Thursday, November 29, 2012
Greenland glacier melting 5 times faster than in 1990s
Scientists have definitive new evidence that shows all but one of the world's major ice sheets are shrinking.
The study, which will be published in the magazine Science on Friday, marks the first time scientists have come up with a way to measure the changing size of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica that they can all agree on.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/29/pol-ice-sheets-melting-greenland.html
The study, which will be published in the magazine Science on Friday, marks the first time scientists have come up with a way to measure the changing size of the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica that they can all agree on.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/29/pol-ice-sheets-melting-greenland.html
Officer Lawrence DePrimo Buys Boots For Homeless New Yorker
The moment of kindness would have gone quietly unnoticed had it not been snapped by a passing tourist who then posted the photograph to the NYPD's Facebook page.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018373/new-york-good-cops-boots-gift-is-web-hit
Syria's Internet Cut Off Amid Airport Clashes
Syria has been cut off from the internet amid fierce fighting in the capital which saw rebels claiming they have blocked access to the capital city's airport.
The unprecedented nationwide blackout was reported by two US-based internet-monitoring companies and confirmed by activists in the country.
Renesys, a network security firm that studies web disruptions, said Syria effectively disappeared from the internet at 12.26pm local time while Akamai Technologies, which distributes content on the internet, confirmed the development.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018466/syria-internet-cut-off-amid-airport-clashes
Nightingale Freed: Jailed SAS Sniper Walks Free
http://news.sky.com/story/1018457/nightingale-jailed-sas-sniper-walks-free
Syria shuts off internet access across the country
US company which tracks internet traffic, said that at 12.26pm, Syria's international internet connectivity shut down completely.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/29/syria-blocks-internet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/29/syria-blocks-internet
Minimum price for alcohol is illegal: Europe's warning to Cameron as he pushes ahead with price hike
The nine-page letter from Brussels to the Prime Minister says the scheme would break laws governing the free movement of goods.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240257/Alcohol-price-rules-illegal-European-Commission-warns-David-Cameron.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240257/Alcohol-price-rules-illegal-European-Commission-warns-David-Cameron.html
Ryanair finally scrap unlawful £6 debit card fee... and introduce a blanket £6 'website admin fee' PLUS 2% credit card charge on the same day
From tomorrow customers who pay by credit card face the double-whammy of having to pay a new 2 per cent processing fee and a £6 admin fee, Ryanair has confirmed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240390/Anger-Ryanair-finally-scrap-unlawful-6-debit-card-fee--introduce-6-website-admin-fee-day.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240390/Anger-Ryanair-finally-scrap-unlawful-6-debit-card-fee--introduce-6-website-admin-fee-day.html
Saturn Storm Clouds Captured By Probe
The pictures were obtained while the spacecraft was "travelling the Saturnian system in a set of inclined, or tilted, orbits that give mission scientists a vertigo-inducing view of Saturn's polar regions," Nasa said.
The results show storm clouds and a swirling vortex at the centre of Saturn's north polar hexagon.
Nasa said Cassini has seen storms circling Saturn's north pole in the past, but only in infrared wavelengths because the north pole was in darkness.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018357/saturn-storm-clouds-captured-by-cassini
North Korea pushing ahead with new nuclear reactor: IAEA
North Korea has made further progress in the construction of a new atomic reactor, the U.N. nuclear chief reported on Thursday, a facility that may extend the country's capacity to produce material for nuclear bombs.
Pyongyang "has continued construction of the light water reactor and largely completed work on the exterior of the main buildings," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-korea-north-nuclear-idUSBRE8AS0OT20121129
Pyongyang "has continued construction of the light water reactor and largely completed work on the exterior of the main buildings," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-korea-north-nuclear-idUSBRE8AS0OT20121129
Bodies found inside drifting ship near Japan
A small wooden boat found off the western island of Sado in Japan contained decomposing bodies, according to local police.
The ship was badly damaged and contained faint markings on the side that appeared to be Korean characters, according to the Sado West Police. But the characters were so faint that they could not read it clearly, said Toshiyuki Kojima, deputy chief of Sado Nishi Police Station.
The ship was discovered early morning Wednesday, drifting into a rocky part of the coast at Mano Bay in Sado City. Authorities did not know how long the boat had been there.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/29/world/asia/japan-boat-bodies/index.html?hpt=hp_c4
U.N. set to implicitly recognize Palestinian state
The U.N. General Assembly is set to implicitly recognize a sovereign state of Palestine despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding much-needed funds for the West Bank government
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-palestinians-statehood-idUSBRE8AR0EG20121129
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/us-palestinians-statehood-idUSBRE8AR0EG20121129
Cumbria Earthquake Centred On Lake District
Several Cumbrian residents took to Twitter to discuss the episode.
One tweeted: "So just a small earthquake - 2.1 - though thought my mum was jump through the roof. Totally freaked her out."
http://news.sky.com/story/1018257/cumbria-earthquake-centred-on-lake-district
Afghan Girl's Throat Slit Over Refusal To Wed
A 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan has been murdered after her family refused a marriage proposal.
The teenager had her throat slit as she was carrying water from a river to her village home in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday.
Two men have now been arrested over the attack.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018196/afghan-girls-throat-slit-over-refusal-to-wed
The teenager had her throat slit as she was carrying water from a river to her village home in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday.
Two men have now been arrested over the attack.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018196/afghan-girls-throat-slit-over-refusal-to-wed
Lindsay Lohan Arrested Over Nightclub Assault
The actress is charged after allegedly punching a woman in the face during an argument at a popular New York club.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018303/lindsay-lohan-arrested-over-nightclub-assault
http://news.sky.com/story/1018303/lindsay-lohan-arrested-over-nightclub-assault
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 29th November 2012
Region NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
Date time 2012-11-29 11:10:28.0 UTC
Location 3.88 S ; 145.47 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 154 km NW Madang
5.4 Magnitude Earthquake FIJI REGION - 29th November 2012
5.4
Date-Time
Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 10:37:38 UTC
Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 10:37:38 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
20.624°S, 177.048°W
Depth
247.5 km (153.8 miles)
Region
FIJI REGION
Distances
171 km (106 miles) E of Ndoi Island, Fiji
Tornado Slams Into Europe's Biggest Steel Plant in Italy
Video footage shows the storm rolling in off the sea and tearing through the port city before hitting the huge IVLA site.
It brought down a chimney stack and caused significant damage to buildings at the factory's docks.
A total of 38 people - including 20 staff at the plant - are reported to be injured and divers have been searching for a worker who is unaccounted for after a dockside crane collapsed.
http://news.sky.com/story/1018054/tornado-hits-huge-steel-factory-in-italy
