'December,2011'

Iran denies launch of missile in Persian Gulf

Iran denies launch of missile in Persian Gulf

RIA Novosti A high-ranking Iranian Navy official has denied the country test-launched a wide-range missile during sea exercises in the Persian Gulf and said the launch was postponed, state Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday. Earlier [...]

NASA’s twin GRAIL probes may find remnants of moon’s lost sibling

NASA’s twin GRAIL probes may find remnants of moon’s lost sibling

NewKerala Two identical NASA space probes are due to arrive at the moon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to find if the Earth’s companion holds the wrecked body of a lost sibling body. [...]

Cuba’s “NSA” Suspected of Aiding North Korea

Cuba’s “NSA” Suspected of Aiding North Korea

Chris Simmons Babalu Intelligence sharing between Cuba and North Korea has likely spiked following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Unlike the broad intelligence sharing agreements Havana has with Moscow and Beijing, Cuba’s [...]

S. Arabia boosted its defense capabilities with a $29.4 bln arms deal with the US

S. Arabia boosted its defense capabilities with a $29.4 bln arms deal with the US

ArabNews The Kingdom confirmed on Friday that it has signed the deal to purchase 84 F-15SA fighter jets. A Defense Ministry spokesman said the deal includes 70 Apache attack helicopters, 72 Black Hawk helicopters, 36 AH-6i [...]

Change the calendar?

Change the calendar?

Lisa Karpova Pravda.ru Scientists propose a fixed schedule, with an additional week 5 or 6 years According to the proposal, holidays will always fall on the same day of the week, all year. The proposed new schedule [...]

Chinese food safety regulators warn over cancer-causing mildew in peanuts, cooking oil

Chinese food safety regulators warn over cancer-causing mildew in peanuts, cooking oil

GlobalPost Chinese food safety regulators are warning of a cancer-causing mildew found in peanuts and cooking oil in the southern city of Shenzhen,the official Xinhua news agency said. It is the latest of many food safety [...]

UK equipped Saddam during war on Iran

UK equipped Saddam during war on Iran

PressTV Secret documents have revealed that the British government clandestinely supplied the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime with military equipment during his eight-year-long imposed war on Iran. Although the British government had repeatedly denied allegations [...]

3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US

3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US

Diane Sweet AI via OccupyAmerica The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative along with Amnesty International are asking the U.S. to step up its efforts to address the foreclosure crisis, including by giving serious consideration to [...]

Virus sickens 110,000 in Vietnam, kills 166

Virus sickens 110,000 in Vietnam, kills 166

AP via YahooNews Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has infected more than 110,000 people this year and killed 166, most of them children under 5 years old. A Health Ministry official said Friday that the infection [...]

The Euro’s sad birthday

The Euro’s sad birthday

RIA Novosti January 1 will mark ten years of Euro cash. This anniversary will be a sad one; the eurozone is going through tough times. The debt crisis that has swept Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain [...]

Syrian Troops Filmed Firing on Protesters

Syrian Troops Filmed Firing on Protesters

INN Amatuer video from Syria on Friday showed Arab League observers running from gunfire as security forces opened fire on civilians. The film comes as tens of thousands took to the streets in continued protests against [...]

Iran to Test Lon-Range Missiles in Navy Wargames

Iran to Test Lon-Range Missiles in Navy Wargames

FarsNews “The Iranian navy will test several kinds of its missiles, including its long-range missiles, in the Persian Gulf on Saturday,” Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy and Spokesman of the Drills Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi told [...]