Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

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Verizon to put data collection warning stickers on new phones!

WASHINGTON - May 3, 2011 - Verizon Wireless announced it will begin putting stickers on its products to warn customers that the phone tracks its owner's geographical location.

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Governments develop digital censorship tools for reporters!

NEW YORK - May 3, 2011 - Governments worldwide are developing new tools to censor reporters as the media increasingly moves online, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.

In a report released on the eve of World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, the committee said 69 journalists whose work appears mostly online were jailed as of Dec. 1, representing almost half of all reporter

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FBI using surveillance software to track suspects online!

WASHINGTON - May 2, 2011 - Documents recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal detailed information about the FBI's electronic surveillance capabilities. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the FOIA request in 2007 after it was reported that the agency was using "secret spyware."

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Popular backlash at murder of Gaddafi's son!

TRIPOLI, Libya - May 2, 2011 - Angry crowds went on the rampage in Tripoli yesterday, burning foreign embassies and forcing the UN to evacuate its foreign staff after a NATO bombing that the regime claimed left four members of Moammar Qaddafi's family dead.

The fallout from the air attack forced NATO onto the defensive and prompted its leaders and David Cameron to claim that the atta

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European Fascism: Herbal medicines banned in EU!

LONDON, England (PNN) - May 1, 2011 - Patients have lost access to hundreds of herbal medicines after European regulations came into force this past Sautrday.

Sales of all herbal remedies, except for a small number of popular products for mild illness such as echinacea for colds and St John's Wort for depression, have been banned.

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British and Italian missions torched for murder of Qaddafi son!

TRIPOLI, Libya - May 1, 2011 - Demonstrators torched British and Italian missions in Tripoli on Sunday after Libya accused NATO of trying to assassinate Moammar Qaddafi in a raid that killed one of his sons and three of his grandchildren.

Additionally, the port in the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata was set ablaze in a deadly bombardment by forces loyal to the Libyan strong

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Turkish police dress up as doctors to test citizen’s gullibility!

ISTANBUL, Turkey - April 30, 2011 - Turkish police donned white coats and stethoscopes to disguise themselves as doctors, then knocked on people's doors to see how easily they would fall for a confidence scam.

The undercover police officers told residents of the southeastern city of Gaziantep they were screening for high blood pressure and handed out pills, according to Turkish media