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New giant 3D printer can build a house in 24 hours
Scientists claim to have developed a revolutionary new giant 3D concrete printer that can build a 2,500-square-foot house in just 24 hours.
The 3D printer, developed by Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis from the University of Southern California, could be used to build a whole house, layer by layer, in a single day.
The giant robot replaces construction workers with a nozzle on a gantry, which squirts...
US on a fast track to less democracy and more economic dislocation
By granting so-called “fast-track authority” to the White House, Congress opts itself out of the process of shaping trade agreements.
The framers of the Constitution were wise to include Congress in the process of framing and approving trade agreements made by presidents. That authority to provide advice and consent should, the wisest legislators have always argued, be zealously guarded.
Unfortunately,...
China Mobilizes 100,000 Troops In Preparation For Korean Peninsula Crisis
PLA source says number of troops involved is unusually rare.
In what PLA sources are describing as an unusually high figure, China has mobilized 100,000 troops to take part in a border exercise as part of preparations for a Korean Peninsula crisis.
“The drill is a normal military exercise to train soldiers to fight in winter and long-range conditions, according to national state broadcaster China...
US cops acquitted in beating death case
A jury in Santa Ana, California, on Monday found two former Fullerton police officers not guilty in the beating death of a homeless man.
The two officers, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, were charged with striking Kelly Thomas, a schizophrenic homeless, with a baton and a stun gun after they arrested him two and half years ago at the Fullerton Transportation Center.
According to City News Service,...
Beijing blanketed by toxic smog, Highways closed
Highways were closed in Beijing as the Chinese capital was covered by thick smog engulfing skyscrapers. Pollution readings reached threatening levels of more than two dozen times the level considered safe.
The spike in air pollution began Wednesday afternoon and continued overnight, Xinhua reported, citing Beijing’s Municipal Environment Protection Department. It is expected to last until Friday...
Monsanto readies first-ever GMO wheat
Biotech titan Monsanto has made significant advances in the development of herbicide-tolerant wheat, the company announced recently, and could have the first-of-its-kind crop ready for farming in just a few years’ time.
Genetically-modified wheat isn’t legally approved anywhere in the world, but the billion-dollar St. Louis, Missouri-based agriculture company has for years been determined to develop...
Israel, Pentagon 'big winners' in US spending bill
US President Barack Obama speaks with military personnel while viewing an Iron Dome missile battery on March 20 at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.
The Pentagon, defense industry and Israel came out as big winners in a bipartisan $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that would pay for government operations through October, a report says.
The massive measure, unveiled Monday night, fleshes...
Low Flying Homeland Security Helicopter To Test For Radiation
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will begin periodically flying a large helicopter at extremely low altitudes over Baltimore for years to come to detect background radiation in preparation for a nuclear attack.
Beginning this week, the federal agency will use a “massive helicopter” from the National Nuclear Security Administration to test for naturally occurring radiation...
US and Israel behind conflicts in Africa - political analyst
A political analyst says the “dirty hands” of the United States and Israeli regime are behind the ongoing conflicts in South Sudan and the entire African continent, Press TV reports.
In an interview with Press TV on Monday, Stephen Lendman, a US-based author and radio host, described the deadly in violence in South Sudan as “deplorable,” stressing that “the dirty hands of Washington and...
Supreme Court hands Monsanto victory over farmers on GMO
The US Supreme Court upheld biotech giant Monsanto’s claims on genetically-engineered seed patents and the company’s ability to sue farmers whose fields are inadvertently contaminated with Monsanto materials.
The high court left intact Monday a federal appeals court decision that threw out a 2011 lawsuit from the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association and over 80 other plaintiffs against...
Hungry Shark Evolution the Android Game of the Year 2013
Hungry Shark Evolution is one of the best Android games on Play Store, which recently just won the TIGA Awards Game of the Year 2013 status.
Future Games of London, a Ubisoft Studio subsidiary made Hungry Shark Evolution so good that even Google Play Store gave this game the “Editors’ Choice” award.
Hungry Shark Evolution stats with a small Level 1 Reef Shark which can earn XP by...
Reddit, Mozilla, rights groups to protest surveillance for Aaron Swartz
On February 11, a broad coalition of internet-involved organizations will go online to protest massive electronic surveillance by various governments. The action hopes to repeat the successful beating of SOPA/PIPA bills in 2012.
The protest was announced on the anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s suicide and is dedicated to his memory. The software engineer and online freedom activist took his life in...
Wildfire kills one, razes dozens of homes in Australia
Firefighters working to douse flames in Western Australia on Jan.13, 2013.
At least one person has died and dozens of homes have been destroyed as an intense wildfire rages through Australia’s west coast.
The fire has damaged and destroyed at least 40 houses in the city of Perth. Four people have also been reported missing in Parkerville, the village where the fire started.
“It has been confirmed...
Nick Griffin of BNP holds joint press conference with Golden Dawn
Nick Griffin, Leader of the British National Party and member of European Parliament, speaks out against the treacherous persecution of Golden Dawn in a joint press conference including Eleni Zaroulia, Ilias Kasidiaris and Artemis Mathaiopoulos.
Nick Griffin is a close contact with us here at Golden Dawn New York and many of his party members frequently check this site for updates in English on matters...
Hundreds of immigrants rescued by Italy Navy
The Italian Navy has rescued nearly 440 illegal immigrants, over the past two days in the south of Sicily.
On January 12, a boat carrying about 200 men, women, and children was identified and rescued, while a boat carrying another 236 passengers was rescued the day before.
A statement by the Navy said the passengers of both boats, mostly from Africa, were taken to a port near Syracuse in Sicily.
This...