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Nuclear Power Plants Could Be Targets
September 24, 2001The Nuclear Control Institute has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to immediately activate an emergency plan developed several years ago for protecting nuclear power plants against terrorist attack. NCI President Paul Leventhal spoke with NRC Chairman Richard Meserve on the... continued
Afghan King May Return
September 24, 2001The Frontier Post, a Pakistani newspaper, reports that Russia, India, the Central Asian Republics and Turkey have agreed with United States to annihilate the Taliban and establish a new government in Afghanistan. The question is: Who would head this new... continued
Random Number Generator “Predicted” Attacks
September 24, 2001Since 1998, the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton University has been monitoring the outputs of up to 40 random number generators (RNGs) around the world. Each of these RNGs sends 200 bits of randomly generated data every second to a... continued
X-Class Solar Flare Hurls Coronal Mass Ejection Our Way
September 24, 2001At 5:38 AM EST an X-Class solar flare erupted near sunspot 9632. A radiation storm is now in progress, and is intensifying. Some radio blackouts are possible. The flare also emitted a very large Coronal Mass Ejection into space. This... continued
British May Be In Afghanistan
September 23, 2001The UK Ministry of Defense refuses to discuss reports that a Special Air Service (SAS) Reconnaisance Unit disturbed Taliban soldiers a few miles from Kabul and exchanged fire with them. The Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Times are reporting... continued
US Warning of More Serious Attacks
September 23, 2001Reuters is reporting that Japanese government officials have told the Jiji News Agency in Tokyo that the US has warned its allies of a possible second round of attacks by the end of this week. The next round of attacks... continued
Cropdusters Grounded by FAA
September 23, 2001The National Agricultural Aviation Association announced today that crop dusters were prohibited to fly by order of the FAA on Sunday, September 23. The prohibition continues until 12:05 AM on Monday. For the NAAA announcement, click here. There is serious... continued
Pope in Kazakhstan: Vatican Reports US Says No Strikes During Visit
September 22, 2001Pope John-Paul has arrived in Kazakhstan for a four day visit and Vatican sources are telling the news media that it has been assured that there will be no US military action in the area during this time. Kazakhstan is... continued
Taliban Say No to bin Laden Surrender
September 21, 2001The Taliban Ruling Council today rejected US demands to turn over Osama bin Laden and his associates, opening the way for a threatened American military response. The Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, stated in an Islamabad news... continued
New York Subways May Flood
September 21, 2001Engineers are worried that water from the Hudson river could get into the seven story World Trade Center basement and flood into the underground subway tunnels all over the city. ?It could flood a lot of the underground system of... continued