Breaking America’s grip on the net
After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments.
Source: The Guardian, October 6, 2005
EU Wants International Control of Internet
The European Union insisted Friday the job of Internet traffic cop must be shared by governments and the private sector.
“We are looking for a new cooperation model, a model that allows
Internet governance and the laying down of public policy principles in
coordination by all countries which are interested in the governance of
the Internet because the internet is a global resource," he [Martin
Selmayr] said.
Source: My Way, September 30, 2005
EU’s Barroso sees no constitution for ‘at least’ several years
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he did not
expect the European Union to adopt a constitution for ‘at least’several
years’.
‘There will not be a constitutional treaty in the immediate future,’ Barroso told a news conference.
‘For at least the next two or three years, we will not have a constitution,’ he added.
Source: Forbes (online), September 21, 2005
President’s spokesman warns EU to keep off his property
Hajek is known for his irritation with EU symbols. When asked why an
EU flag was not hoisted beside the Czech flag on Prague Castle during
last year’s elections to the European Parliament, Hajek responded: “We
did not even consider doing so, it never crossed our minds. The mere
thought is chilling to me, I just recollect those Soviet banners”.
Source: Prague Daily Monitor, September 7, 2005
Brussels wants immigrants to swear allegiance to EU
Immigrants to Britain will have to swear an oath of allegiance to EU
laws and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, rather than the
Queen, under a proposal announced by Brussels.
The European Commission also announced measures to counter illegal
immigration across Europe and others to promote integration of legal
immigrants.
Source: Times Online, September 2, 2005
Internet in jeopardy of U.N. control?
Jackson, an author and former PayPal.com executive, will discuss new
efforts by the United Nations to try to wrest control of the Net from
the United States, working with such nations as China and Iran. Calling
the specter of U.N. control “certain disaster,” Jackson says it is
imperative to the 1 billion people worldwide now online that the U.S.
maintain its control of the Internet.
WorldNetDaily, August 10, 2005
Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn
developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood,
raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.
The Independent on Sunday can today reveal details of
secret research carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, which shows
that rats fed the modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in
the composition of their blood.
According to the confidential 1,139-page report, these
health problems were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM
food as part of the research project.
Source: The Independent (online), May 22, 2005
Socialist was behind U.N. sea treaty
One of the main authors of the U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST,
not only admired Karl Marx but was an ardent advocate of the
Marxist-oriented New International Economic Order, according to a new
report.
Source: WorldNetDaily, May 3, 2005
The EU will fail a US deadline on biometric passports with 19 of 25
capitals again falling behind on post-September 11 security
requirements.
Brussels is asking Washington for more time and an second extension
from October 2005 to August 2006 for the introduction of high-tech
travel documents.
Only six EU member states – Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany,
Luxembourg and Sweden – are on track with moves to include digital
photographs and fingerprints in passports.
Source: EUPolitix, March 30, 2005
Annan to unveil UN reform plan today
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will today unveil his blueprint for the
most sweeping changes at the United Nations since it was founded in the
wake of the Second World War.
Annan is hoping to use the UN’s 60th anniversary this year as a
springboard to revitalise an institution that has been tarnished by
scandal and damaged by the angry divisions over the Iraq war.
Source: The Peninsula (online), March 20, 2005
Saudis Funded Columbia Program At Institute That Trained Teachers
Saudi Arabia has funneled tens of thousands of dollars into the
"outreach" programs of Columbia University’s Middle East Institute,
which until last week was training some of the city’s public-school
teachers in how to teach students about Middle East politics.
Source: NY Sun (online), March 10, 2005
While e-mails circulating about the imminent banning of
over-the-counter vitamins and minerals in the U.S. are overly hysterical
and in some cases downright false, food-supplement activists still are
skeptical about new guidelines likely to be put into effect later this
year by a U.N.-linked global commission.
As with many e-mail warnings passed through the ether, the current
letters include some accurate information but with overblown conclusions
and misleading predictions.
One such warning talks of new global regulations overriding U.S. law.
