Weeks before in Tunisia, and now in Egypt – as if a strong wind of revolutions is sweeping through the Arab World one after the other. In fact, people are tired now to see the same faces for the last 25/30 years. Such mass movement is no surprise (at all). This had to come one […]
WASHINGTON — Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.
Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 such flashes occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected. (more…)
Russia is ready to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt at its own expense, to manage the plant, and even find markets for the electricity. Early next year Egypt is expected to announce a tender for the construction of nuclear power plant with the capacity of 1 GW 150 km from Alexandria. Russia’s Rosatom will participate in the tender.
A meeting of Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific-technical cooperation was held on Monday. From the Russian side it was chaired by the Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko. (more…)
Female circumcision or female genital mutilation is common in many countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
However, ‘breast ironing’ is some kind of new addition to this ‘ill- and evil’ practice.
