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TwitterNorth Korea defied world leaders and United Nations’ resolutions this morning to launch a ballistic missile test.The missile blasted off in the early hours from a coastal site in the north east of the country, prompting immediate condemnation from Britain and the U.S.The U.S. and other nations suspect the launch was a cover for a test of North Korea’s long-range missile techonology.President Barack Obama was woken up with the news it had taken off this morning, during his stay in the Czech republic at the end of his hectic European tour.South Koreans watch the North Korean rocket launch on television.
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International outrage as North Korea defies UN to launch missile in ’satellite test’
April 5th, 2009 
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Tags: Ballistic Missile, Barack Obama, David Miliband, Emergency Session, Hosti, Hostile Policy, International Effort, International Outrage, International Response, Missile Test, Nations Security Council, Nuclear Security, Range Missile, Rocket Launch, Satellite Test, Security Council Resolution, South Koreans, United Nations Resolutions, United Nations Security, United Nations Security Council 
No Comments »Resistance To Flu Drug Widespread In U.S.: Study
March 3rd, 2009 admin A flu shot is prepared in Chicago, Illinois. US President Barack Obama has vowed to fight for his budget proposals that include investments in clean energy and healthcare as he faces a tough battle moving the measures through Congress. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)From Yahoo News/Reuters:WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the U.S.
Posted in Science News Tags: Afp, Barack Obama, Budget Proposals, Cdc, Centers For Disease Control, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Chicago Illinois, Clean Energy, Disease Control And Prevention, Flu, Flu Drug, Flu Shot, Getty Images, Resistant Strain, Reuters Washington, Roche, Tamiflu, Tim Boyle, Tough Battle, Yahoo News No Comments »Obama’s BlackBerry Brings Personal Safety Risks
February 15th, 2009 admin President Obama and his BlackBerry at the White House in late January.(Credit: UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)From CNET News:When the mainstream media first announced Barack Obama’s “victory” in keeping his BlackBerry, the focus was on the security of the device, and keeping the U.S. president’s e-mail communications private from spies and hackers.The news coverage and analysis by armchair security experts thus far has failed to focus on the real threat: attacks against President Obama’s location privacy, and the potential physical security risks that come with someone knowing the president’s real-time physical location.Read more ….
Neil Armstrong Walking On The Moon Is Most Memorable Television Moment
January 31st, 2009 admin From The Telegraph:Astronaut Neil Armstrong walking on the moon is the most memorable television first, according to a survey of 3,000 people.More than half chose the moment in 1969 when man first walked on the moon as their most memorable television world first.Among the other events which left their mark on viewers was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president, nominated by 37.5 per cent of people questioned.Third most memorable was the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, nominated by 27 per cent.The survey was commissioned by Sony Bravia to mark the UK launch of the world’s thinnest LCD TV.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: 000 People, American President, Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Barack Obama, John F Kennedy, Launch, Lcd Tv, Man First, Neil Armstrong, Neil Armstrong Walking On The Moon, President John F Kennedy, Sony, Sony Bravia, Survey, Telegraph, Television World, Walking On The Moon No Comments »Wikipedia: Black and white and wrong all over
January 23rd, 2009 admin Free-content Web site is your No. 1 source for late-breaking inaccuraciesThe speed with which some rabbit-reflexed webmaster changed regimes on the White House Web site still couldn’t match the mad skillz of the jackass responsible for breaking the big fake news on Wikipedia: Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.
Posted in Tech News Tags: 44th President, Barack Obama, Content Web, Dot Gov, Dubi, Fake News, Heavy Lifting, Hypothermia, Jackass, Mad Skillz, Mettle, President Of The United States, Row Seat, Salient Point, Short Attention Span, Ted Kennedy, Timestamp, Web Czar, White House Web Site, Wikipedia No Comments »Interim NASA Chief Takes Charge Until Obama Settles on Successor
January 22nd, 2009 admin Mike Griffin gave his last speech as NASA administrator to his staff before departing Washington on a ski vacation on Jan. 16, leaving Associate Administrator Chris Scolese to run the agency until U.S. President Barack Obama settles on a successor.Griffin’s departure and the resignation of his deputy, Shana Dale, left Scolese as the top ranking official at NASA.
Posted in Tech News Tags: Air Force Maj, Barack Obama, Bush Appointees, Career Staff, Fighter Pilot, George W Bush, Jonathan Scott, Mike Griffin, Nasa Administrator, Nasa Chief, Page Space, Parting Words, Personal Thanks, Political Appointee, President George W Bush, Shana Dale, Space Shuttle, Supporting Bush, Time Gap, U S Air Force No Comments »What Obama’s two million crowd looked like from space – and why it will take days to clear up their mess
January 21st, 2009 admin It was the largest crowd in history to ever have witnessed a presidential inauguration.A record-setting 1.8million people crowded on to the National Mall in Washington DC yesterday to watch Barack Obama become the first black president of the United States on the steps of the Capitol Building.Now the clean-up: Trash and other debris scattered across the National Mall after the inauguration ceremonyA satellite view of the National Mall shows nearly two million people swarming the grounds before the Capitol Building yesterday during Barack Obama’s inaugurationThey had been waiting since dawn – some had even camped over night – in sub-zero temperatures for a ceremony full of pomp and circumstance.But now the pomp is over, circumstances are looking a bit messy.These pictures show not only the scale of the crowd, but the scale of the clean-up now facing Washington’s street cleaners.Top: The ‘before’ shot of the National Mall, taken by satellite in December last year.
Posted in Tech News Tags: American Flags, Barack Obama, Capitol Building, Coffee Cups, First Black President, Food Wrappers, Inauguration Ceremony, Loos, Parade Route, Plastic Bottles, Pomp And Circumstance, Pomp Circumstance, President Of The United States, Presidential Inauguration, Satellite View, Septic Tanks, Setting 1, Two Million, Washington Monument, Zero Temperatures No Comments »