Nuclear bombs REALLY are safe: Astonishing video from 1957 shows Air Force volunteers exposing themselves to RADIATION during atomic test 

By Daniel Bates

PUBLISHED: 16:24 GMT, 18 July 2012 | UPDATED:…

Kim Dotcom judge quits after calling US 'the enemy'

Published: 18 July, 2012, 18:38

New Zealand Judge David Harvey has stepped down from the Kim Dotcom trial after making remarks that could cast doubt on his impartiality. Harvey was to oversee the extradition case against the internet entrepreneur, who is wanted by the…

Tourist terror: At least six Israelis killed in Bulgaria bus bomb attack (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published: 18 July, 2012, 19:42

Edited: 18 July, 2012, 22:47

The Israeli Prime Minister claims Iran is behind the Bulgarian airport bus bombing which, according to Haaretz daily, killed at least six…

Kenyans WERE tortured under our rule, says UK: Lawyer's admission as three Mau Mau survivors tell of horror

• Thought to be first public declaration by Government that brutality occurred
• Admission comes as three elderly Kenyans seeks damages in the High Court…

HSBC let drug gangs launder millions: First Barclays, now Britain's biggest bank is shamed - and faces a £640million fine

• HSBC moved huge sum from Mexico into the U.S. between 2007 and 2008
• Provided services for Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank linked to financing terrorism
• Senate…

Tornadoes in Poland kill one, injure 10

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A FREAK wave of summer tornadoes has struck northern and western Poland, killing at least one person and injuring another 10 people.

An area around Bory Tucholskie forest, a national park and popular tourist destination, was hit by a twister between 800 and 1000 metres wide.

More than 400…

After the flood: Officials fight deluge of 'man-made' Internet conspiracies

Published: 08 July, 2012, 16:26

Edited: 09 July, 2012, 15:42

As authorities struggle with the aftermath of a massive flood which killed over 170 in Russia’s south, conspiracy theories on the deluge’s nature are popping up all over the Internet, provoking heated debates and forcing officials to…

Terrible legacy of a decade of war: 500 troops a month seek mental help as endless fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq takes its toll

• New study reveals impact of conflicts on UK's hard-pressed Armed Forces
• 1,472 new cases of troops needing treatment in first three months of 2012…

Northeast India floods kill 121, displace 6  million                                           

Six million people have been displace and 121  have been killed in one of the worst floods in decades in India's northeast.  Meanwhile this year, the monsoon rainfall is running at 31 percent below the  normal annual average.

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Post-apocalyptic Krymsk: Russia’s southern city destroyed by flood (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published: 08 July, 2012, 07:29

Almost everyone in Krymsk was caught by surprise when devastating flood waters hit the town. In an instant homes, cars and gardens were swept away by a five-meter high wave as the nearby Adagum River turned into a roaring…

Anti-Obama reporter says he's being watched by drones

Published: 06 July, 2012, 20:22

Journalist Joseph Farah says the aircraft he saw hover above his rural Northern Virginia home recently was a government surveillance drone, and he believes the unwelcome visit was just a step in the Obama administration’s war against…

Fracking causes rumbles in California

Published: 06 July, 2012, 01:39

California is one of the largest oil and gas producing states in the US. As the Golden State cashes in on the boom, the oil and gas industry is increasingly using fracking.

Last year about a quarter of all the oil and gas…

Hong Kong customs officers claim their biggest ever single drug bust after uncovering  $98m worth of cocaine

• Huge 649kg haul beats previous largest in city by nearly 100kg
• Record-breaking shipment came from Ecuador and was bound for Southeast Asia or China…

'Bye-bye miss American pie': US pilot mock-sings as missile hits target (VIDEO)

Published: 06 July, 2012, 17:14

In the latest uproar surrounding American troops in Afghanistan, video has been released of an American pilot singing an impromptu rendition of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ at the exact moment a rocket strikes Afghans on the ground.

The…

Britain blanketed: Roads turn to rivers and flood warnings across the country as month's worth of rain set to fall in a day

• Environment Agency extends flood alerts to 98 and issues five full warnings
• Yorkshire, the North East, the Midlands and East Anglia are worst-hit
• Experts say risk of…

Confirmed: CERN discovers new particle likely to be the Higgs boson (VIDEO)

Published: 04 July, 2012, 11:58

Edited: 04 July, 2012, 20:01

Two teams of scientists at CERN have confirmed the discovery of a new subatomic particle, which may well be the elusive Higgs boson, also known as “the God particle”.

­"I can…

Sea levels 'will continue rising' regardless of greenhouse gas treaties, warn scientists

• Heat mixed into deeper layers of ocean will cause continued rises
• Measures to limit rise will not work until after 2100
• Sea levels may continue to rise for 'hundreds of years'…

Fire in the sky: Burning meteorite trail lights up Australian sky for 20 minutes after rock plunges into the sea

By Rob Waugh

PUBLISHED: 11:02 GMT, 2 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:50 GMT, 2 July…

Pilotless fighter will fly over UK from 2013 - and robot plane could lead to passenger aircraft with no one at the controls

• Robot fighter is bigger than drone
  
  
• Can stay airborne for 24 hours with no human on board
• Technology could be used for pilotless passenger aircraft…

6.4 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGS

AFPUpdated June 18, 2012, 8:01 am