US Dollar takes a Hit Sunday, 30 September 2012 The Dollar Index fell by the most since the first quarter of 2011 after the European Central Bank pledged to protect the euro from unraveling and the Federal… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
Japanese firms look at other countries as alternatives to China
By Shingo Ito BusinessOct. 01, 2012 – 06:37AM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Riots at Japanese factories, stricter customs inspections and other barriers thrown up over a territorial row have reawakened an alarmed Japan Inc to the risks of doing… Read More ›
Thousands take to the streets of Paris in move described by government minister as ‘fundamental error’ against austerity
French protesters march in ‘resistance’ to austerity Kim Willsher in Pars The Guardian, Sunday 30 September 2012 11.48 EDT Protesters carry a banner reading ‘no to austerity’ at a march in Paris. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Thousands of demonstrators took to the… Read More ›
New pathogen epidemic identified in sub-Saharan Africa : non-Typhoidal Salmonella up to 45% mortality rate
Public release date: 30-Sep-2012 Contact: Aileen Sheehy press.office@sanger.ac.uk 0044-012-234-96928 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Researchers track the spread of human invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella in sub-Saharan Africa A new study out today (Sunday 30 September) reveals that the emergence and spread of… Read More ›
Polish opposition draws thousands for anti-government rally: ” Democracy is becoming fictional “
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 29, 2012 19:11 EDT Topics: Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski ♦ Poland ♦ Radio Maryja Tens of thousands of opponents of Poland’s centrist government massed in the capital Saturday for a protest called by… Read More ›
Nanosciences: All Systems Go at the Biofactory: Should furnish a way to develop, construct and utilize designer nanomachines
In order to assemble novel biomolecular machines, individual protein molecules must be installed at their site of operation with nanometer precision. LMU researchers have now found a way to do just that. Green light on protein assembly! (Credit: Image courtesy… Read More ›
Turkish FM reaffirms support for Macedonia
Sunday, 30 September 2012 Ankara has been supporting Skopje in the dispute over Macedonia’s constitutional name, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says in an interview with Albania’s ‘Shenja’ magazine.Turkey’s stand on the name dispute is rather clear, Davutoglu says.”Turkey… Read More ›
Macedonian in Greece killed for refusing to change last name ( ? )
Please Refer to Current Story Update: “Samardziev” case, nice work of the Greek Secret Service http://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/01/samardziev-case-nice-work-of-the-greek-secret-service/ *Enginnering Evil: There are now questions to whether Samardziev had been killed, please read with reserve Sunday, 30 September 2012 Aleksandar Samardziev, an… Read More ›
Clashes at third day of Spain austerity protest
Clashes at third day of Spain austerity protest, Riot police and protesters have clashed in Madrid for the third time in less than a week during anti-austerity protests
Military rape victims sue Leon Panetta claiming Department of Defense ‘failed to punish dozens of sexual assaults’
20 men and women claimed they were harassed, raped, or assaulted Further allege they suffered retaliation when they reported alleged crimes By Associated Press PUBLISHED:22:42 EST, 28 September 2012| UPDATED:00:56 EST, 29 September 201 A lawsuit was filed Friday in… Read More ›
‘I was addicted to stealing… and everyone else did it too’: Ex-TSA agent reveals epidemic of thefts from passengers as he admits he took almost $1MILLION in possessions
By Laura Cox PUBLISHED:20:13 EST, 28 September 2012| UPDATED:01:12 EST, 29 September 2012 It was a scandal that rocked the nation – a New York Transport Security Agency security officer found guilty of stealing close to $1million worth of belongings… Read More ›
Trial starts for Pope’s butler who ‘stole and leaked’ papal letters to expose ‘evil and corruption’ in Roman Catholic church
By Ruth Whitehead PUBLISHED:11:11 EST, 29 September 2012| UPDATED:11:11 EST, 29 September 2012 The Vatican today opened the trial of the Pope’s butler for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist, the worst security breach to occur in… Read More ›
Revealed: Army scientists secretly sprayed St Louis with ‘radioactive’ particles for YEARS to test chemical warfare technology
By Emily Anne Epstein PUBLISHED:09:16 EST, 29 September 2012| UPDATED:11:21 EST, 29 September 2012 The United States Military conducted top secret experiments on the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, for years, exposing them to radioactive compounds, a researcher has claimed…. Read More ›
Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war
Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Tehran May 9, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi DUBAI | Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:48am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a “cyber war” which could… Read More ›
Images Provide Clues to China’s Naval Might
Sep. 29, 2012 – 01:52PM | By WENDELL MINNICK China’s first aircraft carrier berthed at Dalian port is seen Sept. 5. (AFP) TAIPEI — As China celebrated the launch of its first aircraft carrier last week, images and video… Read More ›
China State television on Saturday reported that the country’s navy and air forces conducted joint military exercises with live fire targeting a small island in the East China Sea.
China’s lines around islands suggest more conflict LOUISE WATT – Associated Press (AP) Posted September 29, 2012 at 4:08 a.m BEIJING (AP) — One of the hottest items in bookstores across China is a map for a place that… Read More ›
China to UN: Japan ‘stole’ islands
Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, leading China’s delegation at the UN General Assembly, spoke Thursday, a day after a speech in which the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, didn’t mention the Diaoyu Islands. Yang said Beijing will “continue to take… Read More ›
Senior Government minister has accused the EU of squandering Britain’s international aid budget on schemes that often have nothing to do with alleviating world poverty.
Senior Tory accuses EU of “squandering” Britain’s aid budget Alan Duncan has accused the EU of “squandering” Britain’s international aid budget. Photo: Justin Sutcliffe Robert Mendick and Andrew Gilligan 9:00PM BST 29 Sep 2012 Alan Duncan, the minister of state… Read More ›
Vitamin D, may protect us from background radiation and could be used as a safe protective agent before or after a low-level nuclear incident
2008 study re-posted for filing Contact: Daniel Hayes dhayes@health.nyc.gov Inderscience Publishers Could vitamin D save us from radiation? Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of… Read More ›
UC Davis researchers discover Achilles’ heel in pancreatic cancer
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Karen Finney karen.finney@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9064 University of California – Davis Health System Starving cancer cells of arginine cuts proliferation in half UC Davis Cancer Center researchers have discovered a metabolic deficiency in pancreatic cancer cells… Read More ›