2019-03-01
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Frankenfood Juggernaut Rolls On
October 23, 2001Genetically 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, 2001Dozens 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, 2001Women 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, 2001DNA 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, 2001Archeologists 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, 2001The 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, 2001An 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, 2001Leroy 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, 2001Colin 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, 2001A 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