UK
| Ice buildup caused Heathrow crash landing |
LONDON (AP) — A British accident report has confirmed that a buildup of ice in the fuel lines of a Boeing 777 jet caused its crash landing at London's Heathrow Airport two years ago. Read more... |
| UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials |
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration
| Top cop jailed for corruption |
LONDON (AP) — A senior London police officer was ordered jailed for four years Monday for assaulting and falsely arresting a man over a minor financial dispute. Read more... |
Europe
| Bomb scare on Dutch train, hundreds evacuated |
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch police say they have evacuated hundreds of passengers from a train and cleared the station where it was stopped after witnesses reported a man threatened to blow it up. Read more... |
| French government seeks to boost national identity |
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PARIS (AP) — The French flag will be hoisted at every school in France and the national anthem sung by students at least once a year as part of government efforts to instill in citizens a sense of pride in being French, Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced Tuesday.
| Skier survives 17 hours under Swiss avalanche, the lucky, lucky. . . |
EVOLENE, Switzerland (AP) — A skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said Sunday. Read more... |
World
| Iran to IAEA: We will increase uranium enrichment |
VIENNA (AP) — A senior Iranian envoy says he has formally told the U.N. nuclear agency that his country will enrich uranium to higher levels. Read more... |
| 5 Russian troops killed in Chechnya |
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Officials say five Russian troops have been killed in a clash with militants in Chechnya. Read more... |
| Disarmament talks strained over Mideast, Russia |
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PARIS (AP) — Tensions over nuclear weapons in the Middle East and over Russia's tactical arsenal tangled talks Tuesday aimed at pushing for global nuclear disarmament.
Politics
| Jack 'torture' Straw: I didn't ignore legal advice on Iraq |
LONDON (AP) — Britain's former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has told the country's inquiry into the Iraq war that he didn't ignore legal advice in the build up to the 2003 invasion. Read more... |
| Brown uses children to gain sympathy, he'll find none here |
The PM wept in public this weekend when he talked of the death of his daughter Jennifer and spoke of facing up to the possible premature death of his son Fraser, Read more... |
| Three MPs and one Peer charged with false accounting |
LONDON (AP) — Four British lawmakers will face criminal charges and the prospect of jail for alleged shady accounting practices Read more... |
Military
| Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity |
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VIENNA (AP) — Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.| Social workers to operate alongside the Army |
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Gordon Brown says a new 1,000-strong pool of civilian specialists will provide expert help to failing states and countries that have suffered conflict or natural disasters. Read more... |
| Afghanistan: British soldier killed in explosion (IED) |
LONDON (AP) — Britain's military says a soldier working with a specialized bomb unit in Afghanistan has been killed in an explosion. Read more... |
Environment
| Challenge to Japanese whale 'research' methods |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them — an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science.
| UN, climate change Canute policy still on the table |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Goals on reducing greenhouse gases announced by major industrialized nations are a step forward but not enough to forestall the disastrous effects of climate change by midcentury, U.N. officials said Monday.
| Climategate - no prosecutions, yet |
LONDON (AP) — The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain's data-protection watchdog said Thursday. Read more... |
Science
| Polish scientists discover Neanderthal teeth |
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A team of Polish scientists said Monday they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave, a find they hope may shed light on how similar to modern humans our ancestors were.| the future of fusion |
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If you’ve been reading the science news sources, you may have noticed that there have been some exciting steps recently along the path toward sustainable fusion : the holy grail of nuclear power. I thought it would be an idea to run through my geek layman’s take on the concept, the various approaches and the implications.| Conservation of Momentum Fun |
In case you're wondering what we're looking at: When they all pull in, they move their collective centre of mass moves towards the axis, the inertia of the bodies travelling in a smaller circle results in the bods spinning faster. Read more... |
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