Russian amateur astronomer discovers new comet
WHO reports polio outbreak in China, warns of spread
September 21, 2011
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Polio has broken out in China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, and there is a high risk of the crippling virus spreading further during the annual Haj pilgrimage, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Nine cases have been confirmed in China and polio is now considered to have spread nationwide in Pakistan, mainly due to insecurity that has halted vaccination campaigns in areas including the Khyber tribal region, a WHO spokesman said.
“The WHO rates as ‘high’ the risk of further international spread of wild polio virus from Pakistan, particularly given the expected large-scale population movements associated with Umra and the upcoming Haj…in the coming months,” the Geneva-based body said in a statement.
Haj is the main annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which is due to start in November. Umra refers to other pilgrimages to Mecca, which can take place any time of the year.
Categories: China
China, Pakistan, Polio, World Health Organization
Is The US Monetary System On The Verge Of Collapse?
September 21, 2011
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Tune into CNBC or click onto any of the dozens of mainstream financial news sites, and you’ll find an endless array of opinions on the latest wiggle in equity, bond and commodities markets. As often as not, you’ll find those opinions nestled side by side with authoritative analysis on the outlook for the economy, complete with the author’s carefully studied judgment on the best way forward.
Lost in all the noise, however, is any recognition that the US monetary system – and by extension, that of much of the developed world – may very well be on the verge of collapse. Falling back on metaphor, while the world’s many financial experts and economists sit around arguing about the direction of the ship of state, most are missing the point that the ship has already hit an iceberg and is taking on water fast.
Yet if you were to raise your hand to ask 99% of the Read more…
Categories: Economy
Dollar, economy, United States, US Dollar
India orders cull to tackle bird flu outbreak
September 21, 2011
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Fresh bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed in two villages in West Bengal (AFP/File, Diptendu Dutta)
NEW DELHI — India has ordered the immediate culling of chickens in an eastern part of the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu.
Outbreaks were confirmed in two villages in West Bengal, which has been severely hit by the virus in previous years, a government statement said late Tuesday.
Samples tested positive for the H5 strain of avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu.
All chickens will be culled within a three kilometre (nearly two mile) radius of the focal point of the infection, the statement said, without giving numbers.
Eggs and chicken feed will Read more…
Categories: disease and pestilence, India
Asia, bird flu, disease and pestilence, H5N1, India
Report: US Building Secret Drone Bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula
September 21, 2011
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The United States is reported to be expanding a secret drone program in east Africa and the Arabian peninsula in order to gather intelligence and strike al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia and Yemen.
Citing U.S. defense officials, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. is building a new military installation to host the unmanned aircraft in Ethiopia, where drones can more easily attack members of the militant group al-Shabab that is fighting for control of neighboring Somalia.
The report also said the U.S. has re-opened a drone base in the Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, where a small Read more…
Categories: United States
Afghanistan, al Qaeda, drones, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, United States, Yemen
Big earthquake in Sikkim, tremors across India; 28 dead, over 100 injured
September 19, 2011
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New Delhi: At least 28 people have been killed, 16 in India, five in Nepal and seven in Tibet, and over 100 are injured after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale shook Sikkim on Sunday evening. Strong tremors were also felt in parts of North and East India and parts of Bangladesh and Nepal, causing widespread panic. The epicentre of the quake is said to be just 64 kilometre North-West of Gangtok. (First Pictures)
Seven people, including two Armymen, were killed in Sikkim and 33 others received injuries there. In Bihar, a seven-year-old girl was among two dead. Latehar was one of the worst hit in India; two people died there and wide cracks were visible on houses. Roads also cracked in several places and Read more…
Categories: Earthquake, India
earthquake, India, Sikkim
Riddle in the sands: Thousands of strange ‘Nazca Lines’ discovered in the Middle East
September 16, 2011
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Peru’s Nazca Lines, the mysterious geoglyphs etched into the desert centuries ago by indigenous groups, are world famous – and now thousands of similar patterns have been found in the Middle East.
Satellite and aerial photography has revealed mysterious stone ‘wheels’ that are more numerous and older than the Nazca Lines in countries such as Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
The structures are thought to date back 2,000 years, but why they were built is baffling archaeologists and historians.
Ancient mystery: Read more…
Categories: Ancient History, Middle East
Ancient History, Jordan, middle east, Nazca lines, Peru, satellites, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Fireball sparks panic as it shoots across 250 miles of night sky above California
September 16, 2011
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When a streak of fire blazed through the air above southern California, people could have been forgiven for thinking the Earth was under attack.Thousands saw it from Phoenix in Arizona to Las Vegas and Los Angeles and local authorities were swamped with reports of ball of flame in the night sky.One witness said: ‘It was huge. It had a Read more…
Categories: Strange Events
Arizona, california, Las Vegas, meteor, Meteor showers
Strong to major earthquake is guaranteed to hit Southern California near the Salton Sea in the next 7 days
September 16, 2011
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7.0 likely – risk of 7.5+ earthquake.
Pine Valley, Ocotillo, Borrego Springs, Salton Sea.
Risk of 5.0 to 5.5 earthquake
Cajon Pass, Hesperia, Crestline, Wrightwood, Big Bear City.
Risk of 4.0 to 4.4 earthquake
San Jose, Campbell, Saratoga, Los Gatos.
Categories: California, Earthquake
california, earthquakes, Southern California
Group urges U.S. to adopt electronic ID cards for citizens
September 16, 2011
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Source: NextGov
As the Obama administration works on a set of voluntary online credentials for American Web surfers, some technologists say the government should examine Estonia’s mandatory electronic identification cards as a model.
In the United States, opposition to national ID cards has long prevented the government from assigning citizens electronic credentials for online authentication purposes. But, certain aspects of e-credentials may protect personal information better than the passwords and PIN numbers people currently use for Read more…
Categories: GOVERNMENT
e-ID, national ID card, United States
Russian amateur astronomer discovers new comet
September 16, 2011
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Russian amateur astronomer Artyom Novichonok, a student of Petrozavodsk University, made a discovery of a new comet, Russian astronomy website Astronet said on Sunday.
The comet is the first comet discovered from Russian territory since 1989.
Novichonok’s discovery was confirmed by the International Astronomical Union, the comet being designated P/2011 R3 (Novichonok), the Ka-Dar Observatory, where Novichonok made his discovery, said on its website.
Novichonok discovered the comet on six images taken in September using a 0.4-m Jigit telescope.
Categories: astronomy
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