Saturday, August 5, 2006 Correction — August 14, 2006 This article reports that the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant reactor cooling systems failed. This is incorrect. Two of the four emergency diesel generators supplying power to the plant failed to start as expected, during a reactor shut down. The emergency cooling system, which functioned normally was sufficient […]
First images received from orbit around Mercury
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 The first images of Mercury taken from orbit around the planet have been received from NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe. The images come after the spacecraft entered an orbit around the closest planet to the sun on March 17. After various system examinations, the first images […]
Sunday Times says Israel is planning nuclear strike against Iran
Sunday, January 7, 2007 According to The Sunday Times, Israel is planning to use nuclear bunker busters to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. The newspaper cites several Israeli military sources. The report says that Israeli airforce squadrons at Hatzerim and Tel Nof Airbase are training to use low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”. Some of Iran’s facilities have been […]
France to ban smoking in public places
Monday, October 9, 2006 France is to ban smoking in all public places in February 2007, the French prime minister, Dominique de Villepin has announced. However cafés, nightclubs and restaurants will not be required to comply until January 2008. An offence would result in a fine of 75 euros for the person(s) responsible and 150 […]
Reasons To Think Seriously About Internet Real Estate Courses
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Suspected serial killer appears in British court
Friday, May 28, 2010 A man accused of being a serial killer has appeared in Bradford magistrates court in West Yorkshire today charged with three counts of murder. 40-year-old Stephen Griffiths is accused of killing Suzanne Blamires, 36, Susan Rushworth, 43, and Shelley Armitage, 31, all prostitutes. Griffiths, a former van driver with a degree […]
Failed suicide bomber imprisoned for life
Friday, January 30, 2009 A court in London has sentenced a would-be suicide bomber to life imprisonment. Nicky Reilly, 22, a Muslim convert with learning difficulties and Asperger syndrome, took the components for three bombs — glass bottles containing nails, caustic soda and kerosene — to the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter, south west England, in […]
Priests beaten in Forecariah, Guinea over Ebola fears
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Three Baptist priests in Guinea were assaulted and held hostage yesterday by local villagers after being mistaken for campaigners promoting awareness about Ebola, the BBC has reported. They were visiting Kabac, a village in the sub-prefecture of Forécariah, to spray insecticide for the treatment of wells and pit latrines. Locals reportedly […]
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]
UK opposition leader David Cameron’s bicycle was stolen
Thursday, July 24, 2008 Conservative Party leader David Cameron was last night a victim of crime following the theft of his bicycle. The Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom was out shopping in West London when the incident happened at around 6:30 last night. He was said to have chained the bike to […]