Dominique Strauss-Kahn has broken his silence to admit he had been “naïve” to think he could get away with attending orgies, but added: “You’d be surprised who turned up to them”. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, formerly of the IMF Photo: REX <!–… Read More ›
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U.S. officer got no reply to requests for more security in Benghazi
Tue, Oct 9 2012 By Susan Cornwell and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. security officer twice asked his State Department superiors for more security agents for the American mission in Benghazi months before an attack that killed the… Read More ›
Senior State Department officials publicly acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, was not preceded by protests as previously thought.
New vivid account of deadly attack on U.S. embassy in Libya that reveals how security forces attempted to save Americans under fierce fire By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:22:24 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:00:22 EST, 10 October 2012 Senior State Department… Read More ›
Top China delegate pulls out of IMF meet amid islands row
By Lesley WroughtonPosted 2012/10/09 at 11:13 pm EDT TOKYO, Oct. 9, 2012 (Reuters) — The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that China’s central bank governor will not lead the Chinese delegation at the IMF’s semi-annual meeting this week, in… Read More ›
Language learning makes the brain grow
Contact: Johan Mårtensson johan.martensson@psychology.lu.se 46-707-554-401 Lund University At the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy in the city of Uppsala, young people with a flair for languages go from having no knowledge of a language such as Arabic, Russian or Dari… Read More ›
Caffeine may block inflammation linked to mild cognitive impairment
Contact: Phyllis Picklesimer p-pickle@illinois.edu 217-244-2827 University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA – Recent studies have linked caffeine consumption to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and a new University of Illinois study may be able… Read More ›
Mount Sinai School of Medicine study shows vitamin C prevents bone loss in animal models
Contact: Jeanne Bernard Jeanne.Bernard@mountsinai.org 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a… Read More ›
TEPCO couldn’t get battery during Fukushima meltdown; went to hardware store the next day
National Oct. 10, 2012 – 07:15AM JST TOKYO — Recent tapes released have sent ripples across Japan’s news programs showing first-hand Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) handling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Many were outraged over TEPCO management’s muddled communications… Read More ›
The map that Apple HAS to make blurred: Taiwanese government complains new maps app is revealing military secrets
US bases also appear on the service in high resolution Google has ‘muzzed’ or distorted military installations By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED:14:51 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:15:03 EST, 9 October 2012 After facing huge criticism for blurred maps, Apple has received… Read More ›
Mysterious Algorithm Generates 4% of Stock Trading Activity
Tuesday, 09 October 2012 A single mysterious computer program that placed orders — and then subsequently canceled them — made up 4 percent of all quote traffic in the U.S. stock market last week, according to the top tracker of… Read More ›
Super-sizing the soldier: Is obesity going to pose a huge recruiting problem?: At present, 62 percent of active duty military members over the age of 20 have a body mass index that falls into either the overweight or obese category
Posted By Thomas E. RicksTuesday, October 9, 2012 – 10:22 AM By Jim Gourley Best Defense department of physical fitness and national security Obesity and weight-related health conditions have become a prevalent concern to American policy in the last decade…. Read More ›
Japan may ‘acknowledge’ China’s claim to islets to calm tension
*Engineering Evil: Would like 2nd Confirmation on this claim, before validating it. .This article has now been updated…Please refer to the link https://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/10/official-chided-for-senkaku-remarks/ . Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 Kyodo Japan is considering plans to calm tensions with China by acknowledging that… Read More ›
US researchers find traces of toxic mercury in high-fructose corn syrup
2009 report posted for filing • Mercury linked to learning disabilities and heart disease • Study published in peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health A swig of soda or bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new… Read More ›
Herpesvirus: To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate Scientists Weigh Risks and Benefits: Herpesvirus gives resistance to infection with bacterial pathogens
2009 report posted for filing Saranac Lake, N.Y., -Dr. Marcia Blackman and her research team at the Trudeau Institute have followed up on an intriguing report(1)published in the journal Nature in May 2007 by Dr. Herbert Virgin, et al.,… Read More ›
BGU researchers identify vitamin B12 as an effective canker sore therapy
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, February 10, 2009 – A team of physicians at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has discovered that a nightly dose of vitamin B12 is a simple, effective and low risk therapy to prevent Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis… Read More ›
50th Health Research Report 17 FEB 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. US researchers find traces of toxic mercury in high-fructose corn syrup 2. Arginine discovery could help fight human obesity 3. Even natural perfumes may cause allergies 4. Vigorous Exercise May Help Prevent Vision… Read More ›
Could CAPTCHAs get any more annoying? New PC test asks web users to take the ‘correct’ moral stance on civil rights issues
Examples drawn from breaches of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Users must choose the one answer out of three that shows compassion and empathy By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED:09:06 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:09:06 EST, 9 October 2012 A… Read More ›
We do not need an internet overlord: ITU is holding a meeting in December to decide whether it – and by implication, the United Nations – should take over the internet.
