nsnbc : Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told the press that he stood behind his British counterpart David Cameron’s reform proposals aimed at keeping the UK in the European Union. Lars-Løkke Rasmussen’s statement came during a joint press conference after a meeting with David Cameron in the Danish capital Copenhagen. UK PM David Cameron […]
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Russia’s Caspian Sea Fleet and the Cruise Missile Strikes against ISIS Targets
The Russian cruise missile strikes against ISIS targets carried out by a combination of air and naval assets drew attention to a relatively obscure component of the Russian armed forces, namely the Caspian Flotilla. While it is not a very large military force, its importance is much greater than numbers would suggest, as its mission […]
Chinese Giant Salamander: 200-Year-Old Living Fossil Found In Cave
A relic of the past, a ‘living fossil’ in the form of a 200-year old wild Chinese giant salamander, was discovered by a fisherman in a cave in China. The video shows what is considered to be the biggest amphibian on Earth swimming in captivity. Sputnik reports: The world’s largest and oldest known living salamander […]
Another Palestinian teen is shot and killed by Israeli forces in East Jerusalem
Violence / Detentions — West Bank, Jerusalem Soldiers kill a Palestinian teen in Jerusalem IMEMC 30 Nov — Israeli soldiers fatally shot, on Sunday at night, a Palestinian teen in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Medical sources said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Ayman […]
Turkish police fire tear gas at protesters dissatisfied with election results
The rally blocked a road near Diyarbakir’s center and some of the demonstrators threw stones before police responded with tear gas, Reuters reports. Security in the largest city in the south east had been beefed up all day in anticipation. Sunday saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development party winning in the snap poll […]
Rayney verdict to be appealed – seriously?!
They are at it again. It seems the DPP is not satisfied having ran a case that was ‘beset by improbabilities and uncertainties’; a case that saw millions of dollars of taxpayers money wasted on a rouse; a case that saw a man now found to be not guilty doggedly pursued for five long years; […]
Guilty Verdict in Case of Agent Orange
by Ed Mattson Going back to the long history of Agent Orange and its chief component, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), Wednesday I wrote about the original studies of AO by Professor E.J. Kraus, chairman of the school’s botany department, at the University of Chicago during World War II. Among the discoveries he made was that […]