18 March 2013/06 Jumada l-Ula 1434/28 Esfand 1391/07 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The people of Cyprus are almost up in arms over a heavy tax that could be imposed on their bank accounts. The tax is part of a privately funded bailout deal from Too Big to Jail European banks. The tax would go to […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2013/06 Jumada l-Ula 1434/28 Esfand 1391/07 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The Japanese government is filing a complaint with the UN Security Council, alleging violations of UN sanctions by DPRK.
Japanese Customs inspectors say they found aluminum rods on a cargo ship that had left North Korea, bound for China. The rods could be used […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2013/06 Jumada l-Ula 1434/28 Esfand 1391/07 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company reporting that for an unknown reason the cooling of stored nuclear fuel rods, at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi power plant, has stopped.
There was an electrical power blackout affecting 2100 spent fuel rods in storage pools for reactors 1, […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2013/06 Jumada l-Ula 1434/28 Esfand 1391/07 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Art Supply of Pocatello, Idaho, closing by the end of March. A comic and record store shares the same space, no word on the future of that operation.
Another art supply store closing down in Pocatello, Idaho. Art Supply of […] Continue Reading…
17 March 2013/05 Jumada l-Ula 1434/27 Esfand 1391/06 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
A DPRK media source published an editorial calling for a Second Korean War:
“The Second Korean War has become an unavoidable thing, now that the U.S. and the south Korean puppet regime, barbarous provocateurs, push the situation to the extremity by resorting to the […] Continue Reading…
18 March 2013/06 Jumada l-Ula 1434/28 Esfand 1391/07 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Reports that Asian stock markets dropped, along with the euro, as details of the financial bailout of Cyprus were revealed.
The European Union (EU) agreed to bailout the island country of Cyprus, but only if individual bank accounts were heavily taxed, in some cases […] Continue Reading…
Reports that Ellen Degeneres canceled a weeks worth of TV shows, and her trip to Australia, because she’s sick: “People of Australia! I’m down, but I’m not out. I’ll be in Sydney next weekend, and Melbourne after that. More details soon!”
Speaking of Australia, a new bird flu is popping up, as the flu season […] Continue Reading…
17 March 2013/05 Jumada l-Ula 1434/27 Esfand 1391/06 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
One of DPRK’s media outlets, Rodong Sinmun, published statements making threats of war with Japan.
Japan has been calling for more sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Japanese media say their military officials estimate that North Korea has 200 missiles aimed at […] Continue Reading…
17 March 2013/05 Jumada l-Ula 1434/27 Esfand 1391/06 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Photos taken by Saudi Arabian activists show that the buildings surrounding the Ka’aba are being torn down, specifically those built during Ottoman and Abassid eras.
The demolition is reportedly being performed by the Saudi Binladin Group (a company started by the father of Osama […] Continue Reading…
On 12 March 2013/29 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/22 Esfand 1391/01 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy met with Iraq’s acting defense minister, chief of staff of the army and Navy commander during a four-day visit.
Fadavi also toured the Iraqi Navy’s operation center and Academy of Naval Sciences. The […] Continue Reading…