The internal row was ignited by the release of a sensational new research paper discrediting calculations crucial to the greenhouse gas theory. Word is getting round that junk equations were threaded into the GHG theory to artificially inflate the heating effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by a factor of two. What ignited this latest Climategate-linked rumpus is a sensational new research paper, 'A Greenhouse Effect on the Moon?' otherwise called the 'Moon Paper.'

Researchers for the paper scientifically proved that since at least 1997 climate scientists knew that guesswork was underpinning the whole greenhouse gas theory. In fact, so flaky are these numbers that they can be rendered to show a GHG effect on Earth's moon, where no greenhouse gases exist! Thus, skeptics argue, the burning embers of political heat generated by the discredited theory should now finally and unequivocally be extinguished.

CEI (Competitive Enterprise Institute) is now taking NASA to court for refusing to permit independent auditors the chance to assess the reliability of both government-funded science as well as the validity of current US Administration's expensive green energy policies. At a minimum, NASA-gate raises serious questions about competency and the integrity of certain government space agency employees.

"I had some information passed on to me, sort of inside information, somebody who knew somebody who was well tuned to the people at the Federal Reserve - and they said they are really really concerned about our movement to expose the Fed for what they're doing," said Paul, adding, "What they're upset or worried about is the fact that more and more people are aware of the Federal Reserve now like never before," explaining that exposure will lead to change and a reform of the Federal Reserve.

Paul attributed the success of the freedom movement in the last decade to the growing awareness of the power that the Federal Reserve wields over America. "Even those who defend the Fed are very frightened about it," added Paul, noting that a growing number of Americans were knowledgeable about the central bank despite the fact that the subject is rarely covered by the education system.

Host Jones made reference to a recent Council on Foreign Relations speech by Trilateral Commission and regular Bilderberg attendee Zbigniew Brzezinski in which he warned that a "global political awakening," in combination with infighting amongst the elite, was threatening to derail the move towards a one world government.

It comes despite the fact that non-white people make up about a tenth of the population, and deliberately favouring one race over another for jobs is illegal. The official figures are disclosed just a day after it emerged that a council banned white people from applying for an 18,000-pounds-a-year traineeship in order to increase staff diversity. Bristol City Council said its policy did not break race relations laws against "positive discrimination" because the two-year placement does not guarantee a job.

In the latest case, figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that 51 places have been made available under the BBC's Journalism Trainee Scheme since 2007. Of these 24 have gone to candidates from ethnic minorities - 47 per cent. The latest estimate by the Office for National Statistics is that 6million of the 54million population of England and Wales is non-white - 11 per cent. The BBC also disclosed that 33 of the successful entrants to the scheme were female - 64 per cent - and that of these, 16 were non-white.

Over the first three years of the scheme, which offers up to a year of on-the-job training as well as tuition and assessment - 5,816 people had applied for a place. Those who finish the course are not guaranteed a full-time contract but rather considered good enough to "compete for jobs". The BBC was memorably described as "hideously white" by Greg Dyke, the former director-general, and has a target of recruiting at least 12.5 per cent of its 23,000 staff from ethnic minorities. Its own figures show that by January 2009 it had almost reached the goal, with 12 per cent of employees at the publicly-funded broadcaster non-white.

Among the island chains to have increased in land area are Tuvalu and neighbouring Kiribati, both of which attracted attention at last year's Copenhagen climate summit. In the study, researchers compared aerial photographs and high-resolution satellite images of 27 islands taken since the 1950s.

Only four islands, mostly uninhabited, had decreased in area despite local sea level rises of almost five inches in that time, while 23 stayed the same or grew. Seven islands in Tuvalu grew, one by 30 per cent, although the study did not include the most populous island. In Kiribati, the three of the most densely populated islands, Betio, Bairiki and Nanikai, also grew by between 12.5 and 30 per cent.

Professor Paul Kench, of Auckland University, who co-authored the study with Dr Arthur Webb, a Fiji-based expert on coastal processes, said the study challenged the view that the islands were sinking as a result of global warming. "Eighty per cent of the islands we've looked at have either remained about the same or, in fact, got larger. Some have got dramatically larger," he said. "We've now got evidence the physical foundations of these islands will still be there in 100 years," he told New Scientist magazine.

