagine what might have happened if this plot succeeded.
Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 172 suspected militants in an alleged plot to blow up the country’s oil fields.
The apparent plan, which has echoes of classic al-Qaida moves, is said to have involved training [...]

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The peak output of the Burgan oil field will now be around 1.7 million barrels per day, and not the two million barrels per day forecast for the rest of the field’s 30 to 40 years of life, Chairman Farouk Al Zanki told Bloomberg.
He said that engineers had tried to maintain 1.9 million barrels [...]

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Jean-Marie Le Pen has been in politics for more than 50 years, but at his rally at Porte de Versailles in Paris the crowd greet him as if he was the hottest new act in politics.
Some 5-6,000 people waving flags crammed into the stadium on Sunday to cheer on the National Front leader. The [...]

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Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that people with HIV should not be allowed to migrate to Australia, and that the government was investigating whether it could tighten existing restrictions.
The comments triggered anger among HIV-AIDS workers, who accused Howard of xenophobia and of blaming sufferers for their illness.
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Six bombs exploded in predominantly Shiite sections of the capital Sunday, killing at least 45 people in a renewal of sectarian carnage that set back the U.S. push to pacify Baghdad.
North of Baghdad, two British helicopters crashed after an apparent mid-air collision, killing two service members, U.K. officials said.

The U.S. military announced three U.S. troop [...]

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[Maybe they should do what they did in the UK, bring in immigrant nurses and the pay disputes will stop as they are just happy to be in the UK.-ed]

Over 40,000 Irish nurses are taking industrial action in a row over pay and conditions.
Members of the Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association have [...]

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A five-strong Swiss crew have sailed into history by completing the first solar-powered transatlantic crossing.
The Sun21 catamaran arrived in Miami late on Thursday, 117 days after leaving Seville in southern Spain.
The crew of four academics and one full-time sailor said they were trying to promote the “great potential” of solar power to combat climate change.
A [...]

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