Atmosphere of fear at Christmas in north China – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in December 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Atmosphere, China News, China Yahoo, Christians, Christmas, Christmas China, Christmas News, Church Leaders, Crackdown, Fear, Labour Camps, Lawyer, News China, North China, Prison Terms, Religious Leaders, Seven Years, Yahoo, Yahoo China, Yahoo News

Christians in north China are facing a Christmas of fear after 10 local religious leaders were jailed in recent weeks and their new church shut down amid a crackdown on unauthorised worship.
Five of the church leaders were given prison terms of up to seven-years by a Linfen court, while the others were sentenced without trial [...]

The world tires of the Palestinian cause | The Daily Star

Posted by Matt in November 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Middle East, Arab Country, Arab World, Arabs, Atmosphere, Cairo, Daily Star, Governments, incompetence, Palestinian Cause, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinians, Star World, Tires

The atmosphere in Cairo this week tells us much about the contemporary Arab world’s view of the Palestine cause in relation to domestic issues in every Arab country. Ordinary Arabs and their governments alike seem fed up with the incompetence of the Palestinian leadership, while remaining strongly committed emotionally to the justice and rights of [...]

The 3-minute video that may prove Iran’s nuclear intentions – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Altitude, Atmosphere, Computer Shows, Computer Simulation, Earth S Surface, Fit, Gold Plated, haaretz, Ideal, Iran News, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel News, Maximum Degree, News Video, Nuclear Bomb, Perspex, Red Light, Shahab Missile, Warhead

The video depicted a room made of stone. At the center stood a Perspex mock-up – equipped with a flashing red light – of a ball-shaped bomb resting in the metallic, gold-plated cone of a missile warhead. In the most important scene in the film, the computer simulation shows the launched warhead reentering the atmosphere [...]

U.S. officials concerned about U.A.E. terror threat

Posted by Matt in June 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Terrorism, Atmosphere, British Citizens, Counter Terrorism, Dinner Party, Expatriate Community, Fo, Fruition, Hampstead, Jitters, Jumeirah Dubai, Lifestyle, Money, Party Conversations, Paying Attention, People, Severity, Surprise, Terror Threat, Uae, United Arab Emirates

U.S. counter terrorism officials say the alerts issued this week for U.S. and British citizens in the United Arab Emirates should be taken “very seriously.”
“It’s not something to take lightly, it’s worth paying attention to,” said one U.S. official. “That doesn’t necessarily mean it will come to fruition, but do note that [the U.A.E] [...]

EU, China: Honeymoon is over

Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Atmosphere, Attitude, beijing, China Trade, Chinese Behavior, Chinese Officials, Chinese Public, Commissioner Peter Mandelson, Common Interests, Confrontation, E.U., Economy China, Europe, Financial Deregulation, Freedom Of Speech, Honeymoon, Human Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, Right Moves, S Paul, shanghai, Strategic Partners, Trade Commissioner, Two To Tango, Video World, World Economy, World Trade Negotiations

So far so good, but it still takes two to tango and the EU is not making the right moves, Bingran Dai of the Centre for European Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai tells ISN Security Watch.
“The problem is that the atmosphere has changed drastically since 2006 and the Chinese public and the government feel [...]

Pakistan-India: Ten years of the Bomb

Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in India, Nuclear, Pakistan, Agricultural Production, Atmosphere, Bomb, Casualties, Climate Models, Decade, Famine, Imagination, India And Pakistan, India Pakistan, Land Surface, Military Planners, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons Material, Pakistan India, plutonium, Policymakers, Political Leaders, Rainfall, Uranium

Their political leaders and military planners seem impervious to the fact that a war between Pakistan and India in which each used only five of their nuclear weapons on the other’s cities could kill several million people and injure many more. The effects of a nuclear war could be much worse if India and Pakistan [...]

Regional Nuclear War Would Affect Entire Globe

Posted by Matt in April 7th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Nuclear, War, Atmosphere, bombs, Cataracts, Devastation, Dna, Earth, Energetic Radiation, Global Ozone, Globe, Lifeforms, Melanoma, Nuclear War, Ozone Depletion, Ozone Hole, Plants And Animals, Skin Cancer, Sun, Ultraviolet Radiation, Uv Radiation

Devastation of a regional nuclear war would be far from confined to the countries that started it. Plants and animals, including humans, would be endangered by a global ozone hole that would result and persist for years after all the bombs were exhausted, a new study suggests.
The layer of ozone high up in the Earth’s [...]