9 October 2012 Chris Berg The internet should be kept free, not turned into a geopolitical plaything controlled by the United Nations, says Chris Berg. At first glance, the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps… Read More ›
Obama campaign ‘may have violated federal election law by allowing foreign donors to funnel in cash via its website’: 68 percent foreign traffic (site was was bought by an Obama bundler in Shanghai, China)
By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:17:00 EST, 8 October 2012| UPDATED:17:29 EST, 8 October 2012 A new report on foreign influences in American elections by the conservative Government Accountability Institute (GAI) has raised questions over whether the Obama campaign has… Read More ›
Research on enhanced transmissibility in H5N1 influenza: Should the moratorium end?
Public Release: 9-Oct-2012 Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology How can scientists safely conduct avian flu research if the results could potentially threaten, as well as save, millions of lives? In a series of commentaries appearing on… Read More ›
Powerful magnets that cause cancer cells to ‘self-destruct’ could offer targeted treatment for tumours
By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED:06:40 EST, 8 October 2012| UPDATED:10:02 EST, 8 October 2012 Magnets that cause tumours to ‘self-destruct’ could be a revolutionary new weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists in South Korea have developed the method, which uses… Read More ›
Molotov cocktail for kids: Tunisian children’s magazine publishes deadly recipe
Published: 9 October, 2012, 03:21 Edited: 9 October, 2012, 03:23 A Tunisian children’s magazine “Kaws Kouzah” has recently published a detailed step-by-step instruction of how to make a Molotov cocktail. Now the periodical is facing a lawsuit for endangering kids… Read More ›
Halloween Spending Hikes Reveal Our Fascination With the Macabre
ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2012) — In the gloom of the economy, with scary unemployment figures, you might expect consumers to be hiding from Halloween in their darkened homes with the porch lights off. But a recent National Retail Federation survey… Read More ›
Africa can easily grow wheat to ease hunger, price shocks: study
By Alister DoylePosted 2012/10/08 at 8:11 pm EDT OSLO, Oct. 8, 2012 (Reuters) — Wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa is at only 10 to 25 percent of its potential and nations can easily grow more to limit hunger, price shocks… Read More ›
Republican candidate Fuqua endorses death penalty for rebellious children
UPDATES: Republican candidate Fuqua endorses death penalty for rebellious children Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:32 AM Remember former Republican legislator Charlie Fuqua, running again for legislature with financial support from the Arkansas Republican Party… Read More ›
Afghanistan ‘sliding towards collapse’
Afghan forces are far from ready to secure a country riddled with violence and corruption, Red Cross and thinktank warn Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 October 2012 13.39 EDT Afghan security forces at the site of a suicide attack… Read More ›
Selling ‘panic’ on France’s luxury property market as millionaires rush to flee looming tax hikes
More than 400 €1million homes put on the market in Paris since socialist Francois Hollande elected to power France’s super-rich are looking to relocate to ‘wealth-friendly’ countries like Britain Recruitment agency for high-paid banking jobs in London sees increase in… Read More ›
700,000 travellers ‘at risk of typhoid due to dud jab’
More than 700,000 people who thought they were protected against typhoid may be vulnerable to the disease, because of a dud batches of a vaccine. 16 batches of the Typhim Vi vaccine for typhoid have been found to contain doses… Read More ›
Recession pushes US birth rates to an all-time low
18:25 08 October 2012 by Sara Reardon It’s looking like a bad time to invest in the diaper industry. Birth rates in the US reached an all-time low in 2011. US fertility has been declining steadily since 2008, according… Read More ›
Turkish president says “worst case” unfolding in Syria
3:34pm EDT By Hamdi Istanbullu GUVECCI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Monday the “worst-case scenarios” were now playing out in Syria and Turkey would do everything necessary to protect itself, as its army fired back for… Read More ›
Russian beacon to track menacing asteroid Apophis
Monday, 08 October 2012 Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track… Read More ›
Obama administration officials say there’s no point crafting detailed sequestration plans
Prepare for the Worst Oct. 7, 2012 – 04:14PM | By THE DEFENSE NEWS STAFF Obama administration officials say there’s no point crafting detailed sequestration plans, given it’s a crisis created by Congress that might never happen. But Pentagon… Read More ›
Zinc supplements during pregnancy may counteract damage from early alcohol exposure
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Peter Coyle, Ph.D. 61-8-8222-3028 peter.coyle@imvs.sa.gov.au Hanson Institute Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research Animal research has shown that binge drinking – even just once – during early pregnancy can cause numerous problems for the fetus,… Read More ›
Blue light destroys antibiotic-resistant staph infection
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Vicki Cohn vcohn@liebertpub.com 914-740-2156 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News Results reported in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery Journal New Rochelle, NY, January 29, 2009—Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA,… Read More ›
Exposure to perfluorinated chemicals may reduce women’s fertility
