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UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Some 380 million years after the first trees grew on Earth, the United Nations today declared 2011 to be the "International Year of Forests," saying that forests and the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihood need to be protected. "Each minute that we spend on this planet breathing in and breathing out, about 25 hectares [62 acres] of forests are lost," Joseph Deiss, president of the U.N. General Assembly, said at the global launch of the event. "Ultimately, as history reminds us, in the past, entire civilizations collapse due to deforestation." There ...
Secret Scientists Claim to Create Rain in Arab Desert
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsA secret scientific program to control the weather has seen artificially created storms rain down on the Middle Eastern desert. Recent reports say Swiss scientists working for the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi last year successfully created 52 rainstorms in a usually arid region of the United Arab Emirates, using secret technology. Most of the storms were created in Al Ain, near Abu Dhabi, during July and August -- the height of summer when conditions are usually parched. Arnd Hemmersbach, Getty Images Two teams navigate through the Rub Al Kali Desert during the Abu Dhabi ...
'Obama's a Muslim,' and the US Has How Many Senators?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 19) -- Much hoopla is accompanying a new poll that found that 18 percent of Americans think President Barack Obama is a Muslim. Meanwhile, an even newer survey, conducted after Obama defended the "ground zero mosque" project, found that the number was even higher: 24 percent. But the fact that only a quarter of the country believes our Christian president is a Muslim actually should be heartening, seeing as on most other domestic political matters, Americans are profoundly more uninformed. Let's look at a few other notable snapshots of American confusion and/or ignorance. Several years ...
Where the World's Millionaires Live: Top 10 Countries
By not in system - AOL News(June 10) -- You can't keep the rich down for long. Global wealth made a remarkable comeback in 2009, increasing by 11.5% to $111.5 trillion. That's according to a new report, The Boston Consulting Group's Global Wealth 2010 Report, released Thursday by Boston Consulting Group. The report breaks down wealth by region and by country, creating a geographic portrait of where the world's wealth is accumulating and at what rate. ...
The Rain in Spain. . .
By David Knowles - Politics Daily. . . falls mainly on McCain. A very strange story coming from the campaign trail last night. From all appearances, it seems that John McCain made an odd gaffe that reinforces the impression that the Arizona Senator is somewhat confused about world geography and geopolitical leaders (Pakistani borders, Sunni vs. Shia). From Sam Stein:Late Wednesday night, news made its way from the other side of the Atlantic that John McCain, in an interview with a Spanish outlet, had made a series of bizarre responses to a question regarding that country's prime minister. "Would you be willing to meet the ...
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