Though they theoretically could be used as a tool by the World Trade
Organization, the guidelines under consideration would not supersede
regulations that govern what supplements will be available at local
health-food stores in the U.S.
Source: WorldNetDaily, February 25, 2005
U.N. influence on court’s juvenile execution ban
In its stunning 5-4 ruling banning states from executing murderers
who committed their crimes before they turned 18, the U.S. Supreme Court
majority openly cited a United Nations convention, an international
treaty and the laws of the United Kingdom in arriving at its sweeping
decision.
Source: WorldNetDaily, March 2, 2005
Mexico threatens Arizona over anti-illegals measure
A Mexican government official has threatened to use international
courts to block an Arizona law meant to prohibit illegal aliens from
receiving public benefits and voting rights.
Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said in a radio interview
Wednesday that an international strategy would be used if other attempts
to reverse Proposition 200 fail, the Associated Press reported.
Source: WorldNetDaily, January 28, 2005
Sovereignty-sapping U.N. accord gets new life
The Law of the Sea Treaty,
or LOST, a U.N. agreement decried by U.S. sovereignty advocates who
were able to prevent consideration by the United States Senate last
year, appears to have new life after comments made by Secretary of
State-designate Condoleezza Rice at her confirmation hearings.
The international treaty, which gives a U.N. agency called the Seabed
Authority control of over 70 percent of the earth’s surface and natural
resources, was thought to be a slam-dunk for approval in the Senate
last year, but opponents pressured members of the body, including
Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and no vote was held.
Source: WorldNetDaily, January 25, 2005
Meet NAFTA on steroids
North American national borders would be virtually eliminated under
plans being considered by senior business and political leaders from
Canada, the United States and Mexico for a "NAFTA-plus," continent-wide,
customs-free zone with a common approach to trade, energy, immigration,
law enforcement and security.
Source: WorldNetDaily, November 15, 2004
Prodi flags up new EU symbol clash
A call for European Olympic medal winners to fly the EU flag alongside national banners has sparked a Brussels “meddles” row.
Romano Prodi, while congratulating Greece for its organisation of the
2004 games, set out his idea for a more euro-Olympic vision.
Source: EUpolitix (online), August 31, 2004
Euro Parliament balks at US passenger data pact
In a bid to protect Europeans’ rights to privacy, the European
Parliament Wednesday voted by 276 to 260 in favor of referring a draft
agreement between the European Commission — the European Union’s
(E.U.’s) executive branch — and the U.S. on air passenger data to the
European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
The European Court of Justice has the power to declare that the yet-to-be ratified agreement contravenes E.U. law.
Source: International Data Group (IDG, online), April 22, 2004
EU plans huge boost in security spending
Plans to plough up to €2bn (£1.3bn) a year of EU cash into defence and
security research were presented yesterday, raising the prospect of
Europe spending as much as the US Department of Homeland Security.
Source: independent.co.uk, February 17, 2004
Debate is raging over an EU investigation into the feasibility of a
‘Made in EU’ label which could replace more classic, national
denominations like ‘Made in Germany’.
Brussels has yet to make any firm proposals concerning a
standardised, pan-EU label but already industry groups as well as
individual states are up in arms at the plan which is likely to be
costly and which could spell an end to much coveted national marks of
origin.
Source: EUPolitix.com, January 12, 2004
Pope Wants New International Order to Keep Peace
The world needs a "new international order" to solve its
conflicts and ensure peace, Pope John Paul said in his New Year’s Day
address on Thursday….
“More than ever we need a new international order which
draws on the experience and results of the United Nations,” the
83-year-old pontiff said at a mass in St Peter’s Basilica.
Source: Reuters, January 1, 2004
Internal memos produced by a leading abortion-rights group map out a
multi-year strategy for using the United Nations and other international
bodies to impose so-called reproductive-rights laws worldwide.
The Center for Reproductive Rights wrote the memos as a summary of
its strategic planning meetings last October, according to the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, or C-FAM, which obtained copies.
