- President Obama has nominated Army chief of staff Gen. Martin Dempsey as the new Joint Chiefs Chairman, replacing outgoing Adm. Mike Mullen.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany will phase out all nuclear power plants over the next ten years and says the world can follow Germany's example.
- The US has recalled its top human rights official in Bahrain after threats and ethnic slurs appeared in that country's official newspapers.
- Japan faces another debt rating downgrade amidst growing calls for Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign as he faces a vote of no confidence.
- How good are US scientists at technical writing? Two scientists want to improve the country's skills at penning papers.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
No comments:
Post a Comment