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Frankenfood Juggernaut Rolls On

October 23, 2001
Genetically modified crops are expanding worldwide, with total area planted expected to reach 50 million hectares this year. The total area planted in GM crops this year is 10 percent higher than last year, according to a global survey made... continued

Major UFO Sighting in Suriname

October 23, 2001
Dozens of people in the South American country of Suriname have reported seeing a UFO near the capital. Police, military and air traffic control officials said they received reports of a brightly lit white object that flew back and forth... continued

Breast Cancer on the Night Shift

October 23, 2001
Women who work night shifts may have a 60 percent greater risk of breast cancer. This finding may be due to the body?s response to light, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle. A gland... continued

Remains of Apostle Luke Found

October 23, 2001
DNA tests that have been done on what is said to be Saint Luke?s body have produced evidence that it may really be the physician who followed the apostle Paul on his missionary journeys and wrote one of the gospels,... continued

Temple of Ishtar Discovered

October 23, 2001
Archeologists in Iraq have uncovered a temple dedicated to the goddess Ishtar in the ancient city of Babylon, 56 miles south of Baghdad. Ishtar was the goddess of love in Babylonia and Assyria. Under various names, the cult of the... continued

Hawking Warns of Doomsday as IBM Plans Super-Intelligent Computers

October 22, 2001
The human race is likely to be wiped out by a doomsday virus before this millennium is over unless we set up colonies in space, Stephen Hawking warns. He says that biology, rather than physics, presents the biggest challenge to... continued

The Women of Afghanistan Fight Back, Part II

October 22, 2001
An Unknowncountry.com reader send us this reply from RAWA, the Afghan feminist organization in Pakistan: ?Dear friend: ?We are so touched and impressed by your kind and supportive emails. All of your emails are so meaningful to us and they... continued

The Anthrax Attack: What Kind and Where Does It Come From?

October 22, 2001
Leroy Richmond, age 57, who works in the District of Columbia post office, has come down with inhaled anthrax and is seriously ill. Another worker has been diagnosed with the inhaled form of the disease. Richmond works in the main... continued

The Dangers of Winter War in Afghanistan

October 22, 2001
Colin Powell recently announced that we expect to have completed our mission and be out of Afghanistan before the winter. This may be a veiled threat to the Taliban that they should not try to wait us out, because if... continued

X-1 Class Solar Flare Erupts

October 19, 2001
A powerful X-1 Class solar flare has erupted out of sunspot area 9661 early on October 19. It triggered strong radio blackouts across Asia. The sun experienced an expected shift of its polarity on February 15. Afterward, it was expected... continued