Bullet sent to Chinese embassy in Japan
CrimeSep. 29, 2012 - 06:15AM JST( 5 ) TOKYO — The Chinese embassy in Tokyo has received a bullet in the post, with the sender giving their name as the…
US urges calm in China-Japan and Japan-Korea islands disputes, but won’t serve as mediator
Article by: BRADLEY KLAPPER , Associated Press Updated: September 28, 2012 - 1:38 PM NEW YORK - The Obama administration on Friday pressed U.S. allies Japan and South Korea to…
France and Germany revive plan to tax financial markets
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 13:26 EDT Topics: financial transaction ♦ France and Germany ♦ FTT France and Germany are bidding to revive a controversial financial transactions tax…
Study: Exposure to herbicide may increase risk of rare disorder: atrazine / choanal atresia
Contact: Dana Benson benson@bcm.edu 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON – (Sept. 28, 2012) – A common herbicide used in the United States may be linked to an increased risk…
Cholesterol Drugs ( Statins ) may contribute to Atherosclerosis
Engineering Evil Note: "Statins inhibit the action of HMGCoA reductase, the rate limiting enzyme of the cholesterol synthesis pathway. Plasma levels of markers of cholesterol synthesis (desmosterol, lathosterol) will be…
Plastic additive ( BPA) damages chromosomes, disrupts egg development
Contact: Patricia Hunt pathunt@wsu.edu 509-335-4954 Washington State University Primate study adds to evidence of BPA harming human reproduction PULLMAN, Wash.—A Washington State University researcher has found new evidence that the…
Syrian rebels defect to Government forces
Syrian rebels defect Thursday, 27 September 2012 A group of Syrian rebels from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) defected and joined pro-government forces on Wednesday. The troops’ commander announced that…
Spain’s rising debt costs eat up austerity gains: separatist crises in Catalonia and the Basque region that threaten to break the country apart.
Spain has pushed through €40bn of fresh austerity measures in the teeth of recession, despite violent protests across the country and separatist crises in Catalonia and the Basque region that…
Kitkat makers Nestle hide tracking devices in chocolate bars
KitKat maker Nestle has hidden tracking devices in their chocolate bars as part of a new competition in which lucky winners will be hunted down and handed a briefcase containing…
World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 8:03 EDT Topics: Paolo Gabriele ♦ vatican The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret…
‘Worst copyright law in history:’ Panama set to crack down on piracy
Published: 28 September, 2012, 06:43 Edited: 28 September, 2012, 06:43 Panama's legislature has approved a draconian file sharing law that gives law enforcements free hand to pursue and punish file…
Dioxin Causes Disease and Reproductive Problems Across Generations, Study Finds
Even if all the dioxin were eliminated from the planet, researchers say its legacy will live on in the way it turns genes on and off in the descendants of…
Spain must leave the euro: ” Spain is damned if it leaves, but damned for eternity if it stays”
Mario Draghi's promise to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro never did look like inducing any more than a temporary lull in the storm; still less did the…
Air Force Chief Admits to Cyber Slowness: ” Hostile intrusions into government, private and academic networks are causing the loss of “the equivalent of the Library of Congress” every year”
Sep. 25, 2012 - 03:17PM | By BRIAN EVERSTINE The new head of the Air Force said he “isn’t exactly sure” what the Air Force is doing in cyberwarfare,…
Japan ‘stole’ our islands, Chinese foreign minister tells U.N.
PoliticsSep. 28, 2012 - 11:35AM JST UNITED NATIONS — China took a bitter territorial dispute with Japan to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accusing…
Help! Pop music really is slower and sadder than when the Beatles and Abba ruled the charts
Researchers say modern music has lost the 'feelgood factor' Claim the only artist to have carried on the tradition of 'pure pop' is Lady Gaga By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent…
Genetic sleuthing uncovers deadly new virus in Africa: ‘Bas-Congo’ virus
Contact: Jason Socrates Bardi jason.bardi@ucsf.edu 415-502-4608 University of California - San Francisco Global research effort identifies 'Bas-Congo' virus as the cause of small, isolated outbreak in 2009 IMAGE:Charles Chiu, MD,…
Organized crime behind the $100 billion illegal logging industry decimating worldwide forests
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 27, 2012 17:00 EDT Topics: illegal logging ♦ Interpol Organised crime is now a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30…
Military conflict ‘looms’ between China and Japan: Speculation already taking place into what role the U.S. will play in the War
War between China and Japan looms, with neither power willing to back down over a disputed chain of islands, expert warns. Yan Xuetong who has warned that unless one side…
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