Universe Today, “The White House is Briefed: Phoenix About to Announce ‘Potential For Life’ on Mars”
It would appear that the US President has been briefed by Phoenix scientists about the discovery of something more “provocative” than the discovery of water existing on the Martian surface. This news comes just as the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) confirmed experimental evidence for the existence of water in the Mars regolith on Thursday. Whilst NASA scientists are not claiming that life once existed on the Red Planet’s surface, new data appears to indicate the “potential for life” more conclusively than the TEGA water results. Apparently these new results are being kept under wraps until further, more detailed analysis can be carried out, but we are assured that this announcement will be huge…
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FOXNews, “Iran Remains Defiant in Face of Sanctions Threat”
Iran doesn’t seem fazed by the West’s looming threat of sanctions. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that his country wouldn’t retreat “one iota” from its nuclear enrichment program, Reuters reported based on a statement posted on the presidential Web site.
Ahmadinejad’s statement, which echoed prior statements on the impasse, was issued following a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Iran’s closest allies in the Arab world.
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World Tribune, Pat Dollard, “Iraq has increased police force by 200,000 since 2006”
BAGHDAD — Iraq has nearly doubled its police force to nearly 300,000 officers.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry under Jawad Bolani said that more than 200,000 police officers were hired since 2006. The ministry said police have taken security responsibility in 10 provinces.
“These steps have not come without great sacrifice,” Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s operations director, said. “We have had 10,000 police officers killed or injured trying to bring peace to our communities.”
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