REAL NEWSpaper June 29, 2008, edition (#68) 

Intelligence Agencies Undermine Libyan Nuclear Smuggling Trial

> An engineer is on trial in Germany for allegedly attempting to help Libya develop a nuclear bomb. But the network the man was allegedly part of was under surveillance by intelligence agencies, with the CIA getting involved early on. The Swiss government has even gone so far as to eliminate evidence by secretly shredding thousands of documents. What is going on?

Council surveillance review urged 

> Councils in England have been urged to review the way they use surveillance powers to investigate suspected crime. Under laws brought in to help fight terrorism, councils can access phone and e-mail records and use surveillance to detect or stop a criminal offence. But where is the boundary between proper use and abuse?

Big Oil Returns to Iraq

> The return of the four major Western oil companies will be greeted with dismay by many Iraqis who fear losing control of their vast oil reserves.

REAL NEWSpaper June 22, 2008, edition (#67) 

The end of The United States of Europe?

> The voters of Ireland left the EU's constitutional plans in tatters by rejecting the Lisbon treaty. Now the European political elite is desperately trying to find a way to get round their verdict, while both Great-Britain and Czechoslovakia argue the treaty is dead.

Or how Obama has to lie about being raised a Muslim

> In an effort to combat what it calls Internet smears, Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign launched a website with the stated aimed of setting the record straight.

All in The Family

> Jeff Sharlet's The Family will leave you stunned by the religious motivations behind seemingly every political decision in the last 70 years. 

REAL NEWSpaper June 15, 2008, edition (#66) 

The gods of greed
> They promised economic stability, order and prosperity. But instead the world's bankers have delivered chaos, debt and uncertainty - and then blamed the feeble governments that surrendered control of the global economy to them.

Truth revealed on Lockerbie bomb timer
> The top-secret document at the heart of the Lockerbie bombing appeal confirms beyond doubt the bomb timer was supplied to countries other than Libya.

The Great Oil Swindle
> The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating trading in oil futures to determine whether the surge in prices to record levels is the result of manipulation or fraud. They might want to take a look at wheat, rice and corn futures while they're at it. The whole thing is a hoax cooked up by the investment banks and hedge funds who are trying to dig their way out of the trillion dollar mortgage-backed securities (MBS) mess that they created by turning garbage loans into securities. 

REAL NEWSpaper June 8, 2008, edition (#65) 

The day of judgment

> End-time thinking - the belief in a world purified by catastrophe - could once be dismissed as a harmless remnant of a more superstitious age. But with the rise of religious fundamentalism, prophets of apocalypse have become a new and very real danger.

REAL NEWSpaper June 1, 2008, edition (#64) 

New American Century lasts eight years: Neocon Web Site PNAC Shut Down
> The web site of the neoconservative based Project for a New American Century think tank has been taken down. The think tank in their own documents advocated the virtues of using the US military as a global police force.

The dangers of secret government
> There exists a database of 8 million Americans targeted for detention in case of a declared national emergency. But does any country really need such a database, and, worse, actively maintain it?

Over 31,000 US scientists deny man-made global warming
> In 1998, Dr. Arthur Robinson, Director of the Oregon Institute for Science and Medicine, posted his first Global Warming skeptic petition, on the Institute's website (oism.org). It quickly attracted the signatures of more than 17,000 Americans who held college degrees in science. Widely known as the Oregon Petition, it became a counter-weight for the "all scientists agree" mantra of the man-man Global Warming crowd.

'Peak Oil' Survivalists Prepare For America's Energy Armageddon
> The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and now the Washington Post appear to be very interested in what is loosely being called 'New Survivalists' or 'Peak Oil Survivalists.' Why?

Osama Bin Laden and September 11
> Not many people know that, after September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden issued a statement on tape that he had nothing to do with the attacks on America and that such actions were against the teachings of Islam. Americans were prevented from accessing this information because they were told that Osama could possibly have an embedded "secret code" in the tape that would alert other terrorist cells to "activate" and target other American cities.

Geo Politics And The Biology Of Belief
> How our biology can work against perceiving the truth. 

