Movie Review – ‘The Road’ – From Cormac McCarthy, Father and Son Bond After Disaster – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

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The father and son, played by Viggo Mortensen and a wonderfully sensitive young actor named Kodi Smit-McPhee, drift through a world ruined by an unspecified cataclysm. A few flashbacks of ease and sunlight conjure the time before, when there was a mother on the scene, glowingly incarnated by Charlize Theron. Then something happened — Nuclear [...]

Pakistan’s nuclear bases targeted by al-Qaeda – Telegraph

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

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Pakistan’s nuclear weapon bases have been attacked by al-Qaeda and the Taliban at least three times in the last two years, it has emerged.
The allegations, by a leading British expert on Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, increased fears that terrorists could acquire a nuclear device or could trigger a nuclear disaster by bombing an atomic facility.

Pakistan’s nuclear [...]

Chernobyl – 20 Years Later

Posted by Matt in April 2nd, 2007 | no comment

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Video: Disaster at Chernobyl part 1 of 6 (Discovery Channel)

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April 26, 2006, 02:30 PM
CHERNOBYL DISASTER
Accident or Catastrophe?
Journalists and politicians have resorted to different terms for describing the reactor meltdown in Chernobyl. What was a “catastrophe” for German media was an “accident” to Soviet officials. more…
April 26, 2006, [...]