Deadly Gustav churns toward Cuba, Gulf of Mexico

Deadly Gustav churns toward Cuba, Gulf of Mexico

08.27.08 posted by pondy 83 views no comments
Tropical Storm Gustav gathered punch as it churned toward Cuba and the United States Wednesday after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane force winds and rain that killed 16 people. The US National Hurricane Center warned that Gustav could regain hurricane force on Thursday as it passes between Jamaica and the southeastern coast of Cuba.
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U.S. and Poland sign missile defense deal

U.S. and Poland sign missile defense deal

08.21.08 posted by pondy 14 views no comments
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a missile defense deal with Poland on Wednesday and predicted that future presidents would not undo the controversial program. Speaking to reporters, Rice said that though legally the pact could be voided by a future White House, it has a rationale and diplomatic momentum that make that unlikely.
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Georgian villages burned and looted as Russian tanks advance

Georgian villages burned and looted as Russian tanks advance

08.13.08 posted by pondy 45 views no comments
Cease fire, what cease fire? Villages in Georgia were being burned and looted as Russian tanks followed by "irregulars" advanced from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, eyewitnesses said today. Russia denied any advance, however Georgian authorities claimed that about 50 tanks and armored vehicles were near the strategically important town of Gori.
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House to Rethink Drilling, Pelosi Says

House to Rethink Drilling, Pelosi Says

08.17.08 posted by pondy 25 views no comments
Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that the House would consider expanded offshore drilling as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month.
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The Chinese assault begins

The Chinese assault begins

08.09.08 posted by pondy 65 views no comments
China took an early lead in the Olympic march to sports supremacy, winning two of the seven gold medals on offer on the first day when the Beijing Games began in earnest on Saturday. China is on a quest to win the most metals during the Olympic games, an accomplishment the nation has never come close to achieving. But as the host nation, anything is possible.
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Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

08.10.08 posted by pondy 52 views no comments
scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear". The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale.
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Germans Try to Stop Glacial Melt with Giant Screen

Germans Try to Stop Glacial Melt with Giant Screen

08.17.08 posted by pondy 22 views no comments
Going far beyond just tracking melting patterns, German researchers want to actually stop, or at least slow down the melting of glaciers in the Swiss Alps, and they plan to do so by setting up a large screen that would trap cold air over the ice.
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Xinjiang border police apologize to Japanese reporters

Xinjiang border police apologize to Japanese reporters

08.05.08 posted by eguda 73 views 3 comments
16 police killed in suspected terrorist attack in Xinjiang in 4th Augest. Lots of reporters came to this city, but local officers are some kind of unwilling to allow them to "mess" it.
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Iraq's oil-fueled surplus could hit $80 billion

Iraq's oil-fueled surplus could hit $80 billion

08.05.08 posted by jason 68 views no comments
Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, U.S. auditors reported Tuesday. With the billions US taxpayers are spending in Iraq, why is it that Iraqi oil profits pile up in its banks? Shouldn't that money be utilized to rebuilding the country and advancing it forward?
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Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop

Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop

08.11.08 posted by pondy 40 views no comments
Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world's poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it... read the inside story to how Microsoft and Intel set out to stop Negroponte.
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The number 8 is more than enough for the Olympics

The number 8 is more than enough for the Olympics

08.08.08 posted by pondy 53 views no comments
Today's numerical configuration -- 8/8/08 -- marks the irresistible alignment of Chinese culture's most celebrated number and the starting date of the Beijing Olympics. It is not by accident that the Olympics is set to start on this meaningful date in Chinese culture. It was just one piece of many that get revealed to the world today when the Olympics begin.
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