ew era of space application, India on Monday successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite using the Polar satellite Launch Vehicle which blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Precisely at 11.41pm, India‘s workhorse PSLV C22 lifted off in a perfect text book launch, carrying IRNSS-1A satellite, painting a dense golden flame in the dark canvas of the sky.
The call by Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Egypt‘s Sedki Sobhi came the same day that Egypt‘s armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi a virtual ultimatum to share power.
Nicht unerwartet wurde der NSA-Bespitzelungsskandal über das Wochenende hinweg bis heute grösstenteils beschönigt, wobei die Senatoren Chuck Schumer (Demokraten, New York) und John McCain (Republikaner, Arizona) sich stattdessen darauf konzentrierten, neue diplomatische Krisen hervorzurufen, um die Länder zu ärgern, die am Entkommen Snowdens beteiligt waren.
Portugal‘s Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, the architect of the country‘s EU/IMF bailout plan who was praised by Lisbon‘s lenders, has resigned and will be replaced by the country‘s treasury secretary, the president‘s office said on Monday.
Officials in China‘s central city of Changsha said on Friday that an undisclosed number of employees are being held due to suspected economic crimes.
„It is hypocritical and outrageous that while the Obama Justice Department can criminally charge Edward Snowden for allegedly disclosing classified national security information and wage an international manhunt for his arrest, Biden and Panetta get off scot free for their callous, cynical, opportunistic illegal release of the identity of SEAL Team VI in the Bin Laden killing — allegedly orchestrated to boost President Obama‘s and Vice President Biden‘s reelection prospects in the months leading up to the 2012 November 6 election.
Merck said it received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying that the agency could consider a 10 milligram starting dose of suvorexant for most patients, but that the company would have to have that dosage ready before it could be approved.
Der Chef der Vatikanbank und der Vize-Direktor räumen ihre Posten – und reagieren damit auf die Korruptionsermittlungen in ihrem Haus. Vorerst soll ein Deutscher die Leitung der Amtsgeschäfte übernehmen.
innvolle Regeln zum Schutz der Patienten würden gefährlich aufgeweicht, warnt etwa Otmar Kloiber, Generalsekretär des Weltärztebundes. Kritiker werfen der Kommission vor, Patienten unwissentlich zum Verfügungsobjekt medizinischer Forschung machen zu wollen.
what he reveals is much bigger than a personal kink – it‘s the connections between sadistic economic policy, sadistic reproductive health policy (if you can call it that) and sadistic „justice“ policy.
Can mere ordinary Americans triumph over the evil that is “their” government without the aid of a superhero? If ideas are strong enough and Americans can comprehend them, good can prevail over the evil that is concentrated in Washington. What stands between the American people and their comprehension of evil is their gullibility.
Die Erdgas exportierenden Staaten müssen laut Präsident Wladimir Putin Vorsorge treffen, um sich vor Restriktionen wie dem Dritten Energiepaket der EU zu schützen.
Die Übung „Zusammenwirken auf dem Meer 2013“ beginne am Freitag im Japanischen Meer und werde bis 12. Juli dauern, teilte Fang Fenghu mit. Vom 27. Juli bis 15. August würden die Partner die gemeinsame Anti-Terror-Übung „Friedensmission 2013“ am Übungsgelände Tscherbalkul (Süd-Ural) in Russland stattfinden. Die beiden Manöver seien gegen keine Drittländer gerichtet.
Die Rede von Martin Poguntke, TheologInnen gegen Stuttgart 21, bei der heutigen 178. Montagsdemo der Bürgerbewegung gegen “Stuttgart 21″ (S21)
Husband and wife Valerie Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson are well-known for an earlier „leaking“ of „intelligence“ information that resulted in Plame being outed as a covert CIA officer. The two have now written a powerful op-ed for the Guardian pointing out that the „intelligence-industrial complex“ is completely out of control and very ripe for abuse:
The idea was raised in a Friday meeting between Pakistani national security adviser Sartaj Aziz and Afghan ambassador Umer Daudzai, Ahmadi told Reuters. It involved a form of federalism and ceding power in some Afghan provinces to the Taliban.
Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has warned he may withdraw support for the coalition government of Enrico Letta if it cannot resolve disagreements between its main partners and push ahead with economic reforms to tackle a deep recession.
Never been so high under current calculation method
She hasn‘t even declared she‘s running, yet people are putting her on a pedestal no leader can live up to and writing off Obama
Nokia buys Siemens out of their joint venture for a bargain €1.7 bln. This deal will shore Nokia up while it struggles with smartphones, argues Breakingviews.
More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq during May, making it the deadliest month since the height of sectarian bloodletting in 2006-07.
What‘s amazing is that I‘ve seen people claiming completely contrary things in looking over these slides: some are insisting it shows that the companies who are „members“ of PRISM don‘t — as was originally reported — open up their servers to the NSA. Others insist that the slides actually support that original reporting and show that the companies are lying.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Hall of Justice in San Diego, California on Sunday to chalk their support for a local man facing up to 13 years in jail for using washable chalk to voice his protests against Bank of America.
It did not say why it could not have pursued these issues in public with the agencies on Thursday, arguably an ideal time to question them.
„German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, ‚Bugging friends is unacceptable.‘
A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday in Berlin mutual trust must be restored following the allegations that appeared Saturday in the German weekly Der Spiegel.
Mauro calls for bold response from EU
A billionaire Saudi prince told a London court on Monday that „each dollar counts“ as he was cross-examined over his sale of an opulent private jet to Libya‘s former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Imposing a blanket ban on construction of houses and commercial establishments along the banks of rivers, Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna on Monday announced setting up of a statutory body to look into planning and development of flood-hit areas of the state.
Die Spionage-Affäre um Edward Snowden und die vermeintliche Empörung über Spionage “der Amerikaner”, sowie eine vom durch Jugendarbeitslosigkeit bedrohten F.D.P.-Wirtschaftsminister Philipp Rösler vorgetragene Offerte “Südländern” / “Südeuropäern” Arbeitsplätze bzw Ausbildungsplätze in der Republik Deutschland anzubieten, haben einen einfachen Zusammenhang. Die feudale Euro-Gilde wechselt zwecks Erhalt und Ausbau ihres Plünderungssystems von dem sich lebt schlicht die Taktik.
In Teil IV der Schriftreihe DIE ELEMENTE DES MENSCHEN habe ich die verschiedenen Taktiken einer winzigen feudalen Schicht, die die restliche Gesellschaft ausbeutet und darin von dieser mehrheitlich auch noch gestützt wird, dargelegt. Die von mir bereits prognostizierte und nun unter exzessivem Geheuchel (nur 1, 2, 3, 4 Beispiele) aufgelegte “Europa”-Platte bezüglich der Spionage-Affäre um Edward Snowden fällt unter Methode 2. Das “herzensgute” Angebot von F.D.P.-Wirtschaftsminister Philipp Rösler für Ausbildungsplätze für die eben noch “Südländer” genannten “Südeuropäer” unter Methode 3.
The German government said…
The head of state added that he did not know if reports Italy‘s diplomatic offices in Washington and New York had been spied upon were true.
„I don‘t have news of this type,“ Napolitano said. „
The German magazine Der Spiegel reported at the weekend that…