The memos show CRR "and many pro-abortion allies throughout the world
plan to expand international laws well beyond their current scope and
to impose these new laws worldwide, even upon individual nations that do
not explicitly assent to the changes," according to C-FAM.
Source: WorldNetDaily, December 9, 2003
U.N. control of Web rejected
The United States, backed by the European Union, Japan and Canada, has
turned back a bid by developing nations to place the Internet under the
control of the United Nations or its member governments.But governments,
the private sector and others will be asked to establish a mechanism
under U.N. auspices to study the governance of the Internet and make
recommendations by 2005.
The move came in preparatory talks for the World Summit on the
Information Society, opening Wednesday in Geneva. More than 200
delegates from more than 100 countries attended the talks.
Source: The Washington Times (online), December 8, 2003
A global summit set for next week in Geneva is expected to provide
the venue for a plan to put the Internet under United Nations control.
Developing nations – including China, Syria and Vietnam – are pushing
for the U.N. or one of its agencies to regulate the Internet, perhaps
as soon as 2005. Diplomats from more than 60 countries plan to take up
the issue at the U.N. World Information Summit in Geneva beginning next
Wednesday.
Source: WorldNetDaily, December 2, 2003
A change of wording in the latest draft of the European
Constitution published yesterday would strip Britain of its veto in all
areas of foreign policy.
Source: Telegraph News (online), November 27, 2003
The Friday Fax has acquired a number of internal memos produced by the
Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) that map out CRR’s multi-year
strategy for establishing binding and enforceable international
reproductive rights laws, most notably girls’ and women’s right to
state-financed abortion on demand. The memos were written to summarize
the conclusions of strategic planning meetings held by CRR in late
October, and they explain in detail how the Center, along with its many
pro-abortion allies throughout the world, plans to expand international
laws well beyond their current scope and to impose these new laws
worldwide, even upon individual nations that do not explicitly assent to
the changes.
Source: Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute
American courts need to pay more attention to international legal
decisions to help create a more favorable impression abroad, said U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at an awards dinner in
Atlanta.
Source: WorldNetDaily, October 31, 2003
Justices have started to cite foreign sources to justify the way they
rule at home, oftentimes looking toward liberal courts no matter how
preposterous the connection to the cases being heard at home, said
retired Judge Robert Bork.
Bork, whose third book, Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide View of Judges,
was released this week, said judicial activism has been growing and
evolving in the United States since the 1960s, and is, in fact, going
global.
Source: FoxNews (online), September 11, 2003
Ginsburg: Int’l Law Shaped Court Rulings
The Supreme Court is looking beyond America’s borders for guidance in
handling cases on issues like the death penalty and gay rights, Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday.
The justices referred to the findings of foreign courts this summer
in their own ruling that states may not punish gay couples for having
sex.
Source: The Kansas City Star (online), August 2, 2003
Belgium Lawmakers Debate War Crimes Law
Belgian lawmakers Thursday debated a reformed, more limited law for
prosecuting war crimes to replace legislation that had become a
political liability because of cases filed against President Bush and
other world leaders.
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt’s government introduced the bill after
the Bush administration threatened to pull NATO headquarters out of
Belgium unless the 1993 law was scrapped. That threat was made after
charges were filed against U.S. and British officials relating to the
Iraq war.
Source: Newsday.com, July 24, 2003
A U.N. group is working toward establishment of an international
system to register and regulate civilian possession of firearms,
according to a former congressman.
The ultimate aim of many members of the conference on small arms is
to outlaw personal ownership of guns altogether, said Georgia Republican
Bob Barr in an interview yesterday on the newly syndicated WorldNetDaily Report with Joseph Farah.
Source: WorldNetDaily, July 16, 2003
Justice: Can Constitution make it in global age?
In a rare appearance on a television news show, Supreme Court Justice
Stephen G. Breyer questioned whether the U.S. Constitution, the oldest
governing document in use in the world today, will continue to be
relevant in an age of globalism.
