Shanghai Bridge Made of Rubbish Collapses | Sankaku Complex

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Bridge Collapse, Citizens, Collapses, Concrete Bridge, Construction Materials, Investigators, New Bridge, Old Bridge, Reinforced Concrete, Rubbish, Scrap Wood, shanghai, Short Period, Sturdy Construction, Styrofoam, Waste Plastic

Citizens of Shanghai are aghast at the collapse of a major new bridge, pictured, which was revealed to be constructed partially out of rubbish instead of concrete.
The bridge, spanning the Wusong River in central Shanghai, was completed in 2009 and replaced a century old bridge with a more modern design.
However, after only a short period [...]

U.N. Official Says Iran Inquiry Is at ‘a Dead End’ – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in November 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Investigators, Iran, Nuclear Weapons Design, Nytimes, Truth, United Nations, Watchdog

The director general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog declared in unusually blunt language on Thursday that Iran had stonewalled investigators about evidence that the country had worked on nuclear weapons design, and that his efforts to reveal the truth had “effectively reached a dead end.”
U.N. Official Says Iran Inquiry Is at ‘a Dead End’ [...]

Are Terrorists Plotting an Attack on Germany? | Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in September 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Elections, German Spy, Germany, Intelligence Officials, Investigators, Law Enforcement Agencies, Money, Newsweek, Newsweek International, Rush, Sept 27, Terror Threat, Terrorists Attack

In recent weeks intelligence officials in Germany have been inundated with a rush of terror-threat warnings, NEWSWEEK has learned. But investigators are not sure how much of the information is genuine, and suspect some sources are making up stories in an effort to scam money out of German spy and law enforcement agencies nervous about [...]

Buying Night Vision, Nuke Gear? Too Easy, Investigators Find

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Military Tech, Body Armor, Chips, Danger Room, Digital Radios, Electronic Sensors, Explosive Devices, Gaps, Government Accountability Office, Investigators, Military Armor, Military Gear, Military Radios, Missile Guidance, Night Vision Goggles, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Special Forces

Night vision goggles. Missile guidance chips. Triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons. Electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices. Military-grade body armor. Digital radios employed by U.S. Special Forces. Tags, to let troops identify one another in the dark. That’s just some of the sensitive military gear that investigators from the Government Accountability [...]

Organized crime thriving despite world recession

Posted by Matt in April 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Crime, Exploits, Franchises, Gas Stations, Golden Moment, Investigators, Italian Mob, Italy, Loans, Mafia, Milan, Organized Crime, Organized Crime Syndicates, rome, Supermarket, survival, World Recession

Cash-rich mob exploits crisis targeting hurting businesses
While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment. Italy’s various organized-crime syndicates — often lumped together colloquially as the Mafia — are gobbling up gas stations, muscling in on supermarket franchises, making loans to cash-starved businesses, taking over trattorias [...]

U.N. Blames Russia for Downed Drone

Posted by Matt in May 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Russia, Abkhazia, Advance Copy, Drone, Fighter Plane, Georgia, Investigators, Missile, Reconnaissance Aircraft, Russia, Russian Fighter, United Nations

United Nations investigators who examined the downing of an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft in April have concluded that the drone was struck by a missile fired from a Russian fighter plane, according to an advance copy of their report obtained on Monday.
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