Topic: PHOTO - on September 1, 2013 at 1:59:00 PM CEST
Winners of the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest 2013
The winners have just been announced in the 3rd edition of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest photo competition. The overall winner, top 10 category winners and top 50 finalists were unveiled at a ceremony in Hong Kong earlier today. The contest invited photographers to submit images of the world of action and adventure sports in one of 10 categories, including Energy, Illumination, Sequence, and Experimental (where digital manipulation is allowed).
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Topic: nuclear power - on September 1, 2013 at 1:57:00 PM CEST
Fukushima radiation levels 18 times higher than previously thought
Radiation levels 18 times higher than previously reported have been found near a water storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant , prompting fresh concern over safety at the wrecked facility.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said radiation near the bottom of the tank measured 1,800 millisieverts an hour – high enough to kill an exposed person in four hours.
Tepco said water levels inside the tank had not changed, indicating there had not been a leak. But the firm said it had yet to discover the cause of the radiation spike.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 1, 2013 at 1:55:00 PM CEST
Hallo NSA, können Sie meine E-Mail wiederherstellen?
Sie haben eine wichtige E-Mail unwiederbringlich gelöscht? Da könnten doch US-Geheimdienste helfen. Ein niederländischer Journalist ruft einfach die NSA-Zentrale an, bittet um ein Backup - und bekommt Tipps von erstaunlich hilfsbereiten Menschen.
Die NSA ist leicht zu erreichen: Die Telefonnummer der Zentrale für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit steht im Netz. Als der niederländische Journalist Bahram Sadeghi anruft, dabei gefilmt von seiner Freundin, nimmt in der NSA-Zentrale in Fort Meade auch gleich jemand ab.
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