GOOGLE PULLS PAULS HOUSE

LONDON, May 22 (UPI) -- Photos of Paul McCartney's London house were removed from the locator Web site Google Street View after the rock N roll star's security team complained.

The Daily Telegraph said the Web site, which was launched in England in March, has been criticized for allegedly violating people's privacy, and making residents vulnerable to burglars and other villains.

"He was unsettled when he heard Google users could get a 360-degree view of the property," The Sun newspaper quoted a source as saying about McCartney.

A Google spokesman told the tabloid anyone can eliminate their house from the Web site by clicking a button.

"Since the launch of Street View, millions have used it and the vast majority are very happy to have their house included," the spokesman added.

GREEN CARD FOOTAGE OF JOHN LENNON FOUND

The directors of the new documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon found a key piece of archival footage only weeks before the film was scheduled to wrap production. The film, which was released last month, chronicles Lennon's four-year fight to legally remain in the U.S. For years, the footage of Lenon and wife Yoko Ono appearing on July 27th, 1976 at the Department of Neutralization and Immigration in New York City was thought to have been lost forever.

David Leaf, who co-directed the film which documents Lennon's harassment by the Nixon administration, told us that the footage was discovered during the production's eleventh hour: "You know, we had interviewed people who were there and they had told us what John said outside the building, but to find John saying that, it's so impactful. You know, he thanks his fans, he makes the classic comment, 'Time wounds all heels.' We found that three weeks before we finished the movie. It was in a mismarked reel."

The footage of Lennon was shot for WABC-TV in New York.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon, which was produced with the cooperation and participation of Yoko Ono, is in theatres now.

WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY WITH SIR PAUL

On Saturday May 9, World Fair Trade Day will celebrate its 60th birthday. “Big Bang” is the celebration theme this year, which means everyone’s invited to "bang something (anything) with spoons, sticks, hands, fingers, friends, family, neighbours, a crowd, an audience, a solution. Beat poverty beat climate change beat economic crisis." The day of global celebrations in over 80 countries will kick off at dawn with a solo drummer in New Zealand starting the beat, with the intent to continue the rhythm around the world until reaching Samoa at sunset for the close of the celebrations.
Major supporter of the global event Sir Paul McCartney says, “Fair Trade is essential for millions of people who work and struggle for survival every day. It’s all about justice and human rights.”
Aside from banging your drum all day on May 9, you can support Fair Trade everyday by buying Fair Trade products like chocolate, bananas, rice, coffee, sugar, clothing and flowers. Look for the Transfair Fair Trade logo on products in your local stores, or go online to look for Fair Trade retailers close to you.

ACORNS OF PEACE

Yoko Ono intends to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of John Lennon's "Acorn Peace," in which she and the ex-Beatle planted acorns for peace in 1969, by calling 123 world leaders and urging them to reflect on world peace. Ono will send the leaders two acorns each, in a transparent box with the inscription "Acorn Peace by John and Yoko, Spring 2009."