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China sends jitters to India through Nepal
"Political and economic dynamics might have changed beyond recognition in the past half-century, but geographical reality appears to be something even Nepal's nuclear-powered neighbors are unable to gloss over. One remains... Zimbabwe cholera deaths rise to 746: UN
the growth cholora's graph is rising like a mountain. "The death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe has risen to 746, with 15,572 suspected cases reported across the southern African country, according to the latest... Texans endure sleepless night as Ike roars ashore
"A massive Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives.Before the eye even crossed land, the first bands were...Taleban winning war, says Zardari
"Asif Ali Zardari said, in a BBC interview, that the world and Pakistan were losing the war on terror. "It is an insurgency", he said, "and an ideological war. It is our country and we will defend it. "The world is losing the war. I think at the moment they (the Taleban)...French shooting show injures 16
" Four of the wounded are in a critical condition, including a young child. A Defence Ministry official said the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a barracks in Aude. The soldier who fired the shots has been detained. It is not...UK housing: my future scenario, it will get better eventually « Peter J. Coo...
" As a property journalist of two decades standing – with some successful property calls under my belt – it therefore seems only fair to flesh out what was a very broad-brush prediction: namely that the selling prices of houses will fall by 60 per cent in this downturn...Scientists Detail 'Big One' Scenario For LA
"A team of about 300 scientists, governments, first responders and industries worked for more than a year to create a realistic crisis scenario that can be used for preparedness, including a statewide drill planned later this year. Published by the U.S. Geological Survey and...New Photos From Hiroshima: An Unfriendly Reminder
"Hillary Clinton recently revealed what a Clinton Presidency would consider in response to a scenario in which Iran attacks Israel: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran...In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider... The Peak Oil Deception: Squeezing Energy for Profit
Best way to control the price of a highly desired product is to claim it is scarce.Scientists have known for many years that oil is not a fossil fuel. Recent reports have revealed that."The Peak Oil Deception: Squeezing Energy for Profit
While energy needs are set to grow... Obama is now unelectable
" As this blog has been predicting in Hillary's darkest days...she will be the next president and she will find a way to destroy Obama. She has done it. Obama was running on a hope and dream campaign that... Night of the Living Fed
"Night of the Living Fed
Paul Krugman is writing about The Face-Slap Theory."The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to... How to steal a European painting
"Europe has an especially high concentration of world-class art collections, many of which are housed in modest institutions. The art in Zurich was housed in a 19th-century villa, as opposed to a large-scale museum with a complicated entrance. Further, most security personnel... New Hardware for Vista SP1 (DirectX 10.1) - XP SP3 Too?
"Microsoft is currently in the final stages of cooking both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. In December 2007, the first public builds of Vista SP1 and XP SP3, namely the Release Candidates became available for download.
In the second week in... World's Protected Areas Threatened By Climate Change, New Study Shows
"Climate change will affect national parks, forest reserves and other protected areas around the world, in some cases altering conditions so severely that the resulting environments will be virtually new to the...IBM patent could pause your DVD movie for "a word from our sponsors"
"a patent application filed by IBM (and dug up by Zatz Not Funny!). When DVDs are inserted for playback, the disc would check to see if the viewer had purchased the ad-free version or the (presumably) lower-priced version with unskippable commercials"
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