News Headlines - 10 March 2014
For three days, relatives awaiting word on the vanished Malaysia Airlines jet have endured a cruel roller coaster of emotions.
First came the shock. Then, with each development that has emerged, they have careened between hope and despair. But by Monday, the predominant emotion was anger.
Two passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight to Beijing were travelling on false passports, once belonging to an Italian and an Austrian national, and stolen some years ago in Thailand. Although we do not know whether there is any link between this and the loss of the plane, it is a disturbing discovery, nonetheless. All the more so, it must be said, when those familiar with travel in the Far East say it is commonplace for illegal migrants to move around on documentation that is not their own. Given the scale upon which we know such movements of people take place, it must therefore be a very common phenomenon, indeed. And the potential opportunities for terrorism are obvious.
▽North Korea elections: Kim Jong-un wins 100% of the vote - Asia - World - The Independent
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been unanimously re-elected to the country’s parliament after every single eligible person in his constituency turned out to vote – with only his name on the ballot paper.
▽Colorado raises $3.5M in first month of marijuana taxes
The first tax figures for the first state in the nation to legalize retail marijuana shows the drug brought in $3.5 million in taxes and fees in January.
Of that, $2.1 million came from recreational marijuana and the remaining $1.4 million from medical marijuana.
▽Co-Author of Stem-Cell Paper Asks for Retraction - WSJ.com
A scientist involved in attention-getting experiments that described a surprisingly easy way to make stem cells in the laboratory wants the studies to be retracted, citing "crucial mistakes" in the research.
