Vote Yes on 37: Don't let the pesticide companies buy your vote

Big Pesticide is currently spending $1 million per day on TV and radio advertising to confuse California voters about Proposition 37, which simply requires clear labeling to tell us what is in our food.

Despite it being evident that labeling of GMO products is essential, and the fact that the large majority of Californians are demanding this labeling, the world's largest pesticide companies are currently spending $1 million per day to confuse voters.

The truth is that all that money can buy plenty of confusion among listeners and viewers, but it cannot buy the actual facts about Proposition 37 ... read more.

Thousands of Muslims tell Google take down 'Innocence of Muslims'

In ongoing protests over the YouTube video, "Innocence of Muslims", thousands of Muslims protested outside Google's UK headquarters, saying they now live in an "age of mockery".

Reportedly the video "Innocence of Muslims" is still available on YouTube in the United Kingdom, and around 10,000 Muslims have traveled to London from various parts of the country to protest against this.

This is the first of a series of organized attempts to demand that YouTube, which is a subsidiary of Google, take down the offending video, which has caused outrage worldwide. Protesters say that they will continue until their demand is met... read more and watch video of the protest.

Malala Yousafzai, Taliban shooting victim sent to UK (video)

Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, has been moved to the UK for further treatment.

As reported on Digital Journal, 14-year-old Malala was shot in the head last Tuesday by a Taliban insurgent. The attack on her was made due to her campaigning for the right of young females to education in Pakistan.

Malala was shot in the head and neck while she sat with classmates on a school bus as it prepared to drive students home from morning classes in Mingora, a city in the Swat valley... read more and watch video.

Brad Pitt: 'US War on Drugs is a charade'

Brad Pitt, Hollywood heartthrob and executive producer of the award-winning film "The House I Live In", has called on the US government to rethink its 40-year "War on Drugs" policies.

Pitt is the executive producer of Eugene Jarecki's documentary, "The House I Live In", which won a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and has just been released in the US.

The documentary covers the US drug policy in depth, and according to the film this policy has cost the US more than $1 trillion, and has resulted in over 45 million arrests since 1971... read more and watch preview.

1 dead after whale watching catamaran capsizes near Cape Town

One person has died and six are missing after a whale watching charter boat carrying around 43 people capsized near Hout Bay, Cape Town on Saturday afternoon.

The charter boat, a twin-hulled catamaran “Miroshga", was carrying around 41 people and two crew members on a whale watching tour at popular Duiker Island, around three kilometers from shore. The island is home to thousands of seals and is a popular sailing destination for tourists. The boat reportedly capsized at around 15:00 local time.

Most media is reporting one death and two people missing in the incident, and according to spokesperson Craig Lambinon of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), four had been confirmed dead, as reported by News 24.... read more.

'Global Noise' takes on the world against austerity (videos)

All over the world people were banging pots and pans and generally making themselves heard on Saturday, in the popular "Global Noise" movement against austerity.

People of the world are sick of governments bailing out the banks, while the people are forced to accept budget cuts, austerity measures, unemployment and hunger.

On Saturday all over the world people got involved in a global cacerolazo, or pot banging protest... read more and watch videos.

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Syrian flight from Moscow to Damascus intercepted by F16s (video)

Turkish F-16 fighter jets intercepted a civilian flight from Moscow to Damascus on Thursday. Now an amateur video made by passengers has been released, showing balaclava-clad Turkish soldiers entering the plane.

Digital Journal reported on the story on Thursday, where Turkey was claiming to have found munitions aboard the civilian airliner, which was traveling from Moscow to Damascus... read more and watch video.

Op-Ed: European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize with praise, shock & humor

The EU, a 27-nation organization, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its historic role in "uniting the continent" and its contributions “to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.''

As Europe continues to struggle with the current economic crisis, bail outs and people going hungry and without employment, the EU wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2012.

This has caused a heated debate and even, apparently, some laughter, over the validity of this prize.... read more.

'The Last Pictures' — Humanity's legacy to be sent into space

Since 1963, more than 800 spacecraft have been launched into geosynchronous orbit, forming a man-made ring of satellites around the Earth, and will now include "The Last Pictures" as mankind's legacy once life has disappeared from the planet.

An organization called Creative Time, unites creative artists and people, and has come up with a new project, called The Last Pictures, which they say will be a message from humanity to alien civilizations. They plan to record the history of the human race in pictures, and to then send this data into space for these future civilizations to view.... read more.

South African consumers win GM labelling victory

The African Centre for Biosafety reports that South African consumers have just won a hard-earned victory, regarding the labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods.

GM crops have been grown in South Africa since 1999. However most consumers are largely unaware that their staple food, maize (or corn), has been genetically modified. GM soya and cotton are also grown in South Africa, and a significant amount of foodstuffs on the supermarket shelves now contain GM components or ingredients... read more.