Weather updates

First post about weather on this blog.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gene continues its trek through the South Pacific islands of Fiji and Vanuatu. Having already killed at least six people in Fiji, Gene continues to threaten the eastern Vanuatu and New Caledonia islands. It is now forecast to weaken, however.
Meanwhile, in China, record snowfall has cost [...]

Afghanistan and Iraq dominate the headlines

Once again, as once was in 2003, Afghanistan and Iraq dominate today’s headlines. First to Afghanistan, where the United States Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has asked Germany to contribute more combat troops for the battle in Afghanistan. The BBC cites a German newspaper which describes Secretary Gates’ letter to German Federal Minister of Defence [...]

First post-Edwards debate for Dems

The Democrats today held their first post-John Edwards debate, a straight one-on-one between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. While the analysts, commentators, bloggers and journalists get to work around the United States analysing the contents of the debate. Here’s a quick look.
CNN’s take on it is that the two managed to avoid attacking each [...]

BBC reports new mammal discovery

(Image: BBC News)
A new species of mammal has been discovered in the mountains of Tanzania, scientists report.The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi.The cat-sized animal, which is reported in the Journal of Zoology, looks like a cross between a miniature antelope and a small ant eater.
It has [...]

31 January 2008 – review

The fallout from the Florida primaries continue. As we all know by now, Republican former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Democrat former North Carolina Senator John Edwards have both pulled out from the race, leaving just Romney, McCain and Huckabee on the Republican side and Clinton and Obama on the Democrats as the front-runners [...]