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Deserts Spreading Fast Worldwide

April 4, 2002
Desertification is devastating farm production and the variety of plant and animal life in many parts of the world, according to Adel El-Beltagy, director-general of the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria. ?We continue to... continued

Bush Gives In to Oil Industry Pressure

April 4, 2002
The Bush administration has withdrawn its support for Robert Watson, the American atmospheric scientist who is seeking re-election as head of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change when it holds its election later this month in Geneva. The State... continued

No Plane in 9/11 Pentagon Crash?

April 3, 2002
The internet is circulating a September 11 conspiracy theory, started by a French book, saying the plane that smashed into the Pentagon never existed and that the destruction of the Pentagon is a U.S. plot. Thierry Meyssan's book ?The Frightening... continued

Dead Water Update

April 3, 2002
Florida agriculture could have caused the dead water discovered by fishermen in January. Nitrogen-rich waters may have flowed from the Shark River after a recent period of above-average rainfall. South Florida had extremely heavy rain by early December, almost two... continued

Patent Granted to Free Energy Device

April 3, 2002
Dr. Thomas E. Bearden, a nuclear engineer and retired Army Lt. Colonel has, for many years, been researching free energy. During the last few years, he and his colleagues have constructed working prototypes of free-energy devices. Four researchers are credited... continued

Iraq Supports Suicide Bombers

April 3, 2002
Andrea Mitchell, the NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent, reports that intelligence sources have told NBC that Saddam Hussein provides money for the families of suicide bombers, which is channeled through the extremist group Hamas. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld... continued

Arabs Use Oil Threat

April 2, 2002
Jordan?s Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher has told the Israeli Ambassador, David Dadonn, that ?if Israel pursues its actions against the Palestinians and does not immediately withdraw, Jordan will take measures.? He also asked the five permanent members of the UN... continued

April Fool!

April 2, 2002
Our April Fools Day stories left some people clueless, outraged others, but gave most of you a big laugh. Newspapers around the world take April 1st seriously, as well. Monday?s news stories included news of a floating department store, a... continued

Update on Cuban Underwater City

April 2, 2002
Cuban geologist Manuel Iturralde says that an examination of rock samples that will be collected in a few months should shed further light on what could be an ancient sunken city deep off Cuba?s coast.?These are extremely peculiar structures ...... continued

U.S. Rivers at Historic Low

April 2, 2002
Rivers in the U.S. fell to historic low levels during the past months. Using U.S. Geological Survey data that tracks the flow of rivers nationwide, researchers have identified 59 points on 57 rivers that reached record low levels in March.... continued