Dirty Bomb Materials Lost in Russia

June 24, 2002
Large boxes of powdered Caesium 137, a powerfully radioactive substance that can be used to make dirty bombs, have been lost in the former Soviet Union. Unlike the solid Strontium-90 used in nuclear power plants that has been misplaced in... continued

Syria Finding Terrorists for U.S.

June 24, 2002
President Assad of Syria says his country?s intelligence operatives, who are notorious for using torture to get information, are secretly cooperating with American agents in the fight against al-Qaeda. He?s miffed because Syria, which has been our enemy for many... continued

Saudis Bringing al Qaeda Terrorists Home

June 21, 2002
Starting in January, Saudi Arabia airlifted hundreds of al-Qaeda terrorists from Iran on government jets and brought them home. The Saudi terrorists had escaped into Iran while running from U.S. troops in Afghanistan. We are supposed to be allies of... continued

Sex Doesn?t Sell

June 21, 2002
Viewers are constantly complaining about too much sex and violence on television (even though these shows have the highest ratings). Lots of sex and violence attracts viewers aged 18 to 34, which are the ones advertisers want to reach most.... continued

More Acres Burn Daily in West

June 21, 2002
An old gospel lyric goes like this: ?God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water?the fire next time.? These days, it seems as if that time has come. Firefighters say they?ll have to fight the wildfire in Colorado for... continued

ANOTHER Close Call

June 21, 2002
Another huge asteroid passed by Earth on June 14, and this time it was even closer to us than the moon. Although it passed by on Friday, it wasn?t detected until the following Monday, so we would have been taken... continued

Review of New Crop Circle Video

June 20, 2002
Crop Circle Video #7 from Michael Glickman has just arrived in our unknowncountry.com store all the way from the U.K. Tania Woodward, who reviewed the video for swirlednews.com, says, ?Just over 50 minutes later, I was in love again. No,... continued

Science Proves Life After Death

June 20, 2002
Dr. Gary Schwartz, who trained at Harvard University and is the author of ?The Afterlife Experiments,? has done experiments proving that dead people can communicate with the living?and vice-versa. "Human beings are like stars," he says. "We are constantly emitting... continued

Musicians Have More Gray Matter

June 20, 2002
Professional musicians have more gray matter in the part of the brain that processes music. This may explain why some people seem to be born musicians, while the rest of us struggle with piano lessons. But scientists aren?t sure whether... continued

First Americans Were Australians

June 20, 2002
The first Americans were descended from Australian aborigines, according to new evidence presented in a BBC documentary. The program, called Ancient Voices, shows that the dimensions of prehistoric skulls found in Brazil match those of the aboriginal peoples of Australia... continued