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Russia admits missile caused UFO lights - Space.com- msnbc.comA spectacular spiral light show in the sky above Norway on Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile that failed just after launch, according to Russia's defense ministry. When the rocket motor spun out of control, it likely created the heavenly spiral of white light near where the missile was ...
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Russia shifts stance on Iran, Ahmadinejad defiant - Yahoo! NewsRussia will join any consensus on more sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday after Tehran declared it would expand nuclear activity in defiance of a U.N. rebuke. It was a thinly veiled Russian warning to Iran of waning patience with its failure to allay ...
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Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday MachineInside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine Valery Yarynich glances nervously over his shoulder. Clad in a brown leather jacket, the 72-year-old former Soviet colonel is hunkered in the back of the dimly lit Iron Gate restaurant in Washington, DC. It's March 2009—the Berlin Wall came down ...
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Chris Kelly: Obama is Stalin! And a Cartoon by Lyndon LaRoucheThe problem with Stalin's Soviet Union wasn't too much access to end-of-life counseling. The problem was systematic homicidal neglect. Sort of like what America's uninsured have now. "If you do not obtain confessions from the doctors, we will shorten you by a head." - The only interesting ...
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Russian gambling halls shut down in most cities - Yahoo! NewsThousands of casinos, slot-machine parlors and betting halls across Russia shut down Wednesday, complying with sweeping new restrictions that require all gambling business to relocate to four remote regions of the country. The law, which went into effect at midnight Wednesday, was estimated to ...
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What would happen if your town got nuked?The thermal effects of the 'Little Boy' nuclear bomb if it was dropped on New York City. Not that it's particularly likely, but as long as nuclear bombs exist, there's the chance - however slim - that one might go off somewhere near you. This little Google Maps overlay might be a bit morbid, ...
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World news Feed Article | World news | guardian.co.ukKyrgyzstan's parliament unanimously approved a deal Thursday allowing the U.S. to continue using an air base crucial to military operations in Afghanistan, sharply shifting course months after ordering American forces out by August. Lawmakers voted 75-0 to ratify the agreement, providing a ...
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Senate Panel Votes for More Stealth Jets, Defying Gates | Danger Room | Wired.comSenate Panel Votes for More Stealth Jets, Defying Gates The White House and the Pentagon leadership couldn’t be clearer: they don’t want any more of the controversial F-22 stealth fighters. But Congress now seems ready to pour billions into extra jets, anyway. The Senate Armed Services ...
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Iran's leaders fight Internet; Internet wins (so far)Iran's government in recent days has tried to cut off Internet access for most of its election protesters by shutting down routers at the nation's perimeters, ripping satellite dishes off roofs, cutting cables and turning off telephone switching networks. Iran, in effect, has declared cyberwar ...
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Russia's cyber blockade of Georgia worked. Could it happen here?The Russian and Georgia war last August began in cyberspace with sporadic denial-of-service attacks, targeted primarily at news and government Web sites weeks before the shooting started. And at first, says Eka Tkeshelashvili, secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia, the government ...
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