REAL NEWSpaper May 25, 2008, edition (#63) 

Inverted Totalitarianism: a new way of understanding how the US is controlled

> A new book offers a controversial but ultimately convincing diagnosis of how the US has succumbed to an unacknowledged totalitarian temptation.

Why the police now have to ask teenage muggers: 'Do you eat chips?'

> Incredibly, thousands of Government and council apparatchiks in Britain became entitled on April 1, 2008, to ask such questions of anyone under 19. This horrifying invasion of privacy has begun, almost unnoticed, because the Government has cleverly presented it as being in the interests of "child protection".

Assassination – a game for all

> Both the US and Israel are using assassination as a means towards a solution. Recently, Israeli murder squads have been authorized to enter "friendly" countries, including Britain, and kill enemies of the racist Jews-only state of Israel.

REAL NEWSpaper May 18, 2008, edition (#62)  

Is the world starving?
> Humanity is undergoing an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the world's population. Why?

MI5 & 6 and the new spin cycle
> The British MI5 and MI6 have been rather outspoken in their fear-mongering in recent days.

How often did the White House get their say?
> A New York Times article detailed the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries. A Media Matters review found that since January 1, 2002, the analysts named in the Times article - many identified as having ties to the defense industry - collectively appeared or were quoted as experts more than 4,500 times on ABC, ABC News Now, CBS, CBS Radio Network, NBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NPR. 

REAL NEWSpaper May 11, 2008, edition (#61)  

Is someone conspiring against the US?

> Much has been written about whether a worldwide plan exists to control events and steer them in the direction profitable to an elite of the rich and powerful. Is this a “conspiracy theory”? It’s a point of fact that few people nevertheless seem to become very rich – and powerful.  

REAL NEWSpaper May 4, 2008, edition (#60)  

Behind Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

> Retired officers have been used by the Pentagon to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and radio networks. As such, the Pentagon spins its own story, taking it into whatever direction it wants it to take.   

REAL NEWSpaper April 27, 2008, edition (#59)  

War in the Middle East?
> With eyes focused on the US and its continued efforts to “pick a fight” with Iran, might Israel be the dark horse that is preparing for a war of its own with Syria and Lebanon?   

REAL NEWSpaper April 20, 2008, edition (#58)  

Writer, Abductee, Broadcaster, Mind control victim

> Whitley Strieber is typical of the modern “Renaissance man”: like Icke and Shayler, he is mixing UFOs, the environment, apocalyptic doctrines and conspiracies, and informing the nation – stating he has had a personal revelation: an alien abduction. As such, he is part of a growing trend of “modern evangelists”, preaching against the old paradigms. Like others, the message is nevertheless confusing, and sometimes contradictory.  

REAL NEWSpaper April 13, 2008, edition (#57)  

The government and media on Global Warming – and science

> Global warming is now becoming embedded within politics. But is it genuine science conquering political agendas, or have politicians seen a new way to increase taxes – and define a new injection into a faltering economy?

REAL NEWSpaper April 6, 2008, edition (#56)  

9/11: how mediocrity changed the world

> 9/11 continues to be a “sign of our times”. Your opinion about 9/11 probably explains what type of personality you truly are. But now, perhaps it is time to leave convictions behind, and go down the rabbit hole, and see where it goes?

REAL NEWSpaper March 30, 2008, edition (#55)  

How one liar brought about the Iraqi war

> US troops marched into Iraq, convinced they would find weapons of mass destruction. One threat seemed particularly palpable - biological weapons produced in mobile facilities. US officials now say the assumption originated in part from bad intelligence out of Germany, and especially one Iraqi defector, “Curveball”, who spun a tale everyone either fell or wanted to fall, for: that Saddam Hussein had WMDs.

REAL NEWSpaper March 23, 2008, edition (#54)  

The Moon Deity?
> Sun Myung Moon is a cult leader who, despite the governments of the world’s approach to such organisations, seems to have been able to bypass all controversy, and embed himself firmly within western economies.

REAL NEWSpaper March 16, 2008, edition (#53)  

Big Brother
> Across the world, Big Brother is on the rise. It shows how, with local variations, the same end result is being accomplished.