Source: WorldNetDaily, July 7, 2003
The Convention on the Future of Europe ended its 17
months’ work with a final flourish yesterday, adding a flag, anthem,
motto, and official "Europe Day" to the European Union’s draft constitution.
Source: telegraph.co.uk, July 11, 2003
Police and FSB Listen In on Mobile Phone Calls
Mobile phone providers switched off their
encryption systems for 24 hours on a government order, allowing the
Federal Security Service and the police to eavesdrop on all calls.
An alert notifying callers that their
conversations could be listened in on popped up on cellphones around
Moscow at 9 p.m. Tuesday and lasted until 9 p.m. Wednesday on an order
by the Communications Ministry. The alert, depending on the model of
cellphone, is usually either an exclamation point or an unlocked
padlock.
Source: The Moscow Times.com, July 10, 2003
U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Nearly 50 Countries
The United States on Tuesday suspended military assistance to nearly 50
countries, including Colombia and six nations seeking NATO membership,
because they have supported the International Criminal Court and failed
to exempt Americans from possible prosecution.
Source: Reuters (online), July 1, 2003
Just days after French President Jacques Chirac called for a a global tax on individual firearms purchases , the United Nations has announced it is gearing up to sponsor a global gun-control forum next month in New York City.
Source: WorldNetDaily, June 8, 2003
Some world leaders at the G8 summit meeting are floating the idea of a
global tax on arms sales, including – at French President Jacques
Chirac’s suggestion – a tax on gun purchases by individuals.
Source: WorldNetDaily, June 3, 2003
Despite initial concerns over its constitutionality, the U.S. said
today it will sign on to an international tobacco control pact adopted
by the World Health Organization.
The first global public health measure ever approved, the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control seeks to limit tobacco-related deaths and
disease by banning tobacco advertising, imposing higher cigarette taxes
and cracking down on
smuggling.
Source: WorldNetDaily, May 21, 2003
WND probe unearths plot for global taxation, gun control, standing army.
The United Nations and the United States are engaged in a major
battle over American sovereignty – the last major impediment to global
governance – according to the May edition of WND’s acclaimed monthly
magazine, Whistleblower.
Source: WorldNetDaily, May 20, 2003
Do you believe there are powerful people who conspire together annually to solidify their grip on world domination?
Do you believe all of this happens in secret, with the quiet complicity of the world media?
Well, I’ve got news for you. There really are conspiracies at work.
There really are powerful people plotting world domination. And they
really operate in near-total secrecy as the world press sits on its
collective duff.
Source: WorldNetDaily, May 16, 2003
US steel tariffs illegal, rules WTO
The World Trade Organisation has ruled that the US violated
international trading rules when it imposed tariffs of up to 30 per cent
on steel imports last year.
Wednesday’s decision, by a dispute settlement panel in a case brought
by the European Union and seven other countries, could stoke fresh
trade tensions at a time the US and EU are trying to avoid any economic
fallout over the diplomatic repercussions from the war in Iraq.
Source: FT (Financial Times).com, March 29, 2003
Ontario presses for North American security perimeter in wake of FBI manhunt
Reports that five men wanted for questioning by the FBI may have
slipped illegally into the United States from Canada highlight the need
for a North American security perimeter, Ontario’s security minister
said Tuesday….
A security perimeter would harmonize customs and immigration
procedures between Canada and the United States, but critics argue this
would compromise Canada’s sovereignty.
source: canada.com, December 31, 2002
Privacy activists in Canada never thought it was a good idea to have a
centralized, national database containing millions of files of personal
information on citizens, and the recent revelation of rampant abuse of
the registry confirms their worst fears.
Source: WorldNetDaily, December 31, 2002
Scanning a dense rainforest the size of Western Europe, a mammoth radar
system set to crank up today will spy on the drug-runners,
diamond-miners and illegal loggers who infest Brazil’s Amazon….
The intelligence web will scan 5.2 million sq km of the world’s
largest rainforest, as well as catalogue its diverse wildlife and
pinpoint Indian populations….
Source: The New Zealand Herald (Online), July 26, 2002
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