Post by Michael James Stone on Aug 1, 2012 5:38:34 GMT -8
01 Aug 12
Largest Dust Storms in a Century Roll Back into Dust Bowl
According to meteorologists, the huge dust storms are becoming more frequent, forming during the monsoon season from June until the end of September. This summer's dust storms are the worst to have hit since the massive “Dust Bowl” disaster that struck the Midwest in the 1930s. At that time, more than 100 million acres of topsoil were stripped from the land when the strong winds struck in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Massive storms gathered up the drought-parched topsoil and dumped it into the Atlantic Ocean, destroying the land for future farming, and creating the “Dust Bowl” region.
US, Turkey to 'accelerate' Syria transition
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone Monday "to coordinate efforts to accelerate a political transition in Syria," the White House said. This "would include the departure of (Syrian leader) Bashar Assad and be responsive to the legitimate demands of the Syrian people," the statement said.
Mysterious virus threatening Kinneret's St. Peter's fish
Unknown virus is killing Tilapia population in Sea of Galilee; experts say future impact on lake's eco-system unknown.
IDF chief on Iran: All options on the table
"As far as I'm concerned, all the options are on the table, and that's not a slogan, but a plan of action," the army chief said.
Terrorism fears grow over Mali jihadists
Western and Arab security specialists say they fear jihadists who have taken over northern Mali will turn it into a base for Islamist terrorism across the Sahel region and Western Europe.
US Air Force to Launch New Spy Satellite Thursday
Thursday's trip to space will deploy another cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive government organization responsible for designing and operating the intelligence-gathering surveillance spacecraft for policy makers and military forces. All details about the payload nestled inside the Atlas rocket's nose cone are kept classified. The agency will say only that the launch is known as NROL-36.
US removes N.Korea from terrorism list
In a report issued on Wednesday, the US State Department said that it has removed North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Free Syrian Army gets mobile air defense systems
...the supplies were possibly initiated by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar which have repeatedly stressed the necessity of lending military support to Syrian opposition. Western countries and the United States have, for their part, more than once warned against taking such a step.
Largest Dust Storms in a Century Roll Back into Dust Bowl
According to meteorologists, the huge dust storms are becoming more frequent, forming during the monsoon season from June until the end of September. This summer's dust storms are the worst to have hit since the massive “Dust Bowl” disaster that struck the Midwest in the 1930s. At that time, more than 100 million acres of topsoil were stripped from the land when the strong winds struck in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Massive storms gathered up the drought-parched topsoil and dumped it into the Atlantic Ocean, destroying the land for future farming, and creating the “Dust Bowl” region.
US, Turkey to 'accelerate' Syria transition
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone Monday "to coordinate efforts to accelerate a political transition in Syria," the White House said. This "would include the departure of (Syrian leader) Bashar Assad and be responsive to the legitimate demands of the Syrian people," the statement said.
Mysterious virus threatening Kinneret's St. Peter's fish
Unknown virus is killing Tilapia population in Sea of Galilee; experts say future impact on lake's eco-system unknown.
IDF chief on Iran: All options on the table
"As far as I'm concerned, all the options are on the table, and that's not a slogan, but a plan of action," the army chief said.
Terrorism fears grow over Mali jihadists
Western and Arab security specialists say they fear jihadists who have taken over northern Mali will turn it into a base for Islamist terrorism across the Sahel region and Western Europe.
US Air Force to Launch New Spy Satellite Thursday
Thursday's trip to space will deploy another cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the secretive government organization responsible for designing and operating the intelligence-gathering surveillance spacecraft for policy makers and military forces. All details about the payload nestled inside the Atlas rocket's nose cone are kept classified. The agency will say only that the launch is known as NROL-36.
US removes N.Korea from terrorism list
In a report issued on Wednesday, the US State Department said that it has removed North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Free Syrian Army gets mobile air defense systems
...the supplies were possibly initiated by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar which have repeatedly stressed the necessity of lending military support to Syrian opposition. Western countries and the United States have, for their part, more than once warned against taking such a step.