Archive for May, 2012
BBC News Uses Photo from Iraq to Illustrate Syrian Massacre
May 29th, 2012Via: Telegraph: The BBC is facing criticism after it accidentally used a picture taken in Iraq in 2003 to illustrate the senseless massacre of children in Syria. Photographer Marco di Lauro said he nearly “fell off his chair” when he saw the image being used, and said he was “astonished” at the failure of the […]
U.S. Commandos Have Been Parachuting Into North Korea
May 29th, 2012Via: AFP: US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, a US officer has said in comments carried in US media. Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US special forces in South Korea, told a conference held in Florida last week that Pyongyang […]
Flame Virus
May 29th, 2012Via: Reuters: Security experts said on Monday a highly sophisticated computer virus is infecting computers in Iran and other Middle East countries and may have been deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed Flame, may have been built on behalf of the same nation […]
Germany Sets New Solar Power Record
May 28th, 2012Via: Reuters: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima […]
Hong Kong: Skyscraper City
May 28th, 2012Must see. Via: Kotaku: To say Hong Kong is crowded is an understatement. Over seven million people are squeezed into just 1,108 square kilometers. And boy, in some places it’s a tight squeeze.
Almost Half of New Vets Seek Disability
May 28th, 2012Via: AP: America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they […]
Lloyd’s of London Preparing for Euro Collapse
May 27th, 2012Via: Telegraph: The chief executive of the multi-billion pound Lloyd’s of London has publicly admitted that the world’s leading insurance market is prepared for a collapse in the single currency and has reduced its exposure “as much as possible” to the crisis-ridden continent.
Florida: Naked Man Killed by Police Near MacArthur Causeway Was ‘Eating’ Face Off Victim
May 27th, 2012[???] Via: Miami Herald: One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said. The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots […]
Fukushima: Wall of Building Holding Spent Fuel Shows ‘Slight Bulge’
May 27th, 2012Via: New York Times: What passes for normal at the Fukushima Daiichi plant today would have caused shudders among even the most sanguine of experts before an earthquake and tsunami set off the world’s second most serious nuclear crisis after Chernobyl. Fourteen months after the accident, a pool brimming with used fuel rods and filled […]
U.S. National Security Budget in Fiscal 2013 Will Be Nearly $1 Trillion
May 27th, 2012Via: Asia Times: In fact, with projected cuts added in, the national security budget in fiscal 2013 will be nearly $1 trillion – a staggering enough sum that it’s worth taking a walk through the maze of the national security budget to see just where that money’s lodged. If you’ve heard a number for how […]
