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The Latest Document From the Snowden Trove Highlights Israeli Spying
Israel had a few triumphs, this week, in its
campaign to rebut charges that it spies in the U.S. It got a hearing
with the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, it saw the
removal of a roadblock to long-delayed legislation that would strengthen
strategic cooperation between Israel and the U.S., and at a press
conference in Tel Aviv, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said he
was “not aware of any facts that would substantiate” Newsweek’s reports on Israeli spying against the United States.
Turkey coal mine disaster: Desperate search at Soma pit
Rescuers are hunting
desperately for scores of Turkish coal miners still missing after an
explosion caused a pit to collapse, killing at least 245.
Turkey mine disaster: Tear gas fired at Soma protesters
Turkish police have fired
tear gas and water cannon at thousands of protesters in the eastern
town of Soma, where some 300 miners died on Tuesday.
The protest occurred after the mine operators held a news conference to deny any negligence over the disaster.
There have been angry anti-government rallies across Turkey for the last three days over what has become the country's worst-ever mine disaster.
An explosion sent carbon monoxide gas into the mine's tunnels while 787 miners were underground.
Up to 18 are still missing. Another 363 escaped, while 122 are injured.
'Unexplained' Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the centre of Soma on Friday, shouting: "People of Soma, show your solidarity with the miners."
Unique long-necked dinosaur discovered in Argentina
Scientists say fossils found in Argentina's Patagonia region provide the first
evidence that a family of long-necked, whip-tailed dinosaurs survived beyond
the Jurassic period, when they were thought to have gone extinct
The find suggests Diplodocid Sauropods roamed South America during the early
Cretaceous era. It also suggests they evolved from other dinosaurs before
the Earth's continents split apart, which is earlier than previously
thought.
Pablo Gallina and his team of Argentine
paleontologists say the 19 vertebrae they recovered belong to a new species
of Diplodocid they named "Leikupal laticauda."
That's a combination of native Mapuche words for "vanishing" and "family"
and Latin for "wide" and "tail".
The team held a news conference in Buenos Aires Thursday after their
conclusions were published in the PLOS ONE journal.
Throwing snails 20 metres away may save your plant
New research has shown that snails lose their ability to find their way back to a garden if tossed more than 65 feet away
Gardeners struggling to protect their plants from snails should develop a
strong throwing arm to tackle the pests.
New research has shown that throwing snails at least 65 feet out of the garden
is as beneficial as killing the molluscs.
Scientists found snails placed within a 20 metre (65 feet) radius can use a "homing
instinct" to find their way back to a a patch of ground while those
moved further away almost always failed to find their way back.
It comes after a recent survey showed that a
fifth of gardners admit to lobbing snails over the fence into a
neighbour's garden.
Frustrated gardeners often deploy a range of imaginative strategies to tackle
snails and slugs, including chemical pellets, beer traps, egg shells and
simply stamping on the creatures.
Russian satellite burns up as rocket fails
Russia's most advanced telecommunications satellite is destroyed after the rocket carrying it burned up before reaching orbit
Bees cause havoc as thousands swarm to shop, student's car and close school
Professional bee keepers called in to remove thousands honeybees that swarmed outside the entrance of a shop, inside a car and in a school playground
True scale of wind industry revealed as number of turbines reaches 30,000
Analysis by RenewableUK, the wind industry body, shows that the total number of turbines increased by 13 per cent, to 29,353 at the end of 2013, and is now expected to have surpassed 30,000.
Soundtrack of 'X-men: Days Of Future Past' set for release
New
Delhi: The
soundtrack of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" composed by BAFTA Award
winner John Ottman is set to come out.
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