Dubai 1991 Dubai 2005
Population forcast for 2050,
"An urban nightmare in less than 50 years' time is certainly what will engulf us on current trends"
The world is fast approaching the point where the majority of the human population will be found in urban areas.
Full Article, -BBC News
Maoist's model revolution, shows rest of world what works. About a year ago, while trekking in Nepal I took a photo of the distant Annapurna mountains framing a precariously perched, tin-roofed shack, scrawled on the side in bright blue English read,
“Political power flows out of the barrel of a gun. -Mao Tse Tung.”
A year later, the graphite is reality.
The recent “April Uprising” has been lauded by the international community as a triumph for democracy and “people power.” The 19 day strike and protest program defied all conventional expectations and forced the increasingly dictatorial king Gyanendra to give up nearly all of his power. Most likely, the rest of it will be striped away as a result of Constituent Assembly elections in the weeks and months to come.
Full Article, -Democracy Now!
Pinhole Camera Won't Offer Wallet-Sized Photos
NPR Radio A California airplane hangar has been made into what might be the biggest camera ever imagined, ready to take the world's largest photo. Artist Rob Johnson and five colleagues came up with this challenge. He tells Liane Hansen how it will work.
IBM accelerates silicon to more than 500 GHz
Somers (NY) - IBM today claimed the crown for the world's fastest chip, at least in terms of clock speed: The company said it was able to achieve frequencies "above 500 GHz" by "cryogenically freezing" the chip. And the company apparently does not want to stop there: Using silicon-germanium (SiGe) technologies, IBM is aiming for near-THz speeds.
It's an order - Japanese bid sayonara, Iraq
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Reconstruction role … led by Andrew Hamilton from the Australian Defence Force, Japanese troops inspect a nurses' training school in Samawah.
Full Arctilce, -Sydney Morning Herald
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