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9/11 attacks spawned big US government: reportWashington (AFP) July 19, 2010 The US intelligence network created after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks is so unwieldly even principal actors within it are unable to grasp its size, according to a two-year probe by the Washington Post published Monday. The newspaper's investigation found that nine years after the attacks on New York and Washington, the bureaucracy has become "so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how ... read more |
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Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 The leader of Hezbollah wants an official government investigation into how Lebanese nationals working in a mobile phone company became Israeli spies. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said the arrest last week of a second employee at Alfa cell phone network provider shows Israeli intelligence has infiltrated Lebanon's telecom sector and is jeopardizing national security. ... more  
Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) July 19, 2010Taiwan on Monday started a computerised wargame simulating a D-Day style attack by China, the defence ministry said. During the five-day drill, Chinese forces attack the island from Guangzhou and Nanjing, the military districts nearest Taiwan, while Taiwanese forces test counterattack strategies. "The purpose of the drill is aimed to test our defence capabilities in case the People's Lib ... more  
London (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 Looking like an object straight out of a science fiction movie, the unmanned military jet Taranis by BAE Systems sounds in the future of warfare, the British company claims. It resembles a large steel trapezoid, is around 40 feet long and potentially deadly: Named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis was unveiled by the British Defense Ministry this week. Nigel Whitehead, a ... more |
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Can The Human Body Be Used As A Power PlantBonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2010 A human being performing light physical activity needs between 1800 and 3000 calories of energy each day. With hard work and sports, this energy requirement can double. Is it possible to obtain usable electricity or heat from this energy expenditure? Many suggestions have been made in recent years for producing energy from physical activity. The idea of the human body functioning as a power plant, or even as a battery, has lead to some useful and some very strange concepts. Each person generates a ... read more |
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