Total Eclipse

By: Vaughn Ververs
Topics: In The News

(AP Photo/NASA)

The mystery surrounding claims of a nuclear test blast by the North Korean government continues to have most of the rest of the world scrambling around to try and discover exactly what the explosion was – and what it means. It's also been a stark reminder that North Korea exists in such total isolation that it may as well be located on the dark side of the moon. How isolated? Check out this satellite image, released by the Pentagon yesterday. From London's Daily Mail:

As the world grapples with how to rein in the "axis of evil" state which this week conducted a nuclear test, this spectacular satellite photo unveiled yesterday by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows in stark detail the haves and have-nots of the Korean peninsula.

The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced.

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by mattcat25 October 15, 2006 3:48 PM EDT: Over 85% of the world is disatisfied with George W. Bush and his policies. The United States needs to improve on it's image in the world community.; Reply to this comment


by warrenjh2 October 14, 2006 7:54 PM EDT: In a sane world, none would need nuclear weapons. There are many humourous things in the world; among them is one nation's notion that it is less savage then the other savages. Two or three decades ago it was recognized by aspiring killers that all competent killers are Christians; then the pagan world went to the school of the Christians--not to acquire his religion, but his guns. Americans are called the nation of inventors. And you are. You could still claim the title and wear it's loftiest honors if you had stopped with the first thing you invented--human liberty. Such is the human race. I am only human, although I regret it. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah didn't miss the boat. To read additional quotes on today's current events by me, check out www.marktwainblog.com/; Reply to this comment

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