Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | Post a comment

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One of the 2002 Bali bombers, Amrozi bin Nurhasin, on trial in an Indonesian courtroom and headed toward execution, shouted out the message he wanted his crime to convey: “Jews: Remember Khaibar. The army of Muhammad is coming back to defeat you.â€
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Monday, August 30th, 2010 | 2 comments

The first solar storm of this cycle hit the Earth early this month, causing it to light up spectacularly / NASA
Sun ramping up for Solar Max
First Max event since mid-80s
US studies effects of ‘digital bomb’
ISS search for dark matter, anti-universe
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The P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missile.
Netanyahu asks Putin to stop deal involving sale of advanced P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles; Israel considers this weaponry dangerous to its navy vessels in Mediterranean Sea.
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | One comment

Photo: A gunman carries a rocket-propelled grenade launcher during clashes between the Shiite Hezbollah militia and supporters of a Sunni Sufi sect in the mixed residential area of Bourj Abu Haidar near central Beirut. Credit: AP
At least two people were killed and several others wounded when clashes broke out between members of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah and a group known as the Ahbash, a conservative Sunni movement with roots in Sufism, in the Beirut neighborhood of Bourj Abu Haidar on Tuesday night.
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