May 11, 2012, explosion reported near the airport in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province.
A fueler exploded before entering the airport compound. Local police say the truck was rigged with explosives, and meant to be detonated once it got onto the airport grounds.
Jalalabad Airport is currently being used for occupying forces’ military purposes only. The driver of […] Continue Reading…
“The Mayan calendar is going to keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future…Numbers we can’t even wrap our heads around.”-David Stuart, University of Texas
Researchers from several universities have studied the most recent find of an ancient Mayan calendar, and concluded there is no “end of days” for 2012.
The calender was […] Continue Reading…
On May 10, 2012, the Greek Statistical Authority revealed that unemployment continued upward to record levels.
For February 2012, unemployment was at an official record high of 21.7%!
But wait, there’s more! The reason for the record breaking unemployment was that 60,000 Greek companies went out of business in 2011! 60,000!
Greek business associations say another 60,000 […] Continue Reading…
May 11, 2012, the Japanese government reporting that pre-tax profits of Japanese businesses dropped for the first time in the past three years.
For the Japanese fiscal year (which ends in March) 2011 there was a drop of in overall business profits by 13.3%. This only concerns the 701 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock […] Continue Reading…
May 11, 2012, Panasonic reporting a record loss for the year ending in March.
Panasonic ended the Japanese year with a net balance of minus $9.8 billion USD, it’s the fourth straight year of loses for the electronics company!
Panasonic officials blame it on a huge drop in TV set sales. In April, Sony and Sharp […] Continue Reading…
May 10, 2012, Iran announced the discovery of a huge oil field in the Caspian Sea. The discovery was made while exploring a huge new gas field.
The gas field was discovered in December, and named the Sardar-e Jangal field. It’s estimated to contain 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
May 9, 2012, Iran’s Oil […] Continue Reading…
May 10, 2012, Logar Province, at least three U.S./NATO personnel wounded in rocket attack. Also, another U.S./NATO recon drone has crashed in Logar Province.
A large co-ordinated suicide bomber attack has left at least six bombers and two Afghan police officers dead.
The attack took place against a government compound in Yahia Khel district, Paktika Province. […] Continue Reading…
Make more than $150,000 USD per year and want to send your brat to a expensive private grade school? Just join the growing ranks of six figure earners who are actually applying for financial aid!
According to the National Association of Independent Schools, at least 20% of six figure earners apply for financial help to […] Continue Reading…
May 9, 2012, Postmaster General, Patrick Donahoe, is trying to alleviate concerns over the possible closing of 3,700 post offices, which were to begin in May. Now the USPS will try to keep as many open as possible, by drastically reducing their operating hours.
The reduction of operating hours would also take place in post […] Continue Reading…
“The price hike will definitely pressure us a lot. The tendency towards cultivation will grow, it will create resistance, law and order issues, and it will raise the casualty rate.”-Zarar Ahmad Muqbel Osmani, Counter Narcotics Minister of Afghanistan
Anti-opium officials in Afghanistan report that a double whammy of poppy field burning by police, and a […] Continue Reading…