The 52-year-old taxi driver is thought to have gunned down his twin brother, David, and a local solicitor at the start of a three-hour massacre across rural Cumbria that left a further 25 in hospital. Bird, who had armed himself with two weapons, also targeted colleagues with whom he had a row the previous night.

He had warned them: "There's going to be a rampage tomorrow," before returning to the cab rank in Whitehaven the following day where he shot three taxi drivers, two of them fatally. Over the following three hours, he fired on dozens of people in 30 locations before he shot himself in woodland in the Lake District National Park. Police are trying to establish what turned the quiet father of two into a mass murderer.

It's known the flotilla of 6 ships was in part organized by the IHH group in Turkey, which reportedly has links to Al Qaeda. And three members of Yemen's Parliament, from the Islah Party, were also among the more than 600 activists detained by Israel after ships refused to stop for Israeli patrol boats and were boarded by Israeli Navy SEALs who eventually opened fire, killing 9 people. The Islah party is also said to have shadowy links to Al Qaeda. Both groups certainly support the Hamas organization in Gaza.

Israel believes the larger danger is that Turkey, a NATO ally, is becoming a foe of the US and Israel. Israel's intelligence Chief, Meir Dagan, told top government ministers here that Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan has "a dream of returning Turkey's dominance through going down the Islamic hall." He cites Turkey's warmer relations with the Palestinians and Hamas, and improving relations with Syria, Iran and others. Dagan described a new anti-Israel coalition. Turkey facilitated the flotilla and the Marmara is Turkish-flagged.

Alexander Bortnikov, the chief of the FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, gave no further details about the attempts or which groups had sought the materials. "We have information which indicates that terrorists are continuing to attempt to get access to nuclear materials (and) biological and chemical components," he was quoted as saying by Interfax.

A top commander told the Jerusalem Post yesterday: 'We boarded the ship and were attacked as if it was a war. That will mean that we will have to come prepared in the future as if it was a war.' Turkey - one of Israel's closest Muslim allies until Monday's clash left several citizens dead - was last night reported to be considering sending a naval escort for the boats.

This would arrive in the region at the end of the week, creating a potential flashpoint for a major clash between the nations. Today Israel bowed to world pressure and began deporting the activists it had seized in Monday's botched raid. However Israel remained defiant about the raid, with the Israeli ambassador to the US comparing it to America's fight against Nazi Germany. Speaking on Fox News yesterday, Michael Oren said the raid was 'perfectly legal, perfectly humane - and very responsible'.

'Israel acted in accord with international law,' he continued. 'Any state has the right to protect itself, certainly from a terrorist threat such as Hamas, including on the open seas. The US acted under similar international law when it fought the Germans and the Japanese in World War Two.'

Stocks in energy companies and oil service providers tumbled on the news, and other stocks followed. Holder would not say which companies or individuals might be under investigation. But investors quickly dumped stocks across the energy industry. BP PLC, which operated the rig that caused the spill, fell almost 15 percent. Oil services company Anadarko Petroleum Corp fell almost 20 percent, and competitor Halliburton Inc fell almost 15 percent.

Analysts have said the oil spill has been among the many issues nagging at investors in recent weeks. Among the fears in the market is the potential economic impact of the spill. But Tuesday's announcement raised the possibility that oil companies might have to pay out huge amounts in fines, or see their operations affected by a government investigation.

If last summer's adults were successful during mating season, then the worst grasshopper infestation in 30 years could strike ranches and agricultural land in the Great Plains states between late July and early August, said Roeland Elliston of the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in Fort Collins, Colorado, who worked on the survey.

The USDA survey included the number of adult grasshoppers from late spring to early fall in 2009. Based on those numbers, and favorable reproductive conditions such as the mild winter this year, researchers identified areas at risk of a grasshopper infestation, including states in the Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest.

Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska - states with typically high numbers of grasshoppers due to the large expanses of open range land there - are already seeing more than eight grasshoppers per square yard. That's like walking through a field and having eight grasshoppers fly in your face with every step, Zach said. The potential economic impact is uncertain, but federal agencies and researchers are advising farmers and ranchers to keep a watchful eye on grasshopper numbers and be ready to spray their land with pesticides if an outbreak hits.

