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July 29, 2008
Quick Clips from Around the World
Posted by Tina
A secret nuclear bomb manufacturing center at Al-Zarqan Area in Al-Ahwaziya Region, which was first established in 2000, was discovered recently, highly reliable sources told Al-Seyassah. Sources from Al-Ahwaziya claimed Tehran has started building a secret nuclear plant for manufacturing atomic bombs in Al-Zarqan Area near Al-Ahwaz City in southwest Iran and its border with Iraq. – Arab Times (Kuwait City)
Despite expanding markets for organic farm products, Norwegian farmers are leaving the ecological branch of agriculture as fast as others are joining. They claim they can't make enough money at it. *** Those giving up blame the paperwork and bureaucracy they must contend with in order to document their operations. ''You get the feeling you're not being trusted,'' said former organic farmer Turid Wenche Åsum. - Aftenpost (Norway)
OSLO – Ruins recently discovered on Greenland may mark the Vikings' most northerly year-round hunting outpost on the icy island, a researcher said on Monday. Knut Espen Solberg, leader of 'The Melting Arctic' project mapping changes in the north, said the remains uncovered in past weeks in west Greenland may also be new evidence that the climate was less chilly about 1,000 years ago than it is today. - Reuters
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Thanks for the quick news, I enjoy reading the tidbits like this and then going to search out more of the stories I am really interested in.
Posted by: Jack at July 30, 2008 07:11 AM