Tuesday 31 July 2012

Sweden refuses Ecuador's request to interview Assange at embassy


Ecuador asked Sweden to send officials to interview Julian Assange at their embassy in London. Sweden says no, they will not travel to London.
Digital Journal reported on July 29 that the Ecuadorian government had told Swedish authorities that they are welcome to come over to London to question the whistleblower over sex crime allegations. It was hoped that if they do come to London, the matter can finally be cleared up.... read more.

TEPCO now under Japan state control in 1 trillion yen bailout



The Japanese company that operated Fukushima received a trillion Yen ($12.8 billion) bailout today, effectively putting the company under government control.
Tokyo Electric Power Co.. (TEPCO) operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, involved in last year's nuclear disaster... read more.

Hundreds of miners trapped in India by power outage


While 600 million people in India suffer without electricity, hundreds of miners are trapped underground. Officials are attempting a rescue operation.
Digital Journal reported on the power outage in northern India, which initially affected 300 million, but is today affecting 600 million people in the country... read more.

Oregon man sentenced to jail for collecting rain water


Gary Harrington, an Oregon man, will be spending a month in jail, after being convicted on nine misdemeanor charges. His crime? "Illegally" collecting rain water on his own property.
Harrington, who lives in Eagle Point, Oregon, has been fighting for the right to collect rain water since 2002.
Now a decade later, he has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined over $1,500 for the man-made ponds he has built on his 170 acres of land... read more.

Derren Brown — The experiments: 'The Guilt Trip'


Derren Brown has run a number of experiments, dabbling in illusion, magic and suggestion. In this episode he gets a really nice, very well-liked man to confess to a murder he did not commit.
The series is explained as "A four-part series featuring an inventive and jaw-dropping mixture of stunts, magic, illusion, suggestion and thought-provoking entertainment, combined with psychological insight."
The series was run on the Channel 4 TV channel in the United Kingdom.
In this episode he asks, can an innocent person be persuaded to confess to a murder that he hasn't committed? ... read more and watch video.