Daily Archives: March 4, 2011
Ivory Coast on brink of civil war as seven women killed at protest march
A picture allegedly shows the body of one of the seven women shot dead in Abobo, a working class neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Seven women have been massacred during a peaceful protest in Ivory Coast as
Former FBI agent who went missing in Iran is alive, says US
Robert Levinson was investigating cigarette smuggling in early 2007 when he disappeared. Photograph: AP Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, US officials have received proof that he is alive. The US had lacked reliable information
International Space Station: pottering about at 17,500 mph
Clutter adorns almost every surface and is held in place by duct tape, Velcro and metal clips Ian Sample guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 March 2011 22.23 GMT Article history Nasa astronaut Catherine Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. Photograph:
Tesco backs Fresh & Easy by opening a dozen new stores in California
British grocer shows faith in its loss-making US chain Zoe Wood guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 March 2011 19.42 GMT Article history A Fresh & Easy store in the US. Photograph: Tesco/AFP/Getty Images Tesco has signalled faith in its loss-making American chain
Fallen Marine’s father says anti-gay pickets will draw gunfire
A day after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Westboro Baptist Church’s right to protest against homosexuality at military funerals, the fallen Marine’s father, who unsuccessfully sued the controversial Kansas congregation, warned that the church’s protests will eventually spark violence. “Something
World’s sixth mass extinction may be underway
PARIS – Mankind may have unleashed the sixth known mass extinction in Earth’s history, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the science journal Nature. Over the past 540 million years, five mega-wipeouts of species have occurred through naturally-induced
License and Inspection for Bicycles? What’s Next: Skateboards?
Today’s stupid employee award goes to a public servant, an elected official –Michael DenDekker, a Democrat from Queens, N.Y. — who is proposing a bill that would require all bicycles in the entire state be licensed, insured and inspected. If
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