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How to Survive A Disaster
2008-05-30 06:42:00 This is a fascinating article about survival in a disaster. Most people tend to freeze in a disaster, but the thing to do is act. I recommend reading this article. From the article: But survival is not just a product of luck. We can do far more than we think to improve our odds of preventing and ... More About: People , Earthquake , Disaster , Survive , Brains
EU, China: Honeymoon is over
2008-05-30 06:13:00 So far so good, but it still takes two to tango and the EU is not making the right moves, Bingran Dai of the Centre for Europe an Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai tells ISN Security Watch. “The problem is that the atmosphere has changed drastically since 2006 and the Chinese public and the government feel ... More About: China , Human Rights , Freedom of Speech , Intellectual property rights
Did China?s Hackers Shut Off the Lights?
2008-05-30 06:03:00 Hackers working on behalf of China ’s People?s Liberation Army have penetrated networks controlling electric power grids in the United States, computer security experts believe. And that may have precipitated a massive blackout on the east coast in 2003, as well as a blackout in Florida this year. That’s just one blockbuster assertion in a long story ... More About: Blockbuster , Shane , Hackers , Lights
Globalization?s Aftershocks
2008-05-26 16:31:00 What does the collapse of communism have to do with the credit crunch? According to Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni, author of the best-selling book “Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism,” the fall of the Berlin wall set off a global economic transformation that led directly to the turmoil on Wall Street and will ... More About: Globalization
A Slippery Moment for Mexican Oil
2008-05-26 15:52:00 Output is tanking, but there’s fierce opposition to a plan that could reward Big Oil for helping find new reserves Reform is urgent: Oil output in Mexico , the world’s No. 6 producer of crude, is plummeting. At the Cantarell field, the country’s main source of oil, production is declining 15% annually. Pemex pumped 2.85 million barrels ... More About: Mexican , Americas , Moment
Video: Blaze ?sets off Russian rockets?
2008-05-26 15:44:00 A fire at an air base arms depot in north-western Russia has reportedly set off several missiles, but caused no deaths or injuries. Amateur video shows what appear to be at least two rockets zigzagging through a clear afternoon sky around the Lodeynoe Pole base near St Petersburg. Unofficial sources say that at least 400 air-to-air rockets ... More About: Video , Russian , Missiles , Sets
Damascus Talks Peace, Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware
2008-05-26 15:24:00 When Damascus confirmed peace talks with Israel on May 21, a secret high-powered military purchasing delegation, headed by air force-air defenses commander Gen. Akhmad Ratyb, was already in Moscow. With a $5 billion allocation in hand from Tehran, the delegation was bidding for the most advanced products of Russia?s munitions industry. The six main categories of ... More About: Hardware , Peace , Military , Syria
U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone
2008-05-26 15:22:00 United Nations investigators who examined the downing of an unmanned Georgia n reconnaissance aircraft in April have concluded that the drone was struck by a missile fired from a Russia n fighter plane, according to an advance copy of their report obtained on Monday. Read More… More About: United Nations , Conflict , Missile
Nuclear Gold Rush
2008-05-26 15:18:00 But there are alarming signs that this sudden enthusiasm is driven less by concerns about the climate, or declining oil supplies, than by Iran?s growing nuclear proficiency. In addition to building power plants, Tehran is determined to produce its own nuclear fuel ? a process that with a little more work could also churn ... More About: Middle East , China , Nuclear , Gold , Climate
Britain?s phoney war on terror
2008-05-25 20:06:00 We are too concerned with multiculturalism and political correctness to combat the threat of Islam ism effectively. After spending time recently with senior Pentagon officials and other Americans involved in counter-terror-ism, I was struck by the global scope of their concerns. Above all I was reminded how different their attitudes are from those of their British counterparts, ... More About: War On Terror , Terrorism , United States , Terror
Israel ?would consider strike? amid fears over Iran?s weapons programme
2008-05-25 20:02:00 “Within a year, the Israel i government will have to decide between two options: either not do anything and reconcile itself to the fact that Iran is now nuclear, or take unilateral military action,” Giora Eiland, Israel’s former national security adviser, told Scotland on Sunday. According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel is also worried that Tehran is ... More About: Nuclear , Weapons , Minutes
Russia?s Dangerous Missile Game in Iran
2008-05-25 18:06:00 This report was published on Nov. 13, 1997. It shows that Russia was helping Iran with its missile development program. From the article: By providing advanced missile technology to the radical Islamic regime in Tehran, Russia is threatening vital U.S. interests and violating an international arms control agreement. Its assistance to Iran, the world’s foremost state sponsor ... More About: Youtube , Missiles , Game
The bear is back
2008-05-25 17:36:00 As recent reports make clear, Russia is now forcing its way back into the Middle East - and not necessarily in the most encouraging manner. By dangerously increasing its arms sales to the region, Moscow is seeking to restore prestige, bolster influence and - not least - to make money. The latest example came with reports ... More About: Military , Syria , Back
Sanya base to float Chinese naval ambition
2008-05-25 17:14:00 The question is, should we be concerned about Sanya? The answer: Yes. The naval base centres on a huge underground complex even the most sophisticated spy satellites cannot penetrate. It is being prepared with berths for up to 20 of the most advanced Chinese submarines, the C94 Jin-class boat, which will be capable of firing both anti-satellite ... More About: Google , Israel , China , Satellite , Missiles
Iran ?paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers?
