Cheney To Hospital Today Due To Irregular Heart Rhythm

"WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an abnormal heartbeat Wednesday morning, went to the White House physician and scheduled a hospital visit to "restore his normal rhythm." For the 67-year-old Cheney, who canceled a campaign event he was to attend later...

New Approach Sheds Light On Ways Circadian Disruption Affects Human Health

Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the 24-hour solar day, negatively affecting human health — but scientists have been unable to effectively study the...

Fighting in Columbia displaces more than 1,000 indigenous people

More than a thousand indigenous people in Southern Columbia have been displaced by fighting between the government and an 'irregular armed group', according to the latest report from UNHCR."More than 1,000 members of an indigenous group have taken refuge in a school to escape...

Kornet E Anti-Armour Missile Tripod Launcher

Tripod launcher includes optical sight, thermal sight, laying drives, missile launch mechanism. Operator uses either optical or thermal sight to detect and track the target.

Uday’s 800,000-Strong Guerrilla-Suicide Army

Blast from the Past: March 31, 2003:  Kornet AT-14 ATGM laser wire-guided anti-tank missile capable of penetrating 1100 to 1200 millimeters of steel armor at a distance of 3.5 km. The wire-guided missiles cannot be fired over trees, power lines or water, because the wire...