Costa Concordia shipwreck, death, romance and intrigue

Love boat crime sceneThis is the makings of an Italian movie, though with a visit from Poirot.   Good grief, the Captain may have been with a woman – a stowaway. " “Costa Concordia captain reportedly...

Does the cruise ship appear top heavy?

Safety firstDoes the cruise ship appear top heavy? Rescuers are still pulling survivors from the scene. That is miraculous. Step back. Look at this ship with so many stories towering above the waterline. Is it...

Typhoon headed directly for the Fukushima plant

Staff race to save Fukushima plant from Japan stormBreaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government  21 Sep 2011 - Early edition http://www.legitgov.org Foreign   Japan devastated   Natural disasters    2011-09-21 16:03 TOKYO,...

Massachusetts VOAD Sets up Hurricane Volunteer Hotline

September 2, 2011 MASSACHUSETTS -- To address the Hurricane Irene damage, Massachusetts' voluntary non-profit disaster response coalition has set up a website and call-in number to organize volunteers who want to assist in disaster relief efforts, most of which will be needed...

disaster mitigation

a·me·lio·rate/əˈmēlyəˌrāt/ Verb: Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. mit·i·gate/ˈmitəˌgāt/Verb 1. Make less severe, serious, or painful: "he wanted to mitigate misery in the world". 2. Lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake). These are the...

Germany to close all its 17 Nuclear power plants by 2022

After late night talks, the coalition government in Germany has announced a reversal of policy and will phase out the country's 17 nuclear power stations in 2022. The agreement shows that eight nuclear plants will first be taken off the power grid right away, followed by...

17 kiiled in helicopter crash

ITANAGAR: 17 persons including three crew members were killed and six others injured when a helicopter caught fire and plunged into a gorge in Tawang district of the South Eastern Indian state Arunachalpradesh on Tuesday. The Pawan Hans Mi17 chopper was flying to Tawang...

magnetic pole-shift = end of the world?

i've been 'watching' the movement of the north magnetic pole since i was a child. If i say "this could cause the end of the world" (as we know it), i fear i'll be labeled a 'chicken little' or lupine fearing boy .. So i've stayed away from this topic .. But the magnetic pole...

Japans misfortune could be an opportunity.

Japan has been severely crippled, this not only by a devastating earthquake followed by a tsunami and a nuclear disaster that is still ongoing. Moreover, it is now losing countless customers through out Japan and the world. Its industry has been severely damaged and in part...

Where does all the contamination go?

News of dousing the out-of-control nuclear reactors in Japan with fresh water raises many questions among them: to where does all of the run-off go? One part of the apparent answer is, Tokyo. That is where the...

The Japanese political Titanic.

By, Uwe Paschen Current Prime Minister Naoto Kan beat former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama length of time in office last Tuesday, surpassing the term of his predecessor now. This may be the only good news in this weeks head lines here in Japan, at least for Mr. Kan, whose...

70 feared killed in Iranian plane crash

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US bent upon destroying entire world through its adventurism?

The US is gradually pushing the world towards a disaster because it seems that after ruining Afghanistan and Iraq on the pretexts of Al-Qaeda and false claims about possession of weapons of mass destruction, respectively, and destabilizing Pakistan by sucking the country into...

UN to send thousands of tents to Benin's flood victims

" The UN refugee agency is to start an emergency airlift of tents to the West African nation of Benin this week, amid the worst flooding there in decades. Some 3,000 tents will be flown in from Denmark to provide shelter for some of the estimated 680,000 people affected....

All 33 Trapped Miners rescued and All Rescuers Out of the Mine

"Chile's president has said his country will never be the same again after the extraordinary rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.Sebastian Pinera said he thought Chile was "more united and stronger than ever", and "more valued" worldwide.There were...

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