It should be no surprise to learn that we are living longer. Both in the UK and internationally, technological advances and improved understanding in the fields of science and medicine, coupled with a greater understanding of disease, psychology and diet have resulted in people living far longer lives than previous generations. In fact, the 20th […]
Exonerations Appear to Undermine Hague Tribunal
Two recent appeals hearings ended with senior figures from Serbia and Croatia being fully exonerated. Worryingly, their acquittals were hailed at home as vindication of their respective sides’ wartime actions. By Rachel Irwin When appeals judges at the Hague tribunal quashed the conviction of Momcilo Perisic for crimes committed during the 1990s war in […]
Armenian Villages Prone to Landslides
For landslip-threatened communities, resettlement seems the only viable option. By Christine Aghalaryan Voghjaberd is a village without much of a future. Sitting on an area subject to frequent land slippage, and at risk from rocks tumbling down from higher ground, the houses here seem destined to collapse sooner or later. It is just […]
Disaster Management seminar organized at Northern Command Headquarter
Jammu, May 05 (Scoop News) – A Seminar on Disaster Management was conducted by Headquarter 16 Corps today on behalf of Headquarter Northern Command at Nagrota. The seminar was attended by a number of senior serving and retired Army Officers and officers from Police, Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force and distinguished civilians in the […]
Deepwater Horizon Rig Disaster Threatens Drilling
BP Plc last September tapped into a new oilfield called Tiber, estimated to hold at least 3 billion barrels of crude, or six months’ worth of U.S. consumption. Discovered through seismic imaging and data crunched on a supercomputer, the field is almost six miles (9.6 kilometers) beneath the Gulf of Mexico’s floor, in a spot […]
Majority? What Majority?
Since the hangover has subsided from the drone surrounding the 2006 Congressional elections, and the Democrats have officially “taken over,” we can now sleep peacefully knowing Things Are Going To Change. Reading, watching, and listening to mainstream media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, and their stepchildren since November suggests a bright ray of hope beckons […]