At least 25 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 448 hostages – including an elderly British yachting couple and the 5 new hostages from Somaliland – suffer to be released. Request the Somali Marine & Coastal Monitor from ECOTERRA Intl. for background […]
Nuclear energy is not an option for combating Climate Change
Nuclear energy is an alternative solution for subsidizing the global green house gasses emission rate but is not a permanent solution [1].As nuclear power is not a clean or renewable form of energy [6], so to an extent it can be used as an effective means of reducing the green house gasses emission rate but not a permanent […]
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
The McKeesport Sewage Treatment Plant, one of nine plants on the Monongahela River that has treated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations. (Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica) Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Steel and Allegheny Energy […]
Dubai building collapse documented via Twitter
A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Dubai on Sunday afternoon, though there were no immediate reports of casualties, per the Emirates News Agency. @MaliZomg of Dubai provided live tweets from the scene. MaliZomg (Dubai, UAE) HOLY SHIT THE BUILDING COLLAPSED! The specialist canadian hospital in deira! IT COLLAPSED! 16 Aug 2009 from txt MaliZomg […]
Venezuela imposes media restrictions, closes radio stations
Per The New York Times, the Venezuelan government is setting new regulations on cable television, while revoking the broadcast licenses of 240 radio stations. Government telecommunications agency head Diosdado Cabello said stations that use largely locally-produced content need to comply with strict Venezuelan laws for broadcasters. The broadcasting laws, which critics say are used to silence […]
NKorea test-fires 3 missiles: SKorea
North Korea Saturday test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea’s defence ministry said, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff. The firing of the missiles, reported to have a range of up to 500 kilometres (312 miles), follow a series of missile launches earlier this week by the […]
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