2008-05-25 17:04:00 Iran’s actions mean war. The United States and Europe should put an army together and go to war against Iran. Although, I do NOT believe this will happen. We can’t do it all ourselves, and Britain along with the rest of Europe will not help in this regard. The bottom line is that Iran will continue ... More About: Iraq , Iran , Paid , Soldiers , Kill
Whither the Price of Oil?
2008-05-24 22:03:00 Why has the price of oil risen so much in the past few months? Is it a supply and demand issue as some believe; or is it because of an out-of-control futures market driven by the proliferation of commodity index funds and rampant speculation, as everyone tries to get in on the rise in commodity ... More About: Oil , Price , Nargis
The Fall of Lebanon
2008-05-24 21:54:00 “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now…. Oh, what a fall was there… Then I, and you, and all of us fell down.” –William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1. May 21, 2008, is a date–like December 7 (1941) and September 11 (2001)–that should now live in infamy. Yet who will notice, mourn, or act the ... More About: Lebanon , Fall
Double, oil and trouble
2008-05-24 05:29:00 THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel?or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya?s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over ... More About: Double
Ukraine president warns of Russia ?energy blackmail?
2008-05-24 05:25:00 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday urged fellow leaders to diversify eastern Europe’s energy supply routes away from Russia and not succumb to ‘energy blackmail.’ Speaking to six other heads of state at an energy summit in Kiev, Yushchenko said his country could play a greater role as a supply route from energy-rich Caspian Sea states ... More About: Energy , Ukraine , Blackmail
Bombing Iran: The Clamor Persists
2008-05-24 05:07:00 Nor is it only the Israelis who are concerned. Egyptian and Saudi leaders also expressed their worries about Iran ’s nuclear ambitions when Bush met with them on the trip, several White House aides say. “People in the region really want to see it solved peacefully,” says a senior White House official, “but they’re also concerned ... More About: Bomb , John Bolton
Why Russians choose NATO army instead of Russian army?
2008-05-24 04:51:00 More and more Russian military men switch to Western military. We?re not just talking about French foreign legion, but also about Estonia n army. It turns out that Tallinn touts Russian draftees by giving them freely Estonian citizenship. More and more Russians try to get no in Russian, but into foreign army. Its? not a secret that ... More About: Military , Army
Titanic search was cover for secret Cold War subs mission
2008-05-24 04:45:00 The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold war nuclear submarines. When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of ... More About: Cold War , Search , Secret , Cover
Serbia?s Ultra-Nationalists
2008-05-24 02:41:00 ‘It Is not Us but Europe that Needs to Face Reality’ The next Serbia n government could include Tomislav Nikolic, the leader of the ultra-nationalists. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he shows himself uncompromising on the question of Kosovo and even raises the spectre of a new war in the Balkans. more… Serbian Election: A Setback for ... More About: Victory , Ultra , Patriotism
Pakistan?s Other Border
2008-05-24 02:37:00 South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan resumed peace talks May 20 amid reminders of how vulnerable the two nations are to terrorism. Bombings in Jaipur (IANS) allegedly by Bangladeshi extremists and heightened tension (CSM) with Pakistan across the long-disputed border in Kashmir has New Delhi on edge. The U.S. State Department’s 2007 report on ... More About: Terrorism , South Asia
Chinese J-10 ?benefited from the [Israeli] Lavi project?
2008-05-23 20:35:00 Russian aerospace engineers have confirmed to Jane’s that China ’s Chengdu J-10 fighter aircraft benefited from significant, direct input from Israel ’s Lavi programme - including access to the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Lavi aircraft itself. Read More… New Chinese J-10 More About: Project , Israeli
Renovating the Great Hall of American Hatred
2008-05-23 06:28:00 The Great Hall of American Hatred, otherwise known as United Nations headquarters, is getting a face lift. It began earlier this month when UN officials gathered to break ground on what just might be the world?s most expensive fixer upper. Shoveling more than ceremonial dirt, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the ground breaking, ?today ... More About: Organization , New York City
It?s nuclear power, not oil, that worries the Middle East
2008-05-23 06:24:00 The West might be alarmed at the prospect of the mullahs arming themselves with nuclear weapons, but it is the Arabs who are first in their direct line of fire. Relations between Tehran and the Saudis have been strained ever since Iran ’s Revolutionary Guards were implicated in the 1996 bombing of the US Marine base in ... More About: Middle East , Power , The Middle East , Nuclear
Our shield is crumbling
2008-05-23 05:55:00 The US Air Force Association, which includes past and present US air force generals, has just posted an assessment entitled Threats to Air Supremacy on its web site. In short, the air force generals are explaining to US residents and the world that America is about to lose air superiority to the Russians and Chinese ... More About: Shield
India no longer considers Pakistan ?principal enemy?
2008-05-23 05:48:00 ?After decades of considering Pakistan their principal enemy, India n defence officials are beginning to see China as a more serious long-term threat, and they don?t want to be caught unprepared again. Washington is embracing India as a rising power that can be a valuable ally to stand with this country, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and ... More About: South Asia , Australia
IEA worried about oil supplies, prepares forecast
More articles from this author:2008-05-23 05:28:00 A leading global energy monitor fears there may not be enough oil to slake the world’s thirst ? and is preparing a landmark forecast that could reverberate through the global economy even as major companies announce fuel-related cutbacks. The International Energy Agency is studying depletion rates at about 400 oil fields in a first-of-its-kind study of ... More About: Oil , Supplies , Fears , Thirst , Hirsch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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