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An asteroid, called Apophis 99942 (Apophis was an evil Egyptian god) was discovered in 2004.
This asteroid is interesting to many astronomers. Trajectory calculations show that in 2029 Apophis will fly only 30,000 to 40,000 km from the Earth.
The asteroid won’t hit the Earth, but planet’s gravity will affect its trajectory and in 2035 Apophis will probably hit the our planet. That is the biggest danger for us in past 200 years. Even if asteroid will flies a safe distance away from Earth, it can be bad for our planet.
Apophis isn’t very big. Its diameter is only 390 meters, but when it hits the Earth, there will be an explosion 100,000 times bigger than the Hiroshima’s atomic bomb.
It would be even more dangerous if Apophis falls into the ocean. A huge tsunami would destroy many populated coasts. Scientists suggest thinking about Earth’s protection. There are plans to send a spaceship with a navigation system into the asteroid and watch its orbit.
A FIREMAN doused himself in petrol and set himself ablaze in front of shocked colleagues after seeing his soldier son off to Iraq, an inquest heard.
Depressed Timothy Tasane, 46, rang his son minutes before he set himself alight and told him he was “going away and that he had had enough”.
Colleagues at Northallerton fire station, North Yorks, desperately tried to put out the flames but he died the next day.
Son Ben told the city’s coroner’s court: “When he put me on the train, he was sobbing. I’d never seen him like that.”
Verdict: Suicide.
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Iran has issued more than a thousand warnings and arrested dozens in a new drive aimed at forcing women whose dress is deemed inappropriate to adhere to Islamic dress rules, officials said Sunday.
The nationwide drive — an annual pre-summer crackdown given greater prominence this year — is aimed primarily at women whose coats are seen as too tight, trousers excessively short or hejabs (headscarves) overly loose.
It foresees handing out warnings and guidance to women found to have infringed its dress code in public. Those who show resistance to change can be arrested and then be the subject of legal proceedings.
“Since the plan started at 10:00 am on Saturday, 1,347 women have been warned and given Islamic guidance,” the head of information at Tehran city’s police force, Mehdi Ahmadi, told AFP.
“There were 170 arrests. Of these, 58 were released after making a written commitment and rectifying their appearance. The cases of the rest, who already had a record, were handed over to the judiciary,” he said.
Iranian newspapers printed pictures of women in tight and colourful clothing being given warnings on Tehran’s streets by female police officers dressed in chadors as the crackdown got underway on Saturday.
Twenty shops selling inappropriate clothing were also closed down, Ahmadi said.
The programme was aimed at “improving the security of society with an approach of moral security,” he added.
“Its duration depends on when society feels that there are no longer signs of short trousers, tight mantos (coats), tight clothing and very skimpy hejabs.”
The authorities have argued the “bad hejab” drive is aimed at encouraging women to dress in line with Islamic dress code and it appeared the emphasis is more on handing out warnings than detaining offenders.
Conservatives have applauded the new crackdown as necessary to preserve public morals as women in Tehran increasingly push the boundaries over what is permissible to wear in public.
When the conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president in June 2005 there were expectations that the authorities would clamp down firmly on women’s dress in public.
However the situation has not changed and past attempts to bring women into line have petered out after a few weeks.
An editorial in the hardline daily Kayhan said that police were right to ignore the wishes of those who favoured a more softly-softly approach.
“Do not worry, the people support you (the police). The man who sees the robbers of his family’s chastity laughing in his face, the family that despairs over the drug addiction of their child… they are with you,” it said.
Women in Iran are obliged by law to wear the hejab and a full length overcoat that covers all bodily contours. Visiting foreigners and religious minorities are not exempted.
Mohammad Taghi Rahbar, a member of the culture committee of the Iranian parliament, was quoted by the Etemad newspaper as saying a harder line towards female dress was long overdue.
“The current situation is shameful for an Islamic government. A man who sees these models on the streets will pay no attention to his wife at home, destroying the foundation of the family,” he warned.
The Tehran police spokesman warned that men were not exempt from the crackdown.
Ahmadi said officers would also target men sporting clothes deemed too tight or hairstyles deemed too extravagant.
A bomb threat made against the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday is being investigated as a potential hoax, New York police said.
The threat was made in a call to emergency phone line 911, said Paul Browne, New York Police Department’s chief spokesman, and security at the United Nations was increased as a precaution.
“It was some sort of threat claiming that there would be a bomb delivered in a vehicle at 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). Some precautionary steps were taken and we’re investigating it as a potential hoax,” Browne told Reuters.
The threat became public several hours after the 10 a.m. deadline passed, but security was tight. The building was not evacuated and has remained open to the public.
Article Source: Reuters
