In a move described as a „micro-sized miracle,“ President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law a bill banning the manufacture of beauty products containing miniscule plastic particles, known as microbeads.
Environmental groups have long-sought such a ban and heralded the move as an „important step toward addressing the global crisis of microplastic pollution.“
Sep. 2014, Von diesen Anlagen starten die Kampfjets und Drohnenflugzeuge in den Irak oder Afghanistan. In Katar von der al Udeid Air Base, von der Ali al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, der Incirlik Air Base in der Türkei und der al Dhafra Air Base in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten. In Bahrain ist das Hauptquartier der Fünften U.S.-Flotte mit dem Flugzeugträger „USS George H.W. Bush“ stationiert. Auf dem U.S.-Stützpunkt al Udeid Air Base in Katar befindet sich die Kommandozentrale der U.S. Air Force für sämtliche Operationen im Mittleren Osten und Afghanistan. Die derzeitigen bemannten Flüge zum Bombardieren von Zielen im Irak mit F-15E Strike Eagles und F-16 Fighting Falcons starten in Katar, von der Ali al Salem Air Base in Kuwait mit dem Spitznamen „the Rock“ fliegen die Drohnenflugzeuge der Air Force’s 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
A Court official in Qatar who declined to be named, said in reference to the critical situation of his country, that since Emir Tamim came to power, things in Qatar are worsening.
He said Tamim‘s mismanagement, incompetence and his emotional and personal behavior are at the root of the problem.
A fleet of jets, including an Airbus, made emergency landings at Zurich-Kloten airport after Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani suffered a fracture
It was cleared to land by the Swiss Air Force because the Civil Aviation Authority’s office was closed at the time… However, the first Airbus to make an unscheduled landing at Kloten Saturday night, was not the only VIP flight to break the nightly silence over Zurich. Another two planes landed at Kloten shortly afterwards, with one of them having call-sign Amiri One – similar to that of the Air Force One – which was reportedly carrying the current emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, an unnamed source told Tages Anzeiger. During the weekend, six more royal airplanes arrived from in Zurich-Kloten from Doha, the Qatari capital, including one VIP B-747 Jumbo-Jet. Swiss authorities refused to comment on the details.
Antiwar.com is twenty years old this month! After two decades, it holds firm as a principled, wide-reaching voice for peace. None of its haters in the war party have managed to even intimidate Antiwar.com, much less eliminate it: not the post-9/11 war fever witch hunts, not the FBI, not even the Google-gon. This is cause for celebration.
Earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference did not rule out that the government would privatize stakes in big state-owned companies in 2016, and mentioned Rosneft and Aeroflot among potential expectants.
The chairman of the Astara district branch of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan Ruhulla Akhundzade was detained January 21, 2011. Four Kalashnikov modernized automatic rifles, one revolver, cartridges for sub-machine guns, five F-1 (hand grenade, high explosive) and four RGD-5 (hand grenade, defensive, type 5) grenades, ten UZRGM (universal-fitting hand grenade fuse, modernized) type fuses, two TNT blocks, 491 cartridges and so on were found and seized in the courtyard of his house.
The Monday export of uranium took place within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – in the Austrian capital Vienna on July 14.
Außenamt sieht Menschenrechtslage im lateinamerikanischen Land kritisch, will ein umstrittenes Polizeiabkommen aber nicht stoppen. Text des Vetrags unter Verschluss
Original videoclip
Lemmy Kilmister – Vocal And Bass
Eddie Clarke – Guitar
Phil Taylor – Drums
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He had learnt of the disease on December 26th, and was at home, sitting in front of his favorite video game from The Rainbow which had recently made it’s way down the street, with his family.
We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren’t words.
We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please…play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy’s music LOUD.
Have a drink or few.
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Celebrate the LIFE this lovely, wonderful man celebrated so vibrantly himself.
HE WOULD WANT EXACTLY THAT.
Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister
1945 -2015
Born to lose, lived to win.
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