Guardian | Conservative rebels pushing for an in-or-out referendum on Europe are riding the tide of public opinion, according to a Guardian/ICM poll. Some 70% of voters want a vote on Britain's EU membership, and by a substantial nine-point margin respondents say they would vote for UK withdrawal. Forty-nine per cent would vote to get Britain out of Europe, against just 40% who prefer to stay in.

Infowars.com | The Vatican has called for a “global public authority” and a world central bank to rule over financial affairs in the wake of the engineered economic collapse. A document released by the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department “should be music to the ears of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstrators and similar movements around the world who have protested against the economic downturn,” according to CNBC

Daily Mail | A University of Zurich study 'proves' that a small group of companies - mainly banks - wields huge power over the global economy. The study is the first to look at all 43,060 transnational corporations and the web of ownership between them - and created a 'map' of 1,318 companies at the heart of the global economy. The study found that 147 companies formed a 'super entity' within this, controlling 40 per cent of its  wealth. All own part or all of one another. Most are banks - the top 20 includes Barclays and Goldman Sachs. But the close connections mean that the network could be vulnerable to collapse.

IrishCentral.com | The Irish Government will be called to account for Ireland’s almost total ban on abortion laws at the UN on Thursday. Ireland’s domestic human rights record will be examined under the UN review process. Six countries have already submitted questions on Ireland’s prohibitive abortion laws. The six are the UK, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Slovenia, and Denmark.

NaturalNews.Tv | The story of Freetopia, written and narrated by Mike Adams, reveals how free societies become police state societies, even as the People are attempting to act with good intentions. Watching this will teach you much about what's wrong with America today and why the federal government has become a dangerous, tyrannical group of criminals who are trying to completely enslave the population. This video ends with a quote from Thomas Jefferson.

Telegraph | A senior executive with the Libyan Investment Authority, the $70 billion fund used to invest the country's oil money abroad, said Mr Blair was one of three prominent western businessmen who regularly dealt with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former leader.Saif al-Islam and his close aides oversaw the activities of the fund, and often directed its officials on where they should make its investments, he said. The executive, speaking on condition of anonymity, said officials were told the "ideas" they were ordered to pursue came from Mr Blair as well as one other British businessman and a former American diplomat.

“It appears the authorities have reached the end of the road with their policy of ‘kicking the can down the road’,” Soros writes in a piece for Reuters.

RT.com | Germany and France are calling on all euro-zone members to enshrine a balanced budget in their constitution, as well proposing a collective “government” led by the EU president. In one of the most dramatic expansions of state power since the onset of the EU debt crisis, France and Germany have proposed a united euro-zone government to guide the bloc’s finances as well as having power to overrule national governments.

Pravada | Former National Security Advisor in the Clinton White House and failed nominee to head the CIA, Anthony "Tony" Lake, is now Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. Having a background in Western intelligence is a requirement to run a Big Aid "familia." Every head of any of the major international aid agencies comes vetted by years of loyal service up to and including being a "made man" (or woman in today's equal opportunity offender circles) like Tony Lake.

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com | As most Americans stand around waiting for the U.S. economy to return to "normal", there is a never ending parade of jobs, businesses and wealth heading out of the United States.  The jobs and businesses that are leaving are gone for good and will not be coming back.  This is causing unemployment to soar and government debt to skyrocket but our politicians are doing nothing about it.  Instead, politicians from both parties keep insisting that they will solve all of our problems if we will just give them our votes.

Alex Jones Channel | Alex talks with NWO researcher, author, and radio talk show host, Alan Watt. Alex covers the latest breaking news and takes your calls.

Food Blog | According to the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a non-profit grassroots organization campaigning for health, and the exploration of crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, and genetic engineering, Kraft has admitted to using milk from rBST and rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormones) supplemented cow herds. Another food manufacturer that admits using GMOs is Kellogg’s.

Forbes | The strangest aspect of the United Nations' "no-fly zone" war over Libya is the involvement of the United Nations itself. While Congress' approval was all but an afterthought, the Obama administration devoted intense diplomatic energy to winning the approval of the United Nation's Security Council. No one asked: Why the U.N. is in the business of approving military actions at all?

Reuters | The BRICS group of emerging-market powers kept up the pressure on Thursday for a revamped global monetary system that relies less on the dollar and for a louder voice in international financial institutions.