Climate change scientist Michael Mann fends off denial group's raid on emails
Judge revokes permission of sceptic thinktank American Tradition Institute to look at private University of Virginia emails
The climate scientist Michael Mann has successfully fought off an attempt by a pro-industry thinktank to gain access to thousands of private emails.
After a day-long court hearing on Tuesday, a judge in Manassas, Virginia, granted Mann's petition to join a lawsuit against the American Tradition Institute, an industry-funded thinktank that promotes scepticism of manmade climate change.
In an email Mann called the decision a "good day" for academic freedom. "I don't think there is any way to view this as anything other than a win for us, and for science more generally."
UN fears Pakistani rogue scientist passed on nuclear secrets to Syria
Find feeds speculation that regime collaborated with nuclear trafficker who helped Gaddafi
The facility near the Iraqi border is almost identical to the design plans for a uranium-enrichment plant provided to Libya as the North African country developed its nuclear weapons programme with the assistance of Mr Khan and his nuclear trafficking network, the Associated Press news agency reported. Officials apparently visited Damascus to investigate last week.
Libyan Dictator's Final Hours
Shedding Light on How Moammar Gadhafi Died
By Christoph Reuter
How did Moammar Gadhafi die? The men who witnessed his last hours and the doctor who issued his death certificate have helped to provide insights into the dictator's final moments.
It was a stupid idea from the start. It was his son Mutassim's plan, the son whose political judgment he had never thought much of. But the surprising thing was that Moammar Gadhafi paid attention to the idea. Let's go to Sirte, Mutassim had proposed, when the family was forced to flee from Tripoli in late August. No one would search for them in Sirte or even suspect that they were there, Mutassim said.
Khyber's new fanatical face under attack
By Amir Mir
ISLAMABAD - Haji Mangal Bagh Afridi, a former bus driver turned militant and the supreme commander of an Islamic militia called the Lashkar-e-Islam, is the new face of fanaticism in Khyber Agency, one of the seven Pashtun-dominated tribal districts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border where the Taliban and other such militants have continued to challenge the authority of the Pakistani government for control since 2004.
Khyber Agency is undergoing a massive military operation to clear the Bagh-led militia from its base near the northwestern city of Peshawar and the main North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply route to Afghanistan. Bagh's stronghold, the market town of Bara in Khyber Agency, is barely 20 minutes drive from the city center of the provincial capital of Khyber
Khyber Agency is undergoing a massive military operation to clear the Bagh-led militia from its base near the northwestern city of Peshawar and the main North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply route to Afghanistan. Bagh's stronghold, the market town of Bara in Khyber Agency, is barely 20 minutes drive from the city center of the provincial capital of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province.
Sinaloa group 101: Five facts about Mexico's powerful drug cartel
1. The face of the Sinaloa group
The group is led by Joaquin Guzman-Loera, also known as “El Chapo,” who is Mexico’s most wanted fugitive. He is listed in the US State Department’s Narcotics Rewards Program, which says the information leading to his arrest could generate $5 million in reward money. “El Chapo” means “the short one” in English. (Mr. Guzman is 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 165 pounds, according to the state department.)
He received international notoriety after escaping from a maximum security prison inJalisco state in 2001. The escape was allegedly achieved with the help of prison employees. Even as he remains on the lam, he is perhaps the most powerful drug lord in this region.
Greek cabinet backs George Papandreou's referendum plan
Greece's cabinet has given unanimous backing to a controversial plan by PM George Papandreou to hold a referendum on a EU debt rescue package.
He told an emergency cabinet meeting a referendum, possibly in December, would offer "a clear mandate" for austerity measures demanded by eurozone partners.
Stock markets recorded big drops amid shocked reactions in eurozone capitals to the referendum announcement.
Mr Papandreou is due to meet European leaders in France on Wednesday.
In a cabinet meeting lasting late into Tuesday night, Mr Papandreou told ministers the government needed the consent of the Greek people.
No comments:
Post a Comment