http://rinf.com/alt-news Breaking News, Alternative News & Media Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:48:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Susan Klebold, the mother of Columbine killer, Dylan Klebold, has spoken out for the first time with an essay for O Magazine. According to Suzane Levine of Gnews: "The full text of the essay has not been released publicly but excerpts from Klebold's essay share some of her feelings about what happened that ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/the-columbine-essay/6254/ Government plans to store ID card biometrics data on a controversial system used by thousands of public workers might be scrapped. Tony Collins The Home Office has confirmed it is reconsidering plans to use the Customer Information System system to store biometric data for the ID card scheme. The Customer Information System (CIS) ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/surveillance-big-brother/id-card-officials-back-away-from-scandal-hit-database/6253/ By Lisa Schlein The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution can find refuge is shrinking and this is forcing desperate people to resort to risky measures to ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/human-rights/refugees-increasingly-being-refused-asylum/6251/ POLICE in Wales have taken DNA samples from more than 55,000 innocent people, we can reveal. Almost half of these – an estimated 23,651 – were taken by South Wales Police alone, costing the force a whopping £1.5m. In total, the nation’s four police forces have spent an estimated £3.4m in gathering ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/surveillance-big-brother/police-in-wales-have-taken-dna-samples-from-more-than-55000-innocent-people/6250/ By RINF.COM  It has been discovered that the BBC have been paying Google to place its website at the top of listings for a series of keywords, as part of its internet marketing plan. The BBC is using £100 million of its £3.5 billion yearly revenue, from TV license fees, to promote itself. The Corporation said: "Promoting content like the ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/bbc-pays-google-for-seo-internet-marketing/6243/ The Guardian Newspaper has reported that the BBC was forced to spend over £3 million of licence payers fees on providing Freemdom of Information Act requests between 2005 and 2009. Ironically, The Guardian obtained this information via the Freemdom of Information Act.   However the report doesn't mention how many stories are broken by the BBC by ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/freedom-of-information-act-cost-bbc-3m/6241/ The U.S. State Department says a controversial U.S. private security company claimed to have been enlisted in a CIA hunt for al-Qaida members will continue its armed presence and task of shielding U.S. diplomats in Iraq.   Formerly known as Blackwater, Xe Services will retain an aviation service -- mainly helicopter escorting ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/us-extends-blackwater-task-in-iraq/6240/ Set in an alternative reality that echos some very real historical events of our past, District 9 is one of the most thought provoking movies produced in years. Written and produced by Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is inspired by the South African apartheid of District Six, that was declared a whites-only area in 1966 and began ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/district-9/6232/ The landscape of Internet marketing, specifically Search Engine Optimization (SEO), could look set to change yet again, at least according to some SEO's. While it is too early to tell how much of an impact the Yahoo/Microsoft search partnership will truly have on the U.S search market, some experts are ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/internet-marketing-7-future-proofing-seo-tips/6226/ The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) has for the first time spoken out against British conspiracy groups illegally using its name and logo. Two conspiracy groups have been carrying StWC logos on their promotional material and claims the coalition is involved with co-organising conspiracy events. These British conspiracy groups, 'We Are Change' and 'Truth ... http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/stop-the-war-coalition-conspiracy-groups-distraction-at-best-antisemitic-at-worst/6208/