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New study shows meditation ‘more effective than anti-depressant pills’

New study shows meditation ‘more effective than anti-depressant pills’

Meditation works just as well as antidepressants, according to a new study. Research published by scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore revealed that meditating for just half an hour a day can relieve depression as much as antidepressants. Meditation, which has a long history in Eastern traditions, is one of many ‘mindfulness’ techniques that has grown[Read More…]

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

The NSA have uncovered a way to spy on all digital communications through a ‘loophole’ which is built into most electronic devices, it has been revealed. Under a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered by journalists at the news website Spiegel, NSA agents are able to keep an eye on all levels of our digital lives – from computing centres[Read More…]

Support for Afghanistan war at an all-time low

Support for Afghanistan war at an all-time low

American support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to figures published recently. According to a CNN/ORC International poll, support for the US war in the Middle-Eastern country has sunk below the lowest points seen for the Iraq and Vietnam wars. Only 17 percent of Americans support the 12-year-old war, while about 82 percent of Americans[Read More…]

US man sues govt following ‘voluntary’ DNA checks for prescription drugs

US man sues govt following ‘voluntary’ DNA checks for prescription drugs

A US man has filed a lawsuit against the city of Pennsylvania after being stopped for “voluntary” DNA checks. The suit follows a state-wide campaign by police in Reading, Pennsylvania who created checkpoints in the city in which citizens were forced to stop and then asked if they would like to ‘volunteer’ to have their cheeks swabbed in search of[Read More…]

University Medical Center of El Paso where invasive search was carried out

Border agency staff conducts six hour cavity search following false positive

  Yet another woman in New Mexico, Texas has been on the receiving end of intrusive cavity searches lasting for hours, it has been reported. A 54-year-old New Mexico woman was seized by US border agency staff and subjected to a humiliating a six hour long cavity search and then billed for the sexual assault. The petite lady who has[Read More…]