Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story.
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South Africa deny part in Plot. Posted: 2 years ago by thenegativeone
South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Background here
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The Future of Power Generation: Nuclear Fusion Posted: 2 years ago by wookiee
Radioactive contamination, nuclear proliferation and potential terrorism. Major concerns about fission nuclear power suggest that the safer, cleaner and better alternative - fusion - is the energy of the future.
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Penguin turns up in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa.
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Mysterious Burmese facility revealed on Google Earth Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Amateur spies and armchair sleuths using Google Earth have discovered a suspicious development in the Burmese jungle thought to be linked to the pariah state's clandestine nuclear program.
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North Korea conducts nuclear test Posted: 6 months ago by Ankabout
Seismologists noticed an earthquake of 4.5 in South Korea, and minutes later North Korea confirmed having carried out a nuclear test underground.
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Oprah opens school in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened a $US40 million school for disadvantaged South African girls
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The world's first 'no star' hotel where guests sleep in a disused nuclear shelter Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
None of the rooms have views, there is only limited hot water, no room service, no TV and guests are warned to be expected to share with soldiers, firemen and emergency workers if nuclear war breaks out.
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Iran.. Nuclear Plant Tourist Tours. Posted: 3 years ago by Milkshake
A lovely way to spend summer with the kids.
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Earthwatch scientists discover 18 new species Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Earthwatch scientists in South Africa have discovered 18 new species of invertebrate including spiders, snails, millipedes, earthworms, centipedes and true bugs.
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Corrective Rape Posted: 3 months ago by pocksucket
Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.
Further information here
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Pepper-spray defence means South Africa robbers face loss of balance at cash machines Posted: 5 months ago by nateebiinature
Cash machines offer an ever-growing menu of services beyond merely dispensing money. For tampering criminals, this now includes a squirt of pepper spray in the face .
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Transvestite lizard discovered Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found.
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Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018 Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.
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Inside the nuclear underworld: Deformity and fear Posted: 2 years ago by buddha
Kazakhstan's nuclear orphans are a distressing sight.
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British planners feared tea shortage after nuclear attack Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners are worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents showed.
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Revolutionary Guard leader: We can hit Israel's nuclear facilities Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
"If the Zionist regime attacks Iran, we will surely strike its nuclear facilities with our missile capabilities," said Gen. Mohammed Ali Jaafari
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Asse nuclear waste storage mine 'may not be fixable' Posted: 11 months ago by Bornbad
It was admitted last week that the roof in one of the underground chambers where 6,000 barrels containing nuclear waste, was instable and could fall onto the waste.
*It still has a cool name*
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Backyard Nuclear Reactor Should Be Ready to Ship by 2013 Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Hyperion Power's plans to develop and sell portable nuclear reactors first came to light last year—but most people probably brushed off the idea as some sort of fantasy.
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Your private nuclear bunker Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
To protect yourself and your loved ones from nuclear, biological and chemical attacks - a private bunker could be the answer. But potential customers have to ensure they have some space on their property, and at least $120,000.
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Kelvedon Hatch, secret nuclear bunker Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
To the north of Brentwood in Essex is a small village called Kelvdon Hatch. Unremarkable in every regard bar one, a small and unassuming bungalow that hides the entrance to an underground complex that would have housed up to 600 people in the even of nuclear war.
Now the cold war is over and the world is a safer place* the bunker is open to the public and can even be hired out for special events.
*World may not actually be safer
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