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...scientists and nuclear engineers on a top-secret mission to remove a potential nuclear bomb from the country. Around 40 lb. (18 kg) of highly enriched uranium (HEU) - with enough latent energy to destroy a portion of a city - had already been inventoried, secured and made ready for transport to a highly secure facility in the U.S. Running ahead of schedule, Bieniawski had taken his team out for dinner with Chilean nuclear agency officials before heading to bed. Then the big one hit. (See pictures from the Chilean earthquake...
...There are still a few things the U.S. can learn from Japan. One is its commitment to energy-efficient public transport. Anyone who sniffs at Obama's plan for high-speed railways should have joined me on the glide back to Tokyo. But the main lesson Japan can offer the U.S. today has nothing to do with rapid progress. It concerns the perils of inaction. (See pictures of Japan in the 1980s and today...
News of the Infantino recall is further stratifying moms into two camps: sling-wearers and those who just don't get the whole sling thing. The decision to use a baby carrier - or merely to carry the baby - is a lifestyle choice, and baby-wearers fiercely defend their baby-transport method of choice. For many moms, it's a personal statement. Sling aficionados insist they're safe as long as you pick a good one, follow the instructions and constantly check your baby's position. This piece of baby gear is frequently used by a certain type of parent...
...million customers in 2000 to more than 100 million today. But passenger complaints have spiked in recent years, too. Since 2005, Ryanair's complaints have increased by 70% and easyJet's are up by a third, according to a report released earlier this month by the London-based Air Transport Users' Council (AUC). Ryanair, in particular, has been derided for its penny-pinching ways - O'Leary even suggested last year that he may start charging passengers to use the toilets on planes. (See 50 essential travel tips...
...Israeli blockade on the Strip. Smuggled goods have become the Palestinian territory's only lifeline outside of aid and a valuable source of income to Sinai's marginalized Bedouin. But from a security standpoint, the trade is a round-the-clock law-and-order concern - particularly guarding against the transport of weapons and persons - and one that Mwafi says yields daily intercepts and arrests. "We are always in a situation because we are near Gaza and Israel," says a local official, referring to the constant police run-ins with smugglers and criminals as "accidents." (See "Egypt's Crackdown: When...