The International Renewable Energy Agency Becomes an International Organization The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has become a chartered international organization 18 months after its founding. IRENA seeks to promote renewable energy use among its global member states. Visit the original post at: Energy News
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Afghan president's comments on terrorism contrast with recent attempts to improve ties with Islamabad Hamid Karzai today called on Nato to destroy insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan, escalating a war of words sparked by allegations the Taliban are receiving official Pakistani support made in this week's leak of US military intelligence documents. The Afghan president said the war on terrorism was not...
The keys news, in last week's WikiLeaks "bombshell" exposé, that Taliban insurgents armed with shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles have raised that stakes in Afghanistan, wasn't actually surprising. What's interesting to me is the supply origins of the missiles, for example, whether these were in fact the "Stinger" missiles the U.S. introduced against the Soviet Army in...
By Chris Williamson MP The parliamentary recess has just started and it’s now just 12 weeks since I was elected as the member of parliament for Derby North. I must say I have been amazed at how quickly the Conservatives have reverted to type. Judging by the maiden speeches of the new intake of Conservative MPs, it’s clear that many of them take their inspiration from Margaret Thatcher’s...
Ken Green and his coauthor Hiwa Alaghebandian have gone out and collected data to support their proposition that science is " turning authoritaria n". This is an admirable first step, but let's apply a bit of skepticism and see where it goes. Here's the data: Now, the first thing I note is that all the curves are pretty much the same shape just with different scaling. So perhaps the size...
An article in the JPost tells of how Fatah and the PLO’s Leader Mahmoud Abbas (let’s stop pretending that he is the leader of the Palestinian people until he actually wins an election by the people- shall we?) is telling the Arab League that he is under “immense pressure.” Rarely is one of my least [...]
MoD announces General Sir Peter Wall, straight-talking Iraq war veteran, as successor to General Sir David Richards The new head of the army, who will take up the post at a crucial time for the service, is to be General Sir Peter Wall, an experienced, straight-talking, commander whose appointment is likely to be welcomed by British soldiers. Wall, 55, a six-foot-plus bear of a man – known to...
I see that the new Zil lanes for the 2012 Olympics are to be enforced by £200 fines for transgressors. Yes Londoners who are, and will for years, paying the lions share of the 2012 London Olympics costs will be banned from using parts of London's already over-crowded roads. The Olympic lanes will cross some of the most congested areas of London and are aimed at facilitating the speedy movement...
Local As part of Shark Week's sponsorship of the X Games on ESPN, Discovery called upon Mitch Monson and Jeanne Kopeck to create a shark-themed skateboard deck. The "Driftwood" deck will be auctioned off along with other selected artists' work to benefit Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation. Monson and Kopeck are the motion design and directing...
Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmad has said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud 'Abbas will present, today in Cairo to the Arab League's committee for monitoring the Arab peace initiative, the failure of the indirect ... July 29, 2010, 1:31 pm
China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.
It is difficult to pinpoint the precise moment that David Cameron gave up on the war in Afghanistan. But the Prime Minister’s indisputable position today is that the Nato campaign is unwinnable, and that the sooner Britain withdraws its 10,000-strong combat contingent the better. Mr Cameron reached this depressing conclusion before the current furore over the leaking of 90,000 pages of low-grade...
A disturbing sleight of hand within the revised benefits system has been performed on the electorate and particularly on the sick and disabled. It goes like this: Labour replaced the previous incapacity benefit (IB) with the new employment support allowance (ESA) in 2008 and introduced a fiendishly hard new medical test, followed by members of [...]
Almost unnoticed, this strategic northern province is slipping away from government control. Baghlan Province contains two of the crucial north-south routes in Afghanistan. As night falls on this provincial capital, the city turns dark and silent. The Taliban have decreed that the cellphone signals go down at night so the main cellphone companies switch off the signals from dusk to dawn. Men with guns...
KABUL, Afghanistan – A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday. The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area, had been notified of his death, the U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity, because...
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