Preşedintele Comitetului Ştiinţific al ONU îi acuză pe politicieni şi pe scepticii care neagă existenţa încălzirii globale care îi portretizează nedrept pe oamenii de ştiinţă ai instituţiei drept "criminali" prin atacurile repetate din ultima vreme.

Rajendra Pachauri, directorul Comitetului Interguvernamental pentru Schimbari Climatice (IPCC), aflat in subordinea ONU, spune ca politicienii si figurile proeminente care neaga existenta incalzirii globale au adoptat o „noua forma de persecutie” impotriva oamenilor de stiinta ai institutiei care studiaza acest fenomen, scrie The Guardian, in urma gafelor acestora.

Intr-un articol publicat pe site-ul publicatiei mai sus amintite, Pachauri i-a luat in vizor pe cei aflati „in pozitii de putere si de responsabilitate” pentru ca incearca sa-i portretizeze pe „oamenii de stiinta devotati drept criminali ai schimbarilor de climat”. „Sincer, sper ca nu suntem martorii unei noi forme de persecutie a celor care sfideaza ignoranta conventionala si platesc un pret foarte ridicat pentru crezurile lor stiintifice autorizate”.

Romanii ar vota, intr-o majoritate covarsitoare, pentru pedeapsa cu moartea, precum si pentru pedepsirea penala a celor care critica religia ortodoxa, releva un studiu realizat de CCSB pentru Asociatia ProDemocratia (APD) si citat de Mediafax. Totodata, potrivit cercetarii, majoritatea romanilor se declara pentru retragerea cetateniei romilor infractori sau a cetatenilor care cer autonomia tinutului secuiesc. 

Astfel, in cazul in care ar fi consultati printr-un referendum:  

• 91% dintre cetateni ar alege reintroducerea pedepsei cu moartea
• 94% dintre romani ar opta pentru retragerea cetateniei romilor care comit infractiuni in strainatate
• 89% dintre cetateni ar opta pentru retragerea cetateniei celor care cer autonomia tinutului secuiesc
• 88% dintre romani ar vota pentru pedepsirea penala a celor care critica religia ortodoxa

A boat constructed from over 12,000 bottles has set sail on a 11,000 mile journey from San Francisco to Sydney.

The Plastiki catamaran was the brainchild of David de Rothschild who hopes the voyage will make people awarene of pollution in the world's oceans.

Along with his four crew, De Rothschild will sail from San Francisco to Sydney highlighting the sea waste - particularly plastic debris - they encounter.

Cocaine is cheaper than a cup of coffee in a London restaurant, authors of the parliamentary report made to estimate the government’s struggle against the import of heavy drugs in the country said. The price of one done reaches 2 pounds sterling, which means that the price of one gram of cocaine has lost 50 percent of its value during the recent decade.

Deputies of the British government believe that the measures, which the government takes to struggle against the import of heavy drugs, are dismally inadequate, The Daily Mail wrote. The drug is still available in the streets, and the cost of cocaine dropped during the recent ten years from 80 to 40 pounds per one gram.

For comparison, a cup of coffee may cost from two to eight pounds in London. A glass of the cheapest wine or beer costs at least 3.5 pounds.

The price on cocaine could drop against the background of its worsening quality, experts say. The drug may often be mixed with other substances, such as painkillers or even anthelminthic drugs.

Donna Simpson, 42, of Old Bridge, N.J., already tips the scales at 600 pounds but says she won’t be satisfied until she’s porked herself up to 1,000 - to grab the title of world’s fattest woman, the London Dail Mail reported.

That’s why she’s gone on a junkfood jihad. But Simpson has given herself two years to hit the millennium mark. She earns her chow bucks - a whopping 750 clams a week - with a Web site where men pay her to watch her eat fast food.

“I love eating and people love watching me eat,” Simpson said. “It makes people happy, and I’m not harming anyone.”