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Thursday, October 30, 2014

International donors pledge $3bn to save shrinking Aral Sea

Leading international donor organisations have pledged $3 billion to help save the shrinking Aral Sea -- the worst man-made ecological catastrophe ever.

NASA Spacecraft's Grave on the Moon Found (Photo)

A NASA spacecraft has spotted the place where one of its brethren slammed into the surface of the moon six months ago. The agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) photographed a new lunar crater that researchers say is the grave of NASA's LADEE probe, which ended its mission with an intentional crash onto the moon's surface on April 18, 2014. LADEE's grave lies about 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) from the eastern rim of the larger Sundman V crater, just 0.2 miles (0.3 km) north of the spot where mission team members predicted the spacecraft would go down based on tracking data, NASA officials said. "I'm happy that the LROC team was able to confirm the LADEE impact point," LADEE project manager Butler Hine, of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, said in a statement.

US rower robbed of food, passport near Haiti

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. man who recently rowed across the Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness about HIV testing has been robbed off Haiti's north coast. Read More http://ift.tt/1tV962j

Vatican: Tourists harming Sistine Chapel frescoes

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says the Sistine Chapel's precious frescoes are starting to turn white from the air pollution caused by so many visitors passing through each day. Read More https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vatican-tourists-harming-sistine-chapel-frescoes-175100353.html

BNN: Pengguna Narkoba Jenis Sabu Mendominasi

Jakarta (Antara) - Kepala Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN) Komjen Pol Anang Iskandar mengatakan dari hasil penangkapan beberapa kasus narkoba selama 2014, pengguna jenis Sabu masih mendominasi atau paling banyak dibanding narkoba jenis lain. "Kecenderungan pengguna narkoba jenis sabu memang naik setiap tahunnya. Ini mungkin karena narkoba jenis lain efeknya terlalu mematikan," kata Anang usai kegiatan sosialisasi di Balai Wartawan Polda Metro Jaya, Jakarta, Kamis. ...

Kriminolog Minta Menkumham Hapus Remisi Koruptor

Pekanbaru (Antara) - Kriminolog dari Universitas Islam Riau Syahrul Akmal Latif meminta Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia (Menkum HAM) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly untuk menghapus rencana remisi bagi narapidana kasus korupsi di seluruh lembaga pemasyarakatan. "Kemudian menyelesaikan kasus-kasus korupsi yang selama ini terus marak terjadi di berbagai wilayah Tanah Air," kata Syahrul kepada Antara di Pekanbaru, Kamis. ...

@Triomacan2000 bantah yang ditangkap admin, tetapi kuasa hukum

MERDEKA.COM. Setelah salah satu admin @Triomacan2000, Edi Saputra (ES) ditangkap dan ditahan karena dugaan pemerasan terhadap pejabat PT Telkom, akun Twitter anonim itu kini masih aktif melontarkan kicauannya. @Triomacan2000 membantah yang ditahan adalah salah satu admin."Lha yang ditahan itu mantan kuasa hukum kami, bukan TM," tulis @Triomacan2000 Kamis (30/10) sore.Pernyataan itu disampaikan @Triomacan2000 untuk menjawab pertanyaan salah satu pengikut, @Harryrachmad, tentang kenapa akun tersebut masih aktif di tengah pemberitaan yang menyebut adminnya ditahan. ...