300,000 Birds Swarm Over Denmark At Once (VIDEO)
Have you ever seen 300,000 birds move at once? Buzzfeed posted this video of a massive flock of starlings swarming together over an unspecified area i...
Have you ever seen 300,000 birds move at once? Buzzfeed posted this video of a massive flock of starlings swarming together over an unspecified area i...
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.05.2009 | Home
Producer John Larson reports from Copenhagen, Denmark on how changing lifestyles, taxing energy and subsidizing alternative technologies have reduced ...
AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
COPENHAGEN — A few pen strokes thrust Kurt Westergaard into the midst of an international crisis, exposing him to death threats and an alleged a...
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
OSLO — A man has been arrested in Norway trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them under his clothes.
Customs agent Helge Breilid said Monday the 22-year-old Norwegian citizen was apprehended in the southern town of Kristiansand after getting off a ferry from Hirtshals, Denmark. He said the man had 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos under his clothes.
Breilid said the non-venomous snakes – the smallest species in the python family – were hidden in stockings duct-taped to the man's abdomen. The geckos were in boxes taped to his thighs.
Customs officials found the reptiles, which are not endangered, Sunday during a search following the discovery of a tarantula in one of the man's bags.
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
SEATTLE — The United States has to take a strong role if the world hopes to deal with global warming, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
"All the world is now looking to the leadership of the United States and President Obama," Ban said in an interview Sunday with The Seattle Times.
Ban is making a two-day visit to Seattle as part of a trip to call attention to global issues such as climate change and to promote the U.N. to the American public. He was to receive an honorary degree from the University of Washington on Monday, after meeting earlier in the day with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda.
Ban has been pressing nations to commit to firm emission limits when they meet in December in Copenhagen, Denmark, to work out a new treaty to slow global warming, replacing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on carbon dioxide emissions. The meeting has been billed as a last chance to avoid the impact of global warming.
This week, the Senate environment committee will take up its version of a global warming bill. The legislation would cut greenhouse gases by about 80 percent by 2050 and require more domestic energy to come from renewable sources.
AllAboutElectric | AllCarsElectric | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home
Here's a frightening scene from the streets of Denmark submitted to Autopia by reader, Lars H. A Tesla Roadster was involved in a three-way...
AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is having some fun at the expense of those who criticized him for trying to help his Chicago hometown land the...
AP | STUART CONDIE | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
— Switzerland and Slovakia earned Europe's final two automatic berths for next year's World Cup on Wednesday night, while Argentina tried to beat out Uruguay and Ecuador for South America's last certain spot in the 32-nation field.
Costa Rica played at the United States, which clinched its sixth straight berth last weekend, and the Ticos hoped to stay ahead of Honduras and gain the final automatic place from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Portugal, Greece, Slovenia and Ukraine finished second in their groups and joined Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Ireland and Russia in the European playoffs. They will be drawn into four pairs on Monday, and the winners of home-and-home, total-goals matches on Nov. 14 and 18 will qualify for next year's 32-nation field.
By the end of Wednesday, 23 of the 32 nations will have been determined for next year's tournament in South Africa.
In addition to the U.S., Mexico had ensured a berth in CONCACAF, while Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia and Spain had clinched automatic berths in Europe. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay had earned berths from South America, and Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea won Asia's spots. Ghana and Ivory Coast joined host South Africa, which qualified automatically as host.
Laura Rogers | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
Denmark's ban on the routine use of antibiotics on food animal farms is a success. The United States has an effective model to draw upon when it comes to protecting public health.
NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home
"Hamlet" opened on Broadway on Tuesday, starring Jude Law as the tragic prince of Denmark. The critics, bless their little hearts, apparently ...
NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home
"Hamlet" opened on Broadway on Tuesday, starring Jude Law as the tragic prince of Denmark. The critics, bless their little hearts, apparently ...
AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books
COPENHAGEN — Denmark's military chief of staff said Sunday he will resign to restore the public's confidence in the country's defense, an appare...
Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.
Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.
AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's decision to fly to Denmark to support Chicago's Olympics bid elevates the Games to an issue of national im...
AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home
For a city that has never held an Olympics, Copenhagen will become an Olympic capital of sorts next week when it hosts an international meeting to decide the site for the 2016 Summer Games.
Thousands of people – including government leaders, heads of state, royalty, sport officials, athletes, sponsors and media – are expected to attend the International Olympic Committee meetings from Oct. 1-9.
"On some days, it's going to be crowded," said Niels Nygaard, president of Denmark's national Olympic committee.
The main focus will be the vote for the 2016 host city on Oct. 2. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are locked in a tight contest that could be decided by just a few votes.
Each candidate is bringing a high-power delegation to impress IOC voters.
AP | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home
Switzerland and the United States have signed a treaty to increase the amount of tax information they share to help crack down on tax evasion, Swiss officials said Wednesday.
The agreement follows a model set out by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development designed to make it harder for taxpayers to hide money in offshore tax havens.
U.S. tax authorities will be able to request information on Americans suspected of concealing Swiss bank accounts, the Swiss Finance Ministry said.
The treaty forbids so-called 'fishing expeditions,' meaning U.S. authorities have to provide specific details on the person they are seeking further information about and can't simply ask for wholesale lists of Americans with Swiss accounts, the ministry said.
The agreement, which comes into force immediately, won't be retroactive.
globalpost.com | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- When she was 11, a Swedish-born girl was taken on vacation to her mother's native Somalia. The mother wanted to "make her daughte...
AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media
COPENHAGEN — A Danish newspaper on Wednesday printed the content of a book by a former special forces soldier that the military has been trying ...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.15.2009 | World
COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Denmark's tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Sca...
AP | Posted 09.15.2009 | Technology
COPENHAGEN -- Denmark's tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandina...
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
Yale University Press has refused to include a one-page replica of the controversial Danish cartoons of Prophet Muhammed amid fears of a backlash, rep...
nytimes.com | MATTHEW SALTMARSH and CATHERINE CONTIGUGLIA | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
PARIS - Iraqi refugees who were arrested this week in Denmark, setting off a violent confrontation between their supporters and the police that was ca...
Don McNay | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business
As we look at life after the financial crisis, we need to turn traditional thinking on its head. Picking up a copy of Chris Anderson's Free is a good place to start.
Posted 11.08.2009 | Green