Reader’s Digest bankrupt. RDA Holding, the company that owns the little magazine, blames the bankruptcy on lost sales due to internet media.
YMCA in South Brunswick, New Jersey, bankrupt: “Like so many businesses and organizations in our area, the South Brunswick Family YMCA has been adversely affected by the economic recession.”
In Virginia, Arlington County is […] Continue Reading…
06 April 2013 (00:36 UTC-07 Tango)/25 Jumada l-Ula 1434/17 Farvardin 1391/26 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The Yonhap News Agency reporting that the DPRK’s Korean Central TV Broadcasting just aired a report on a meeting of industrial workers, which took place on 17 March.
Kim Jong-un is heard telling the factory workers “Once the war breaks out, […] Continue Reading…
06 April 2013 (00:26 UTC-07 Tango)/25 Jumada l-Ula 1434/17 Farvardin 1392/26 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that most farmers in Asia are not aware of the new H7N9 bird flu virus.
The FAO says word needs to get out to the farmers that H7N9 is not like H5N1, in […] Continue Reading…
06 April 2013 (19:45 UTC-07 Tango 05 April 2013)/25 Jumada l-Ula 1434/17 Farvardin 1391/26 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“I’ve never heard anyone make a direct threat to Guam. My response was: ‘Wow, they can find Guam on the map? Most Americans can’t.'”-C.J. Urquico, 19 year resident on Guam
At the end of March the governor of […] Continue Reading…
06 April 2013 (19:30 UTC-07 Tango 05 April 2013)/25 Jumada l-Ula 1434/17 Farvardin 1391/26 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“The serious concern of the German government in light of the escalation on the Korean peninsula for which North Korea is responsible was conveyed to him in no uncertain terms in the name of the foreign minister.”-German […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2013 (16:57 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Jumada l-Ula 1434/16 Farvardin 1391/25 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
In Hong Kong, health officials at Queen Elizabeth Hospital reporting a seven years old girl being admitted with possible H7N9 symptoms. She was in close contact with poultry when she traveled to Shanghai, hospital officials hope to have test results […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2013 (16:40 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Jumada l-Ula 1434/16 Farvardin 1391/25 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Several analysts have stated that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is refusing direct peace talks, especially any involving nukes.
“U.S. message saying the door is still open for talks does not work with North Korea. The North has made up […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2013 (16:10 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Jumada l-Ula 1434/16 Farvardin 1391/25 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“We have taken a decision to withdraw our soldiers….Our mission was to help train the soldiers. Since the coup and the self-appointment of rebels, it was clear that the government is no longer there.”-Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
Remember the […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2013 (14:15 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Jumada l-Ula 1434/16 Farvardin 1391/25 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
A few days ago I mentioned the great challenges humanity is currently facing. Intelligent life emerged on our planet approximately 200,000 years ago, although new discoveries demonstrate something else.
This is not to confuse intelligent life with the existence of life […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2013 (06:38 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Jumada l-Ula 1434/16 Farvardin 1391/25 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“A representative of the North Korean Foreign Ministry suggested that the Russian side examine the question of evacuating the employees of the Russian embassy.”-Denis Samsonov, Russian Embassy spokesman
“We can confirm that the British embassy in Pyongyang received a communication from […] Continue Reading…