Merkel Cools her Heels on Ukraine
14 MINs agoEurope Germany’s Merkel Walks Fine Line in Russian Standoff Berlin Strikes Softer Tone Than Much of West in Confronting Moscow German Chancellor Angela Merkel has played a central role in...
View ArticleIndia’s Filthy, ‘From Rags to Riches’ $Millionaires
From India’s northern backwaters, a new business elite rises Source: Reuters – Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:00 PM Author: Reuters By Sanjeev Miglani PATNA, India, March 4 (Reuters) – Ravindra Kishore Sinha built...
View ArticleIndia’s Poor Farmers Suffer
Crop insurance fails to ease climate burden of India’s poorest coastal farmers Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:32 AM Author: Stella Paul More news from our correspondents Farmer...
View ArticlePope Francis: What the Fuck
Pope drops the F-bomb: Pontiff gets his Italian mixed up during Sunday blessing Argentinian said ‘cazzo’ in Italian instead of ‘caso’ which means ‘example’ Within seconds, his error was posted online...
View ArticleRussia Orders Troops Back
Report: Russia orders troops to return from Ukraine’s doorstep By Laura Smith-Spark and Diana Magnay, CNN updated 4:52 AM EST, Tue March 4, 2014 Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir...
View Article30,000 Year-old Siberian Virus Revived
Ancient “Giant Virus” Revived From Siberian Permafrost Climate change could release more ancient viruses. Is there a risk to humans? A Pithovirus (above, as viewed by electron microscopy) was found to...
View ArticleWhat’s Putin Up to?
Is Putin Reassembling Soviet Union? Q&A With Nina Khrushcheva, Nikita Khrushchev’s Granddaughter Khrushcheva explains what lies behind the turmoil in Crimea and speculates about its future. Nikita...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s poverty trap, Oops, Clap-trap
Tuesday, Mar 4, 2014 07:45 AM EST Paul Ryan’s poverty trap: Stop taking these lame makeovers seriously! Why the media needs to quit dignifying the selling of warmed-over Reaganism as anti-poverty...
View ArticleKerry in Kiev
4 March 2014 Last updated at 18:23 ET Ukraine crisis: Russia tests missile amid Crimea tension Latest As it happened BBC on the ground West’s options Key maps There have been tense moments as Ukrainian...
View ArticleCrimea Crisis
Bloomberg News Crimea Crisis Haunted by Ghosts of Bungled World War I Diplomacy By James G. Neuger March 04, 2014 War was coming to Europe and the French president, Raymond Poincare, was literally at...
View ArticlePutin: Gazprom Loves Ukraine, NOT!
Russia cancels Ukraine’s gas discount and demands $1.5bn Vladimir Putin insisted that Gazprom’s decision was unrelated to political tensions The European Union said it would help Ukraine pay its debt...
View ArticlePutin’s American Lobbyists
YURI KADOBNOV / AFP – Getty Images 5 hours Stealth Players: Who’s on Putin’s American Payroll? By Eamon Javers In Washington, Vladimir Putin’s Russian government has all the usual tools of statecraft...
View ArticleKerry to Meet With Lavrov. NOT!
Efforts fail for Russia-Ukraine diplomatic talks By LARA JAKES, AP National Security Writer | March 5, 2014 | Updated: March 5, 2014 3:24pm PARIS (AP) — Western diplomats couldn’t bring together the...
View ArticleSilk Road Trade Routes
Kashgar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Kashgar Prefecture. Kashgar قەشقەر 喀什 County-level city 喀什市 · قەشقەر شەھرى A minaret in Kashgar close to Id Kah mosque Location (red)...
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View ArticleBitcoin Founder, Found
The Face Behind Bitcoin By Leah McGrath Goodman / March 6, 2014 6:05 AM EST The reclusive inventor of the troubled virtual currency has been hiding in plain Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of...
View ArticleChristophe Hendrickx, Discovers Torvosaurus gurneyi
Torvosaurus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torvosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 153–148Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted T. tanneri skeletal reconstruction, Museum of Ancient Life...
View ArticleCraig Venter’s Commercial Ventures
For his next act, genome wiz Craig Venter takes on aging By Julie Steenhuysen LA JOLLA, California Tue Mar 4, 2014 6:09pm EST Dr. Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute delivers testimony...
View ArticleThe Science of Thunder
~ National Lightning Safety Institute ~ March 7, 2014 Section 6.1.8 The Science of Thunder by R. James Vavrek Science Teacher Henry W. Eggers School Hammond, Indiana 46320 Richard Kithil,...
View ArticleIce Age Fossils in LA
Alissa Walker subways Yesterday 2:40pm 13,57928 Ice Age Fossils Are Being Unearthed By L.A.’s Subway Construction Expand A 65-foot deep shaft being dug for Los Angeles’s newest subway line is filled...
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