by Marcin Michniowski | Dec 4, 2013 | Monitor
Ethiopia hailed as ‘African lion’ with fastest creation of millionaires David Smith / The Guardian Michael Buerk’s famished Ethiopia of 1984 has become a nation achieving 93% GDP growth in six years. US Trade Deficit Drops To $40.6...
by Galen Petruso | Oct 25, 2012 | Monitor
October 25 2012 Fighting rages in Syria before Brahimi’s truce Khaled Yacoub Oweis/Reuters Despite encouragement from China and Iran for all sides to respect a proposed ceasefire over the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Syrian forces have escalated operations...
by Ashley Boyle | Aug 22, 2012 | Monitor
In the wake of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s unexpected death on August 20, 2012, there has been much speculation as to the effects his loss will have on regional security and stability in the Horn of Africa. Zenawi was a controversial leader, evolving from...
by David Axe | Aug 13, 2012 | Monitor
An MQ-9 Reaper in Iraq in 2008. Photo: Air Force More secret bases. More and better unmanned warplanes. More frequent and deadly robotic attacks. Some five years after a U.S. Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flew the type’s first mission over lawless Somalia,...
by Prachi Naik | Jul 13, 2012 | Monitor
World’s most powerful laser fires most powerful laser blast ever Fox News The National Ignition Facility (NIF), based in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, achieved a historical milestone on the road to commercializing fusion energy. On July 5, NIF delivered...