North Korea, reiterating that it considered the Korean Peninsula back in “a state of war,” threatened Saturday to shut down a factory complex it jointly operates with South Korea that stands as the last significant symbol of cooperation.South KoreaNorth KoreaThe industrial park, the eight-year-old Kaesong complex in the North Korean border town of the same name, is a crucial source of badly needed cash for the heavily sanctioned North....
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Friday, 29 March 2013
1ChainlocksA chainlock (also known as “smiley”) is as simple as an improvised weapon can get. It has precisely two parts: One heavy piece of metal (usually a large padlock) and a length of cloth or chain it is tied to. The weapon is operated by swinging it at the enemy like a medieval morning star (a club with a spiked ball attached on a chain). Although it is technically classified as a non-lethal weapon, a properly constructed chainlock...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
1Gerry ConlonGerry Conlon is one of the most famous wrongfully-convicted men in the world, having been part of the Guilford Four and Maguire Seven who were falsely imprisoned for an Irish Republican Army bombing in England in 1974.At the time, Conlon was twenty years old. He was arrested in connection with the bombing of a pub in the town of Guilford, which had killed five people—arrested in spite of the fact that he had never even been to that...
Friday, 15 March 2013
The ground is great because it’s there. Of all the fears and uncertainties life throws at us, one thing we can always count on is the ground being exactly where it was yesterday. So when you peek out your front window one morning and see a yawning pit where you used to have a lawn—or neighbors—it can be a bit unsettling. Well, welcome to the lives of these people.10Waterloo, IllinoisOn March 8, 2013, Mark Mihal was enjoying a round of golf with some...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Habemus Papam! This Latin phrase meaning “we have a pope”—uttered by the Cardinal Protodeacon upon the elevation of a new supreme pontiff—has again rung out against the white smoke of the Sistine Chapel chimney in Rome. After two days of voting, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope and he has taken Pope Francis as his regnal title. This list looks at ten fascinating facts about the new...
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