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Israel: Benjamin Natanyahu renews speculation over military action against Iran PDF Print E-mail



Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed speculation that he is considering military action against Iran after he was accused of attempting to appoint a pro-war officer as head of the Israeli air force.

Mr Netanyahu's reported interference in the military appointments system has prompted a political backlash in Israel  Photo: AP

By Adrian Blomfield, Jerusalem

6:31PM GMT 23 Jan 2012

The Israeli prime minister riled senior commanders by advancing the candidacy of his military secretary, Maj Gen Yihanan Locker, for the post after the present commander signalled his desire to retire.



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Massive Damage as Severe Weather, Tornadoes Slam US Southeast; 2 dead , at least 400 homes destroyed PDF Print E-mail

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 6:51 PM EST, Mon January 23, 2012

Deadly storms, tornadoes rip through Southeast

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

     NEW: National Weather Service confirms tornadoes in Arkansas, Alabama
     NEW: 12,300 customers remain without power statewide, Alabama Power
says
     Mississippi and Arkansas each report one injury
     Alabama EMA director: Damage not as bad as that seen last year

Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) -- Severe weather tore across the Southeast
early Monday, killing at least two people, injuring more than 100 and
spreading damage through several states, emergency officials said.



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Strong Earthquake, 40 aftershocks hits northeast Iran, 100 injured PDF Print E-mail

TEHRAN | Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:32pm EST

(Reuters) - About 100 people were injured when an earthquake measuring
5.5 on the Richter scale hit northeastern Iran on Thursday, state
television reported.

The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 4:05 p.m., was 10 km (6
miles) outside the city of Neyshabur, some 70 km from the holy city of
Mashhad, the official IRNA news agency said.



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Radioactive material stolen from Egyptian nuclear power station PDF Print E-mail

Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on
Egypt's Mediterranean coast that was the site of violent protests last
week, state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday.

6:19AM GMT 19 Jan 2012
The Telegraph UK

A safe containing radioactive material at the Dabaa nuclear power plant
was seized while another safe containing radioactive material was broken
open and part of its contents taken, the newspaper said.



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NASA: Sun releases massive coronal radiation blast at Earth PDF Print E-mail

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

NASA satellites detected the Sun unleashing a massive blast at Earth on
Thursday.

The Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), a solar blast of highly-energetic
particles, is expected to arrive at Earth on Saturday, likely sparking
bright Northern Lights and potentially disrupting some communications. A
"Long Duration M3.2 Class Solar Flare" started at 8:42 a.m. ET, on
Thursday, according to the space agency and released the blast now
traveling towards Earth at 630 miles per second.



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