In 1996 the United Nations General Assembly finally opened the test ban treaty for signing and ratification. But ... : every one of the 44 “nuclear technology holder states” must sign and ratify it. As of today, 35 have done so, including Russia, France a
10 Nov 2010. ""Facebook has demonstrated over and over that sharing itself is the core benefit of the web, and perhaps a key to making the world a better place." "What Facebook has established is a dense social history, accessible and open, all the time
Conan Hallinan: "....an alternative scenario that not only avoids magical thinking about what choppers can do, but better fits the politics of the moment: that Pakistan’s Directorate of Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) knew where Bin Laden was and fingere
Björn Elmbrant: "När politiken alltså knappast kan lindra krisen alls, kom ändå amerikanska riksbanken, Federal Reserve, igår kväll till undsättning med ett gigantisk stimulanspaket för den amerikanska ekonomin. Riksbanken ska under ett år köpa upp statsp
"Rand Paul, the insurgent ophthalmologist from Kentucky, continues to sustain this fantasy. During his campaign, he pointed out quite reasonably that cutting social welfare programs won’t balance the federal budget. “The truth of the matter is, if you loo
"The New START treaty is in the bag, approved by the US Congress and Russian Duma." Hans M Kristensen : "But the treaty does not, as the New York Times report mistakenly states, “require the United States and Russia to reduce their nuclear arsenals…to 1,5
Ever since President Barack Obama promised to significantly scale back the Yucca Mountain budget this year, the question has been a simple one: Now what? Artcle by Lisa Mascaro, Las Vegas Sun
"The Center for Reactor Information (CFRI) posts information in this category that improves public awareness of nuclear issues. The information informs choices on issues related to nuclear power." (-2007)
"In fiscal year 2008, the foreign military sales program sold $36 billion in weapons and defense articles, an increase of more than 50% over 2007," writes FPIF columnist Frida Berrigan in Weapons: Our #1 Export? "Sales for the first half of 2009 reached $
I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. - Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, 1931
The Nation, November 16, 2009. - On September 23, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and her husband, Stephen F. Cohen, a contributing editor, interviewed former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at his foundation in Moscow.