Smaller grasshopper infestations have hit in recent years. Swarms of grasshoppers devastated over 7,000 acres of grassland in southeastern Oregon's high desert last summer. However, they normally strike open rangeland, which is not as valuable as farmland.

"They eat anything that's green. If they're hungry enough they'll even chew into the shoots," Zach told LiveScience.

Essentially, while the Constitution requires a president to be a "natural born citizen," none of the questions about Obama's qualifications - or lack thereof - under that requirement have yet been answered. "Simply put, this question about Obama's legitimacy as president is undermining everything he does in the minds of millions of Americas," wrote Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies in an analysis of his results.

"Our latest polling shows a majority of Americans - 55 percent - want Obama to release all records relating to his childhood and his education, including college records, Harvard Law School papers, passport records, travel records, and other similar documentation," he said.

"Asked what should be done should it be found that Obama does not meet the qualifications to be president, 59 percent said he should be removed from office, and 35 percent said all bills signed into law by Obama should be repealed," he said.

"We are preparing to evacuate them," said Pombaen Kadir, head of the local social welfare department."They still do not want to leave their homes which are now under waist-deep water, but we may force them to leave once the situation deteriorates." She said the main highway that cuts through the affected areas had been rendered impassable to light vehicles. Army troops in the area have also dispatched trucks to help in the planned evacuation efforts.

Once Britain's biggest company and one of the largest oil firms in the world, BP's debt is AA rated - close to the highest rating given to non-sovereign bonds. However, traders of debt derivatives pushed the perceived risk of default out to a level similar to that of a much smaller oil company, such as Spain's Repsol, or one of Europe's weakened banks.

Analysts also cited rising takeover speculation, although they said reputational damage and the unknown financial cost of the spill would deter suitors for the moment. BP could now be easy prey having lost over a third of its market value or 46 billion pounds ($67 billion) in six weeks.

Shares in BP fell close to 17 percent on Tuesday, hitting their lowest point in over a year as the London market opened for the first time since the failure of its latest attempt to stem the biggest oil spill in US history. The drop meant the British oil group was worth about 77 billion pounds versus 93 billion on Friday and 123 billion pounds prior to a rig explosion in April that killed 11 workers and unleashed oil from a well head one mile down.

More than 100 people are reported to have died in the state of Gujarat where the mercury topped at 48.5C last week. At least 90 died in Maharashtra, 35 in Rajasthan and 34 in Bihar. Hospitals in Gujarat have been receiving around 300 people a day suffering from food poisoning and heat stroke, ministers said. Officials admit the figures are only a fraction of the total as most of the casualties are found in remote rural villages.

Wildlife and livestock has also suffered with voluntary organisations in Gujarat reporting the deaths of bats and crows and dozens of peacocks reported dead at a forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh. "Because of the heat, lakes and other water bodies have been reduced to parched land, making dehydration common in such birds," said Neeraj Srivastava, a wildlife campaigner.

After a drought last year, India's farmers are now impatient for the arrival of the monsoon, which irrigates 60% of India's fields. National meteorologists have forecast "normal" rains for this year, a relief in a country where prices of basic foodstuffs have rocketed in recent months due to growing shortages and structural problems with agriculture.

Ban called on Israel to "urgently" explain itself over the raid, which according to Israel's Channel 10 TV left 19 passengers killed and 36 wounded, many of them Turks. Israel's closest ally in Washington described the loss of life as a "tragedy," on the eve of talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"The United States deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries sustained and is currently working to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragedy," a White House spokesman said. As the Vatican voiced "deep sadness and concern" and Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair expressed "deep regret and shock" at the loss of life, capitals across Europe summoned Israel's ambassadors to explain the assault.

Ankara responded with fury, recalling its ambassador from Tel Aviv and warning the assault would have "irreparable consequences" to bilateral ties. Police held back angry crowds shouting "Damn Israel" outside Israel's missions to the country, as Turkey accused Israel of a "flagrant breach of international law," and "disregard for human life and peaceful initiatives."

Muslim leaders united in condemning what Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called a "massacre" and Arab League chief Amr Mussa said was a "crime." The Islamist movement Hamas which rules Gaza urged world Muslims to "rise up" in protest, as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced the raid as "inhuman Zionist regime action."