The rebel situation continues to deteriorate: On Saturday morning, pro-Qaddafi troops launched an assault on Misrata (Misurata), the city of some 600,000 due east of the capital of Tripoli, which has been in rebel hands for weeks. In the wake of government victories at Zawiya and...
Goes almost without saying that the situation remains alarming: On Saturday, Japanese officials took the extraordinary step of flooding the crippled No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station,.
This is completely irrelevant and I apologize in advance for posting it, but as it's been recommended by people with law degrees that I track this closely and keep it.
Since I don't know anything about nuclear engineering, I assumed when I heard the Fukishima power plant "had exploded" that another Chernobyl was unfolding. But quickly I saw news sources stressing that the explosion was "non-nuclear" and does not imply an impending radiation leak. That was...
This sounds terrifying, and I'm glad that everyone is safe. That said, while I prefer to avoid victim-blaming, what did you expect from going to a restaurant frequented by the.
But I might be wrong, so help me out with this one. All day, I've read and heard that "Japan's Leading News Network," "Kyodo News," estimates that 88,000 people died.
"I know what DNA is... it's like personality and what you look like and what language you speak?" (more…)
Given that I already related my attempt to make the final day of my "Slow Horror" course memorable, it only makes sense to do the same for the "Confessional Narratives." The.
It can make you a Tea Party darling. I especially like the classic non-denial denial: Mr. Christie’s communications director, Maria Comella, said, “If a result of him being engaged directly.
In case you forgot, it's a misnomer.
Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr just now on CNN, regarding whether the U.S. military will assist with disaster relief in Japan: "Our military doesn't intervene in foreign countries unless they're asked.
Obviously not good, as Dave suggests. Some links: CNN live blog reports current death toll at 59. See also NYT live blog. Some concern that a tsunami may reach Hawaii.