1/4 of the prisoners in Guantanamo are now being force-fed.

The European Central Bank recognizes that the recession in Europe will get worse this year, and proposes to do something about it by keeping interest rates low.

However, as the US has shown, super-low interest rates are not an effective way to make the real economy better. They let banksters make big profits but don't put people back to work. Thus, they are the choice of governments under the control of the banksters.

Putting people back to work requires deficit spending.

Bosnians protested because babies can't get national ID numbers.

They ought to protest against laws that make them need these numbers.

Fossil fuel industry bosses really do say the darndest things (to deny their contribution to global heating).

The UK government approved torture in Kenya at the highest level.