Tag Archives: defiance
Renewed nuke sale fear after recent NKorea test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s nuclear test last month wasn’t just a show of defiance and national pride; it also is advertising. The target audience, analysts say, is anyone in the world looking to buy nuclear material. Continue reading
Texas, a place where guns are right at home
In Texas, where guns are a deep part of history, talk of limits is met with defiance. Continue reading
Iran marks revolution anniversary with soaring, defiant rhetoric
Iran marked the 34th anniversary of its Islamic revolution today with mass rallies, nuclear defiance, and anti-Western proclamations that it is defeating all “treacherous enemies.” Continue reading
Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
ROME (AP) — Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. Continue reading
Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
ROME (AP) — Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years. Continue reading
Iran "will press on with enrichment:" nuclear chief
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will go on refining uranium “with intensity” and the number of enrichment centrifuges it has operating will rise substantially in the current year, the country's nuclear energy chief was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The comments by Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, signaled continued defiance in the face of international demands that Tehran halt enrichment to the higher 20 percent fissile purity level, close down its Fordow enrichment plant, and ship out its stockpile of the material. … Continue reading
Defiant Gazans hunker down, bury dead
Residents of Gaza City bury victims of repeated Israeli airstrikes and express defiance. Continue reading
San Francisco’s car-sharing services flourish despite regulators
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two San Francisco-based car-sharing services, including one founded by Zynga Inc director Sunil Paul, are operating in defiance of California authorities, highlighting how regulators are struggling with a wave of start-ups that encourage people to share everything from cars to their homes. … Continue reading
Egypt lawmakers defy ban as political heat rises
Parliament opened a new front in the country’s leadership showdowns Tuesday by meeting in defiance of orders that disbanded the chamber. Continue reading
South Korean arrested for unapproved trip to North
As North Koreans cheered and waved white “unified Korea” flags, a South Korean activist was arrested as soon as he set foot on home soil Thursday, resisting police in a stunt of defiance after an unapproved, three-month stay in the North. Continue reading