A different take on the Holocaust?
> In 1938-39, just before Europe erupted in an inferno for Jews, all the exits were sealed shut. The Nazis had no problem allowing Jews to leave. The problem was that no country allowed them to enter.  

REAL NEWSpaper March 9, 2008, edition (#52)  

The end of Capitalism?
> With a financial crisis predicted to hit the world in 2012, is capitalism on its way out?

Did Bush let the US economy fall apart?
> Presidents don't deserve all the blame (or credit) for the economy's performance, but Bush turned a blind eye to the mounting economic crisis. Will he be responsible for a disastrous downturn of the US economy?

US 'exaggerating nuclear threat from North Korea'
> International nuclear experts have accused the White House of exaggerating North Korea's nuclear threat to support its claim that the communist state was part of an "axis of evil" - just as it did with Iraq's before the 2003 invasion. 

REAL NEWSpaper March 2, 2008, edition (#51)  

Reviewing 9/11
> Is America beginning to believe that like the War in Iraq, the official version of the 9/11 story is a carefully constructed myth?

The Oil factor in Kosovo independence
> On February 17, Kosovo broke away from Serbia and declared its independence. Not surprisingly it was instantly recognized as a state by the US, Germany, Britain and France. With 4203 square miles area, Kosovo may be a tiny territory but in the great game of oil politics it holds great importance which is in inverse proportion to its size.  

REAL NEWSpaper February 24, 2008, edition (#50) 

"Dodgy dossier" was "wrong", its author says
> The government official who wrote the first draft of the "dodgy dossier" that helped propel Britain into war in Iraq today admits, "We were wrong."

How the British government used the law to keep criticism of Israel secret
> Concern over nuclear arsenal was removed from Iraq dossier, out of fear for British-Israel relations.

Dumb and Dumber: Are We Hostile to Knowledge?
> We blame others for how "the media" are dumbing down. But is it we who want to be dumber?

Sheep in human clothing - scientists reveal our flock mentality
> Have you ever arrived somewhere and wondered how you got there? Scientists at the University of Leeds believe they may have found the answer, with research that shows that humans flock like sheep and birds, subconsciously following a minority of individuals.

The "engineering mentality" produces terrorists... it seems
> One of the biggest puzzles of Islamic terrorism is why so many of its participants are engineers. Is vocation somehow more important than religious obsessions?

REAL NEWSpaper February 17, 2008, edition (#49) 

Global Warming Not the Only Factor in Arctic Ice Shelf Collapse
> Global warming was not the only factor leading to the 2002 collapse of a 500 billion tonne major Antarctic ice shelf, two Welsh scientists have stated. The scientists add that glaciological and atmospheric factors were also involved.

The Murdoch Media Empire
> For Big Media, truth is a scarce commodity and in times of war it's the first casualty, or as esteemed journalist John Pilger noted: "Journalism (not truth) is the first casualty (of war). Not only that: it('s)... a weapon of war (by its) virulent censorship... by omission (and its) power... can mean... life and death for people in faraway countries, such as Iraq."

"Kill Muslims to Purify the Earth"
> Christian extremists are preaching a war against tolerance to target and persecute all Muslims. Even if it falls under free speech, why are they giving airtime on Fox News and like?

How the spooks took over the news
> In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion - and that the media simply swallow it wholesale. 

REAL NEWSpaper February 10, 2008, edition (#48) 

FBI: creating flawed terrorism allegations?
> The FBI now has more than 100 task forces devoted exclusively to fighting terrorism. With so much manpower devoted to one cause, which the government proclaims is real, the FBI needs to come up with results. But are these genuine, or trumped-up charges? 

REAL NEWSpaper February 3, 2008, edition (#47) 

"Mankind's gravest need today is a global government"
> As remarkable as it may seem, the words that "mankind's gravest need today is a global government" come from the mouth of IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said as much at the inauguration ceremony of new head of National Center for Globalization Studies.

Bolton: "Israel May Have to Strike Iran Soon"
> Former American Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton is dropping hints that Israel will have to strike Iran's nuclear program on its own, and soon. Bolton sees an Israeli strike as the last resort against Iran. Former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who also spoke on the same platform, hinted that the military option is growing more likely with time.

