China and the British education system..

"British private boarding schools - the more exclusive the better - have become the top choice for wealthy or newly rich Chinese bent on giving their next generation a huge advantage, right from the start. "The youngest client we have is a 2-year-old," says William Vanbergen, founder and managing director of BE Education, an organization which provides consultancy services for students wishing to study at elite schools overseas."

Read more on CHINA DAILY.

Britannia, rule the waves..

GE Energy delivers the last of 8 propulsion motors for the UK's two aircraft carriers in construction for the Royal Navy. When completed the carriers will become the largest electrically propelled warships in the world.

"Fuel saving is a major driver for the IFEP design. According to the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence, the 65,000-ton QE class warships, with their advanced propulsion system, are expected to consume no more fuel during typical routine operations than the much smaller (22,000 ton) predecessor CVS class carriers. Over their lifetime of 25 years or longer, the two QEC carriers will achieve significant economic, environmental and operational benefits including greatly improved autonomous operation."

Read more on defpro.com

Pakistani papers call for peaceful protests...

"Urdu papers called on the people to behave like "true followers" of the Prophet and show a "picture of peace and love to the world".

Condemning the film, English-language papers said that the "unbridled freedom of expression" in the West must be balanced by the responsibility to avoid "provoking sentiments" around the Muslim world."

Read more on the BBC.

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Pakistan Blocks Cell Phones
Voice of America

One killed amid Pakistani film rally
Russia Today

Iran cries wolf..

"Iran has sometimes provided false information about its nuclear program in order to mislead foreign intelligence agencies, Iran’s nuclear chief has said. The remarks come as still no comprise has been found regarding Tehran’s nuclear ambitions."

Read more on Russia Today.

The sound of the Earth..

Via The Daily Mail.

Grading nations by elections..

"Democracy is a universal value and aspiration, unbound by region, ethnicity, culture or religion. In the last two decades, it has spread across the world in unprecedented ways.

Elections are fundamental to the ethos and principles of democracy. They provide citizens with a say in the decisions that affect them and governments with a legitimate authority to govern. When elections are credible, free and fair, they can help promote democracy, human rights and security."

Read more on CNN.

France to close embassies...

France is to close embassies and schools in about 20 countries over fears of hostile reactions directed at the publication of Prophet Muhammed cartoons. Freedom of expression is a priority.

Read more on the Telegraph.

Maximum warp...

The U.S. space agency NASA has begun development of a real Star Trek style warp drive.

"With our current propulsion technologies, interstellar flight is impossible. Even with experimental technology, like ion thrusters or a spaceship’s aft pooping freaking nuclear explosions, it would require staggering amounts of fuel and mass to get to any nearby star. And worse: it will require decades — centuries, even — to get there. The trip will be meaningless for those left behind. Only the ones going forward in search for a new star system would enjoy the result of the colossal effort. It’s just not practical."

Read more on GIZMODO.

The lost Syrian Town

UK's Channel4


SYRIA LATEST NEWS

Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warning follows Assad meeting
BBC

Foreigners flood into Syria to join battle to overthrow Assad
The Independent

The End of China's Easy Growth

A Chinese money tree

"Caixin magazine reports - with disbelief - that the wish-list for industrial parks and mega-projects unveiled by all echelons of the Chinese system has reached 15 trillion yuan by some estimates.

This is over $2.3 trillion or nearly four times the blitz of extra spending after the Lehman crisis in 2008, a policy that pushed investment to a world record 49pc of GDP and is now deemed to have been a mistake."

Read more on the Telegraph.

U.N. IAEA worries over Iran's recent nuclear activity

In a sign of unity against nuclear proliferation in Iran.

"At the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, the vast majority of voting nations agreed with the draft resolution designed by the so-called P5+1: the United States, France, Russia, China, Britain -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- and Germany."

Read more on CNN.



LATEST NEWS


Iran warns of IAEA 'terrorist infiltration'
BBC

Barroso calls for E.U. federation..

The E.U. Commission chief Jose Barroso has called for further integration of European nation states.

Read more on the BBC.

The 100 year starship project & more

"A dramatic plan to put humans on another star within 100 years today received the backing of former President Bill Clinton.

The 100 year Starship project, which was set up with US military seed funding, plans to develop huge 'starships' to send humans to other stars.

Next week it will meet to discuss the project and begin the huge task."

Read more on the Daily Mail.









Future spacecraft could protect crews with walls made of water.
POPSCI.

Romney vs gay war vet

Robotic cheetah beats bolt

The robotic cheetah has beaten it's previous record of 18mph. Via POPSCI.

Watch the video..

Thousands protest in HK

"More than 40,000 people assembled outside government headquarters and demanded the cancellation of 'Chinese patriotism lessons' proposed for school curriculums.

Students and parents claim that these lessons, which would become compulsory by 2016, are an attempt to brainwash children with Chinese propaganda. The protesters demanded that Beijing respect Hong Kong's semi-autonomous status."

Read more on Russia Today.

LATEST NEWS

HK government backs down
BBC

Russian military 2.0

This week president Putin announced that Russia is to undertake a major modernisation of the bear's armed forces. Here are some ideas proposed;

An unmanned/drone nuclear bomber
GIZMODO

An ocean based space-defense system
Russia Today

A long-range bomber capable of smashing mach 5
POPSCI