(CNN)Thousands dead. Millions more driven from their homes. A future far from certain. This is the situation in Iraq today. The deep-rooted sectarian divide that resurfaced amid the chaos of Saddam Hussein's downfall created a security vacuum that ultimately allowed extremist militant groups like ISIS to flourish. READ MORE. High stakes for Iraq's future ... Read More. CNN looks at Iraq's bloody crisis up close.. THE CRISIS IN NUMBERS ... Replay....
Ever since the first exoplanet (51 Pegasi b) was discovered in 1995 by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, there has been renewed activity and interest in this field. The Kepler and K2 missions of NASA have identified thousands of planet candidates. Now there are nearly 5,000 planet candidates, and of these, some 3,397 have been confirmed as planets, according to the NASA exoplanet archive ... This unit began taking data in 2012 ... ....
The skeleton of an ancient sea monster discovered more than 50 years ago in Scotland has paleontologists excited over the quantity of bones found and anxious to learn more about the reptile, VOA reported Sunday. Using modern fossil extraction methods, the bones of the sea monster was able to be removed from hard rock. The previously unknown reptile lived in the oceans during the time of the dinosaurs, the report said ... ....
Click here for reuse options!. JournalistAmy Goodman was faced with charges of trespassing that have since been dropped. A North Dakota state prosecutor has sought to charge award-winning journalist Amy Goodman with participating in a "riot" for filming an attack on Native American-led anti-pipeline protesters. The new charge comes after the prosecutor dropped criminal trespassing charges ... The charge in State of North Dakota v....
Author. . Reuters. Sun, 2016-10-16. ID. . 1476560506572314200. GOA, India... Sources familiar with the matter had told Reuters on Friday that a deal was imminent ... “Rosneft is entering one of the most promising and fast-growing world markets,” said Rosneft CEOIgorSechin in a statement, adding that the deal gives it “unique opportunities for synergies” with its existing assets ... Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI BankLtd ... ....
By Douglas Busvine and Denis Pinchuk ... The deal will see Rosneft, along with its partners Trafigura and UnitedCapitalPartners (UCP), pay $10.9 billion for Essar's refining and retail assets ... "Rosneft is entering one of the most promising and fast-growing world markets," said its Chief ExecutiveIgorSechin in a statement, adding that the deal gives it "unique opportunities for synergies" with its existing assets....
(credit. Igor Siwanowicz). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born while Galileo was still alive, and he ended up developing a similar skill in lens making to that of Galileo ... Microscopy remains a mixture of science and art ... Comments ....