The UN & Iran&'s nuclear facilities
> As the UN Security Council was preparing new sanctions that would step up punitive action against Iran over its nuclear program, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the five permanent members of the council should "correct their past mistakes" and draw up a resolution ending UNSC involvement in his country's nuclear affairs.

Gordon B. Hinckley, Mormon Church President, dies at 97
> Gordon B. Hinckley, the Mormon Church's oldest president who presided over one of the greatest periods of expansion in its history, died on January 27, 2008. He was 97.

Distrust grows over the 9/11 conspiracy theories
> 9/11 has become the new Kennedy assassination. But what should we believe, and what not?  

REAL NEWSpaper January 27, 2008, edition (#46) 

The January 6 Iran false flag operation
> Senior Pentagon officials used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the January 6 US-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story trying to demonstrate Iran's military aggressiveness.

British Prime Minister Targeted In London Air Crash?
> Mad conspiracy theory, or fact? It is a fact that it's an amazing coincidence that a Boeing 777 from China crashed at Heathrow when Britain's Prime Minister and various British business leaders were about to take off to China.

Al Qaeda and the "War on Terrorism"
> One of the main objectives of war propaganda is to "fabricate an enemy". Since 9/11, the "outside enemy" personified by Osama bin Laden is "threatening America" and requires a pre-emptive war directed against "Islamic terrorists" to defend the Homeland. America is under attack. Is it?  

REAL NEWSpaper January 20, 2008, edition (#45) 

Bush and the End of Days... His Days?
> In defiance of his circumstances as an unpopular, lame duck president with a minority party in Congress, George W. Bush pursues a sharply autocratic tone. He has intimidated both parties in Congress and violated the Constitution. Through dissimulation and delay, he has forced the nations of the world to conclude they must wait until his term ends to negotiate any serious treaty on the imminent perils of climate change. What is this man on?

Obituary: Philip Agee, the man who exposed the CIA crimes
> Philip Agee, the former CIA operative who broke with the agency and devoted his life to exposing its role in political subversion, assassination, torture and support for military dictatorships, died January 7 in Cuba.  

REAL NEWSpaper January 13, 2008, edition (#44) 

The Council on Foreign Relations: the Beast?
> What is the Council on Foreign Relations precisely? And why did the US decide to create this shadow organisation? Is it because it has got something hiding? Is it, as some suggest, "the Beast"?

Raelian-like claims befall Tom Cruise
> Around Christmas 2002, the UFO-cult known as the Raelians made claims of having cloned a child. This year, British biographer Andrew Morton claims Tom Cruise's daughter Suri was conceived with sperm of Scientology founder Ron L. Hubbard.

Hoover Planned Mass Jailing in 1950
> A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the long-time director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty.

Britain rated worst in Europe for protecting privacy
> Britain, the country with the world's biggest network of surveillance cameras, has the worst record in Europe for the protection of privacy, according to a report from a London-based international watchdog.

The hidden dimension of Mike Huckabee
> Republican presidential runner Mike Huckabee is a pastor. That in itself is not revelatory… but why is it being kept hidden?

Global Warming: where's the debate?
> In an age where media strive for controversy, where is the debate - serious or not - on global warming in the media?   

REAL NEWSpaper January 6, 2008, edition (#43)

Bhutto: terrorism, or assassination?
> Despite official reports by Pakistan's interior ministry claiming that the government had intercepted congratulatory messages sent by al Qaeda surrounding the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the real culprits are not unnamed terrorists, but governmental forces.

The Western ambitions behind the destabilisation of Pakistan
> It has been known for months that the Bush-Cheney administration and its allies have been manoeuvring to strengthen their political control of Pakistan, paving the way for the expansion and deepening of the "war on terrorism" across the region. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto does not change this agenda. In fact, it simplifies Bush-Cheney’s options.

'Green fatigue' leads to fear of backlash over climate change
> Britons believe that the planet is heating up - but are still not ready to change their lifestyle

Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan
> The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism.