"Rome – Italians reacted with outrage on Tuesday after a European court ruled that displaying crucifixes in the country's schools violated the principle of secular education.

Italy's education minister condemned the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights, saying that the Christian cross was a symbol of the country's Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091103/wl_csm/ocrucefix

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Junior Field Reporter 09/11/05(Thu)05:37 No.2658   File: 1257428248691.png -(204710 B, 329x419) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. >>2647 >a European court ruled that displaying crucifixes in the country's schools violated the principle of secular education. Good. If they want religion in schools, then science should be in churches. With preachers, pastors, vicars, priests, cardinals, even the Pope sacked, and replaced with the likes of Richard Dawkins; with the Bible replaced with On The Origin of Species, A Brief History of Time, The God Delusion etc. Fair's fair.

"Microsoft recently opened its Chicago Data Center. In its first phase, the ground floor of the facility is designed to hold up to 56 containers, each filled with anywhere from 1,800 to 2,500 servers."

http://news.cnet.com/2300-10805_3-10001679.html

"Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.

But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old's life has changed.

"Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse," she told Reuters.

"I used to listen to my favorite Indian songs on my cell phone, but now I have just thrown that memory away.""

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/od_nm/us_telecoms_ringtones

"NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has solved a ten-year mystery scientists have been unable to answer. Using the observatory they discovered a thin veil of carbon on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.

"The compact star at the center of this famous supernova remnant has been an enigma since its discovery," said Wynn Ho of the University of Southampton. "Now we finally understand that it can be produced by a hot neutron star with a carbon atmosphere."

By analyzing Chandra's X-ray spectrum in a manner similar to a fingerprint of energy. Then applying the data to theoretical models, Ho and his fellow researchers determined that the neutron star in Cassiopeia A, or Cas A for short, has an ultra-thin coating of carbon. The revelation marked the first time the composition of an atmosphere of an isolated neutron star has been confirmed."

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016897745?NASA's%20Chandra%20X-Ray%20Unlocks%20Secret%20Of%20Carbon%20Atmosphere%20On%20Neutron%20Star

"An unidentified male cat in Iowa is believed to be the first in the nation diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, sparking concerns that pets may transmit the swine flu or that frightened pet owners may abandon their cats in droves."

"Veterinarians refused to release his identity and would not divulge the coat color or any other identifying characteristics to protect client-veterinarian privacy."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFluNews/iowa-cat-catches-swine-flu/story?id=8999295

"In a world in which Disney defines its brand and the content it releases under its own name as being aimed at the broadest possible audience, Mickey Mouse is known largely as a feel-good, happy-go-lucky cartoon character.

But that's not how Mickey was in the early days. Back in 1928, when he first hit the world stage, he was a very badly behaved mouse. And now, one of the best-known video game designers in the world wants to bring back a little of bit of Mickey's dark side.

And he'll get his chance to make that a reality. Warren Spector, the game designer behind the Deus Ex franchise, is working on a new game, Disney's Epic Mickey, which is being positioned, in part, as a "re-imagining" of Mickey Mouse."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10390179-52.html

"Republicans have scored victories in two key US elections for governor, one year after Barack Obama was voted in as president.

In Virginia, Republican candidate Bob McDonnell won by a comfortable margin, while another, Chris Christie, ousted the Democrat governor in New Jersey."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8341540.stm

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"Historians believe they may have found the original recipe for the famous condiment, Lea and Perrins' Worcestershire sauce. The recipe if thought to be 150 years old.

A former accountant for the company claimed he found notes from the mid 1800s detailing the closely guarded recipe.

Bonnie Clifford told The Daily Telegraph that her dad, accountant Brian Keogh, who passed away 3 years ago, told her he found the recipe in two separate leather-bound folios.

Analysts believe the recipe was written in two different handwriting styles because no one person knew the entire recipe, which is thought to contain cloves, vinegar, pickles and tamoraide"

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016885971?Newly%20Discovered%20Notes%20May%20Contain%20Secret%20150-Year-Old%20Worcestershire%20Sauce%20Recipe

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/green-beliefs-win-legal-protection-1814180.html

Employees who raise concerns about their company's environmental practices won the right to legal redress yesterday after a judge ruled that green beliefs deserved the same protection in the workplace as religious convictions.

In a landmark ruling which legal experts said could open the floodgates to thousands of claims Mr Justice Burton ruled that environmental views should be protected under the employment equality laws.

The appeal judge's decision means that workers who are victimised for their strong environmental views such as how a company should deal with cutting carbon emissions, managing waste or using aviation to travel to meetings, can bring compensation claims against employers.

Employment lawyers said that a payout under the new interpretation of the law could be unlimited.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/tories_vetting/

An incoming Conservative government would take steps to cut the vetting database down to size and would balk at 'pre-crime' behavioural vetting techniques.

Tory opposition to key elements of the Vetting and Barring process proposed by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) emerged last night at a meeting of the Conservative Technology Forum, which met in the House of Commons to discuss issues around individual's ownership of their data.

The scheme has excited some controversy over the last few months, both for the likely extent of its coverage and because, according to leaked guidelines, it is the intention of the ISA not only to hold data on past criminal activity, but also to score individuals on the basis of their attitudes and beliefs.

Tory tech guru Liam Maxwell, who addressed the meeting, said that he was utterly opposed to the use of scoring in this way and that it was "just wrong". He added that while the Technology Forum was not a policy-making body, "we will be having words with Dominic".