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Mason (media enquiries only) wordmason@mac.com 44-077-112-96986 Oxford University Press Researchers have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) – chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides,… Read More ›
Rochester study raises new questions about controversial plastics chemical: BPA metabolizes 8x slower than expected
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Leslie Orr Leslie_orr@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-5774 University of Rochester Medical Center A University of Rochester Medical Center study challenges common assumptions about the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), by showing that in some people, surprisingly high levels… Read More ›
Fast-food diet cancels out benefits of breastfeeding in preventing asthma: Just eating fast food once or twice a week
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Lindsay Elleker lindsay.elleker@ualberta.ca 780-492-0647 University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Many studies have shown that breastfeeding appears to reduce the chance of children developing asthma. But a newly published study led by… Read More ›
First comprehensive paper on statins’ adverse effects released: Benefits have not been found to exceed their risks in those over 70 or 75 years old, even those with heart disease
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego Provides evidence for reported side effects including muscle and cognitive problems A paper co-authored by Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at… Read More ›
Stream in India has record high levels of drugs
2009 study posted for filing By Margie Mason THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PATANCHERU, India — When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a… Read More ›
Hypertension and cholesterol medications present in water released into the St. Lawrence River
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Julie Gazaille j.cordeau-gazaille@umontreal.ca 514-343-6796 University of Montreal Universite de Montreal research team on the water upstream and downstream from the Montreal wastewater This press release is available in French. Montreal, January 26, 2009 –… Read More ›
49th Health Research Report 04 FEB 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Stream in India has record high levels of drugs 2. First comprehensive paper on statins’ adverse effects released 3. Hypertension and cholesterol medications present in water released into the St. Lawrence River 4. Rochester study… Read More ›
U.S. military aims to prevent suicides by taking soldiers’ private guns away from them
Pentagon and Congress to back policies encouraging the separation of at-risk soldiers from their private weapons Suicide rate among U.S. military staff rising again in 2012, almost half of those committed with personal firearm Likely to spark opposition from gun… Read More ›
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats
Eli Lake Oct 8, 2012 12:00 AM EDT In a dispatch sent the day he was killed, Ambassador Christopher Stevens described how the militias keeping the peace in Benghazi threatened to quit over a political feud. Eli Lake reports…. Read More ›
Debt crisis: ECB board member shuts door on Greek pleas for leniency: it would be illegal and “illogical”
Greece cannot have more time to repay its debt to the European Central Bank because it would be illegal and “illogical”, board member Joerg Asmussen has said, as he shut the door on pleas for leniency from the bank. Last… Read More ›
Greek crisis is ‘like the Weimar Republic’
Greece is plunging into an economic and social crisis as desperate as Germany under the Weimar Republic, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, has warned in an emotional appeal for leniency. Greece is plunging into an economic crisis as desperate… Read More ›
If Germany were to leave the euro, it would be better off
Another week, another conference about the euro. This time it was in Singapore. Nevertheless, it was Germany that was uppermost in my mind, not least because several Singaporeans asked me why Germany doesn’t leave the euro. A worker walks by… Read More ›
Japan’s top 3 carmakers to halve Chinese output
Business Oct. 08, 2012 – 02:14PM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — Japan’s top three carmakers will halve production in China following a sales slump there sparked by a backlash over a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing, a report said… Read More ›
Monument to eighth-century Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty vandalized in Xian amid Senkaku Islands flareup
Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 Kyodo XIAN, China — A stone monument dedicated to an eight-century Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty in the ancient Chinese city of Xian has been vandalized with paint, a Kyodo News reporter confirmed Sunday. The… Read More ›
Huawei, ZTE Give China Opportunity to Spy, Report Says: provides “special network services” to an entity the former employee believes is an“elite cyber-warfare unit” within the Chinese army
By Eric Engleman on October 07, 2012 Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. (000063), China’s two largest phone-equipment makers, provide opportunities for Chinese intelligence services to tamper with U.S. telecommunications networks for spying, according to a congressional report to be… Read More ›
Enter Detroit at your own risk: Police issue shocking warning to baseball fans
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:19:11 EST, 7 October 2012| UPDATED:19:54 EST, 7 October 2012 Police officers in Detroit greeted football fans attending Saturday night’s Tigers game with a shock warning: ‘Enter Detroit at Your Own Risk.’ To protest against plans … Read More ›