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4 hours ago · Summary. British Airways flight 149 unknowingly flew into a potential war zone before landing in Kuwait on August 1, 1990. Passengers and crew were held hostage, mistreated, and starved during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, with some used as human shields. Hostages were eventually released in December after Operation Desert Storm drove Saddam ...
4 hours ago · Approach to Energy Anthropology. I approach energy anthropology as a scholar-practitioner, applying anthropological theory in practice and using practitioner experience to expand anthropological perspectives on critical issues (Wasson, Butler, and Copeland-Carson 2012b).
1 day ago · Depleted uranium ( DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235 U than natural uranium. [2] Natural uranium contains about 0.72% 235 U, while the DU used by the U.S. Department of Defense contains 0.3% 235 U or less. The less radioactive and non-fissile 238 U ...
4 hours ago · In the grim aftermath of the ’83 riots, the Navaratnams migrated to Australia, following the exodus of many Tamil families from all over the island. The silver screens of Colombo lost their glow. However, the third son of the Navaratnam family held on to the charred building. “I never left Slave Island.
4 hours ago · Oil producer Shell Plc completed the evacuation of workers from its Perdido production platform in the U.S.-regulated Gulf of Mexico ahead of the approach of the storm, the company said on Friday ...
1 day ago · Dutch Fokker T.VIIIs that escaped to Britain following the fall of france in 1940, forming the backbone of No.320 (Netherlands) Sqn. RAF, Coastal command, the units operated from south wales performing Convoy escort, Anti Submarine and Maritime Patrol duties. They were armed with 2 x 7.92mm Machine guns and up to 600 Kg of bombs. Late 298 (BR 1.3)
7 hours ago · Under Ohio’s permissive fireworks law that took effect that year, less-powerful consumer-grade fireworks — known in the U.S. as 1.4G fireworks — can be set off on private property by adults, but only on certain days: New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Chinese New Year’s Day, which falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.
