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WikiLeaks Hacker Friends Claim MasterCard Attack Updated at 2:11 p.m. ET Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange. CBSNews.com Special Report: WikiLeaks So-called "hacktivists" operating under the label "Operation Payback" claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing severe technological problems at the website for MasterCard, which pulled the plug on its relationship with WikiLeaks a day ago. "MasterCard rules prohibit customers from directly or indirectly engaging in or facilitating any action that is illegal," spokesman Chris Monteiro told CBSNews.com's sister site CNET.
Libya rebels face Gaddafi and stand up for freedom. Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, have continued a large-scale military offensive against rebels in the country's east, launching air strikes at the oil-producing towns of Ras Lanuf and Brega. Some of the fiercest fighting on Friday was reported from Ras Lanuf, where rebels launched a counter-attack to stem the advance of pro-Gaddafi forces. The rebels had earlier lost control of pockets of residential areas, and were clinging on to other parts of the town, sources told Al Jazeera. Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from an oil installation in the city, reportedly the result of military air strikes. Ibrahim al-Alwani, a rebel fighter, said he and comrades still in Ras Lanuf had seen government troops in the town centre.
European Parliament Audiovisual Parliament debates on Wednesday the situation in Libya and the wider region of the southern Mediterranean with High Representative/Commission Vice-President Catherine Ashton, ahead of a vote on a resolution on Thursday on the situation in Libya and another on the UN Human Rights Council from which Libya has been suspended, and in view Friday's EU summit on the issue. The most urgent questions concern the way in which the EU should respond to the crisis, possibly imposing sanctions and sending the troops. As the uprising edges towards civil war, the UN says over a million people need humanitarian aid. For further information go to: What's really in the food? The A to Z of the food industry's most evil ingredients Ever wonder what's really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking me, "What ingredients should I avoid?" So I put together a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply.
Unrest in Egypt Egypt announces curfew of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez: State TV CNN reporting that Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest. CNN also reporting that President Hosni Mubarak will soon speak CNN saying street curfew has now been effect for about 10 minutes in major Egyptian cities. RT @bencnn Massive cloud of tear gas at Zamalek end of 6 October Bridge..into the Nile. Protesters continue to chant "Down Down Mubarak." Cyberattackers Focus on Enemies of WikiLeaks’s Assange Within 12 hours of a British judge’s decision on Tuesday to deny Mr. Assange bail in a Swedish extradition case, attacks on the Web sites of WikiLeaks’s “enemies,” as defined by the organization’s impassioned supporters around the world, caused several corporate Web sites to become inaccessible or slow down markedly. Targets of the attacks, in which activists overwhelmed the sites with traffic, included the Web site of MasterCard, which had stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks; Amazon.com, which revoked the use of its computer servers; and PayPal, which stopped accepting donations for Mr. Assange’s group. Visa.com was also affected by the attacks, as were the Web sites of the Swedish prosecutor’s office and the lawyer representing the two women whose allegations of sexual misconduct are the basis of Sweden’s extradition bid.
50 Cent joins "Gaddafi performance regret club" U.S. rapper 50 Cent has joined what one entertainment website called the "Gaddafi performance regret club", making a donation to charity after news emerged that he performed for the clan of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. "In light of the ongoing events in Libya, 50 Cent will be making a donation to UNICEF, which is providing vital relief supplies to meet the needs of women and children at risk during this crisis," a spokesman for the artist told E! News.
The Libyan Republic - The Interim Transitional National Council In this important historical juncture which Libya is passing through right now, we find ourselves at a turning point with only two solutions. Either we achieve freedom and race to catch up with humanity and world developments, or we are shackled and enslaved under the feet of the tyrant Mu’ammar Gaddafi where we shall live in the midst of history. From this junction came the announcement of the Transitional National Council, a step on the road to liberate every part of the Libyan lands from Aamsaad in the east to Raas Ajdair in the west, and from Sirte in the north to Gatrun in the south.
Red tide and 4.2 milion dead fish warn Texans to stay away from the beaches Department of State Health Services has issued a warning to the harvesting and consumption of oysters, mussels, clams and whelks from Texas waters but not a warning for Texans to stay away from the toxic red tide area. Red tide toxin (in the ocean) also can become aerosolized and cause coughing and irritation of the throat and eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma may experience more pronounced symptoms which usually subside when affected people leave the red tide areas. KITV reportedMonday that the red tide algae contains a toxin that can lead to shellfish poisoning in humans. The latest mass fish die-off has been attributed to extreme heat causing extreme red tide in the area plagued not only by Big Oil's crude and Corexit, but also by Big Ag's oxygen-depleting algae blooms, fed by fertilizer runoff from Midwestern farm fields that produce aquatic dead zones - water that cannot support sea life.
Bin Laden among latest Wikileaks Afghan revelations 27 July 2010Last updated at 15:21 Nato mistook civilians for insurgents when it bombed a fuel convoy in Kunduz in September 2009 New details, including reports on Osama Bin Laden dating from 2006, have emerged from 90,000 US military files leaked to the Wikileaks website. Several files track Bin Laden, although the US has said it had received no reliable information on him "in years". The details come as the Pentagon investigates who leaked the classified documents, in an act the White House says could harm national security. EU to tell Gaddafi to quit, eyes further sanctions The European Union said it is keeping the military option open to protect the population in Libya but any action would need the backing of the United Nations and the Arab League. Delegates at Friday's summit of EU government leaders also expressed political backing for Libya's opposition council but stopped short of the diplomatic recognition given the council Thursday by France. France and Britain had pushed to maintain the military option in the face of continued fighting in Libya and the threat of more violence by the forces of strongman Muammar Gaddafi. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after EU talks that the European Union leaders have backed the creation of humanitarian aid zones to help Libyans, first in neighboring countries but also within Libya.