Soldier gives birth in Afghanistan, didn't know she was pregnant

On Tuesday, a British servicewoman, who was apparently unaware of her pregnancy, gave birth to a son at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

Most women who have experienced pregnancy and childbirth, might find it hard to believe that the servicewoman was not aware of the fact that she was pregnant.

However, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that a British servicewoman has given birth while serving in Afghanistan. According to the Daily Mail the woman, reported to be from Fiji, served as a gunner with the Royal Artillery, and had been deployed with the 17th Mechanized Brigade since March... read more.

Meet Kiara, the world's first liliger (video)

Kiara is a liliger cub - daughter of an African lion with a mother who is half tiger/half lion (liger) - born in late August in a zoo in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia.

Looking rather like a lion cub, but with tiger stripes on her head, Kiara is completely cute. Initially Kiara had to be taken away from her mother, a liger named Zita, as she did not have sufficient milk to feed her... read more and watch videos.

Results of first animal feeding trial on GM maize & Roundup

This is the first study of its kind, it is peer-reviewed, and will be published in the American journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology. The results are not reassuring.

The first animal feeding trial, set up to study the lifetime effects of exposure to NK603 Roundup tolerant GM maize, and also to Roundup, the world's best-selling herbicide and weedkiller, has been completed... read more.

They are so good at recycling, Sweden actually imports garbage

That's right, you heard it. Sweden is just so good at recycling, it actually needs to import trash from other European countries to power its waste-to-energy program.

Public Radio International is reporting that around 20% of Sweden's district heating, along with electricity for roughly 250,000 Swedish homes, comes from the country's waste-to-energy program.

However, with households recycling most of their waste, only around 4% of it ends up in the landfills... read more.

Mass arrests as OWS celebrates 1 year anniversary (video)

Over 180 protesters were arrested and photographers abused as Occupy Wall Street took over the Financial District of New York yelling, 'Banks got bailed out, we got sold out.' 

On Monday, September 17, they celebrated the first anniversary of their struggle by attempting to take over the Financial District of New York.  Read more and watch videos.

Monsanto and Co push $5.5 million more against GMO labeling

Monsanto and 'Big Pesticide' are paying plenty to try and defeat Proposition 37, requiring the labeling of genetically engineered food in California.

Digital Journal reported in August that opponents to Proposition 37, for the labeling of foods with GMO content, had some very deep pockets. The very next day, Monsanto dropped another $4.2 million into the 'No to 37' pot.

Now, according to campaign finance disclosure records filed with the California Secretary of State, Monsanto has just paid in an additional $2.89 million in their fight against Proposition 37. This bring's Monsanto's total contribution against Proposition 37 to a grand $7.1 million... read more.

Police in Antwerp, Belgium arrest 120 in anti-US protest (video)

200 Muslim protesters gathered in the city center of Antwerp on Sunday, protesting against the US-made film 'The Innocence of Muslims.'

Digital Journal has reported on the various protests breaking out in outrage over the film in countries all over the Middle East, and now spreading to other areas... read more and watch video.

Japan 'forgot' to plan for Mt Fuji disaster

It seems with everything that has been happening in Japan, what with the Fukushima nuclear disaster, earthquakes and floods, nobody made any special disaster plans for Mt Fuji and a possible eruption.

Since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March 2011, there have been some 12,000 tremors in the Mt Fuji area, increasing the pressure to the mountain's magma chamber... read more.

Video: Public transport commercial with a difference

If you thought advertising public transport would be pretty difficult and boring, think again. A Danish company has come up with a solution. Midttrafik have released a commercial in the form of an epic movie trailer, all about their wonderful new buses... read more and watch ad.

Multiple arrests at Occupy Wall Street gathering (video)

As OWS members gathered on Saturday, ready for Monday's anniversary march in Wall Street, police swooped in and arrested 25 protesters.

Monday, September 17 will mark the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Naturally, OWS members are getting ready to celebrate that anniversary on Monday, but the NYPD were apparently thinking otherwise... read more and watch videos.