Archive for March, 2011
Spain: One in Five Under 30 Still Looking for That First Job
March 30th, 2011Via: Guardian: At 43%, Spain’s youth unemployment is the highest in the EU by far, and more than double the average. For those aged 16 to 19 the rate is 64% – an 11% increase on the previous year. One in five of those under the age of 30 are still looking for their first […]
Japan: Greenpeace Finds High Levels of Radiation Outside of Exclusion Zone
March 30th, 2011Update: IAEA: Evacuation Zone Zone Should Be Extended Via: Reuters: Radiation measured at a village 40 km from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant exceeded a criterion for evacuation, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, the latest sign of widening consequences from the crisis. The finding could increase pressure on Japan’s government to extend the exclusion […]
Ireland: Banking Wreck Much Worse Than Previously Thought
March 30th, 2011Via: BBC: Ireland’s central bank and new government will confirm on Thursday that the hole in the country’s banks is even wider, deeper and darker than seemed to be the case last November, when those bust banks forced the country to go with a begging bowl to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International […]
Japan: Radiation Certificates Required to Enter Some Hospitals and Shelters
March 30th, 2011Telegraph states that hundreds of people are affected. Via: Mainichi: At the entrance of a sports gymnasium in Fukushima city earlier this month, a doctor wearing a white hat, mask and gloves was seen holding a radiation monitor over the hands of a visiting resident. The doctor then held it over the person’s forehead, abdomen […]
NSA Investigating Cyber Attack on NASDAQ
March 30th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The National Security Agency, the top U.S. electronic intelligence service, has joined a probe of the October cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) amid evidence the intrusion by hackers was more severe than first disclosed, according to people familiar with the investigation. The involvement of the NSA, which uses some of […]
Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags
March 30th, 2011Via: New York Times: Chips are disappearing from bags, candy from boxes and vegetables from cans. Nabisco’s Fresh Stacks package of saltines, top, contains about 15 percent fewer crackers than the old package. As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for late summer, consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking food packages. […]
Cost of War in Libya: $600 Million for First Week
March 29th, 2011Via: ABC News: One week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon.
Spanish Ghost Towns
March 29th, 2011Via: Guardian: Sightseers come to Spain for the Alhambra, the Gaudis, the beaches. But Spaniards talk about a new set of landmarks, a kind of tourist anti-attraction. You can find them clustered on the outskirts of big cities and around holiday resorts, in Madrid and Valencia. They are half-completed housing estates, often vast areas of […]
Secret X-37B Space Plane Spotted Again by Amateur Skywatchers
March 29th, 2011Via: Space: After an intense search, a crew of amateur satellite sleuths has spotted the U.S. Air Force’s second X-37B space plane – a robotic spacecraft that launched into orbit March 5. The mission of the unmanned X-37B space plane, which is known officially as the Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (OTV-2), is shrouded in secrecy. […]
U.S. Says Libyan Rebels May Sell Oil
March 29th, 2011Via: Reuters: The United States on Monday gave a green light to sales of Libyan crude oil from rebel-held territory, giving a potential boost to forces battling Muammar Gaddafi. A U.S. Treasury Department official said Libyan rebels would not be subject to U.S. sanctions if they avoid entities linked to Gaddafi’s regime, which would allow […]
