U.S., Kazakhstan Secure Weapons-Grade Plutonium From Soviet-era Reactor
WASHINGTON, DC, November 19, 2010 (ENS) - Enough plutonium and uranium to make 775 nuclear weapons has been removed from the BN-350 fast reactor in Kazakhstan, built to breed...
US sex trafficking rings busted
NEW YORK, USA. November 19, 2010 (TSR) - AUTHORITIES closed down 20 brothels masquerading as massage parlours and arrested 22 people for running a sex trafficking and prostitution network...
Asylum seekers sew lips
SYDNEY, Australia. November 19, 2010 (AFP) - UP TO 10 asylum-seekers in a remote Australian immigration detention centre have sewn their lips together, the government said on Friday, just...
South America’s New-style Military Coup
A new form of military coup d'état is emerging in South America.
Today's new militarism is characterized by leftist military men who lead a rebellion, are jailed for it, and...
Fidel Castro happy with Cuba direction and hints resignation
HAVANA, Cuba. November 19, 2010 (AFP): Cuban leader Fidel Castro has suggested he may resign as Communist Party chief, his last leadership post, as he praised his brother Raul's management of...
Burma’s military-backed party ‘wins’ election
Burma's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) claimed an overwhelming victory in Sunday's (Nov 7) polls on Tuesday (Nov 9) even as ethnic rebels and government troops clashed...
Zambia, Botswana express worry over crimes
The Zambia-Botswana joint permanent commission on Defence and Security has expressed serious concerns about the increasing threats of transnational crimes such as human and drug trafficking, smuggling and money...
Breathtaking Mars by NASA
In lieu of the YEAR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM that started October 2010 and ends in August 2012, following the Red Planet's length of year (23 months), we decided to...
Russia to develop Linux-based OS, increasing digital security
In a move to decrease Russia's dependence on American technology, the Russian government has announced plans to develop a state-sponsored national operating system. Shifting away from Windows would mean both...
Google CEO: China’s Internet censorship will fail
China's strict controls on its Internet usage will eventually fail as more of the country's people go online and express themselves, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
"Ultimately, the people will...
ONE YEAR UNTIL THE METEOR OUTBURST
On Oct. 8, 2011, Earth will have a near head-on collision with a tendril of dust, setting off a strong outburst of as many as 750 meteors per hour. People in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have a front-row seat for what could be the strongest shower since the Leonid storms a decade ago.
