Exclusive Video: 20M YO Lake Vostok's Mysteries About to be Uncovered by Scientists

MOSCOW, Russia (Feb. 07) – Lake Vostok is the largest of more than 140 subglacial lakes found under the surface of Antarctica. The overlying ice provides a continuous paleoclimatic record of 400,000 years, although the lake water itself may have been isolated for 15 to 25 million years. 

20M YO Lake Vostok's Mysteries About to be Uncovered by Scientists

Reportedly, Russian scientists claim to have drilled through two miles of Antarctic ice to reach out Lake Vostok, which could hold a vast amount of scientific data - both about how lakes function below the surface of the ice in Antarctica and about the possibility of discovering previously unknown life forms.

International scientists reel between pleasure and anxiety after drilling reports from Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Nevertheless, scientists are excited at the prospect of being able to take samples of one of the last truly alien environments on Earth. But new discoveries will have to wait until the beginning of the next Antarctic summer, close to the end of 2012.

Watch exclusive and informative video about Lake Vostok discovery:

Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez: Oldest Cuban woman celebrated 127th birthday (Video)

Ceiba Hueca, Cuba – The oldest woman in Cuba, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, celebrated her 127th birthday on Tuesday last week.

Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez: Oldest Cuban woman celebrated 127th birthday

Civil registry documents confirm she was born on February 2, 1885. Her government-issued identification card certifies that she has lived at the same address for over 100 years.

On her 127^th birthday, she was surrounded by friends and family on a small farm in Ceiba Hueca, in the Granma Province - approximately 900 kilometers (559 miles) south of Havana.

Children from a nearby rural school also came to join in the festivities by singing a traditional Cuban birthday song and sharing cake with the neighborhood centenarian.

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Car bomb blast near police headquarters leaves 7 dead, 19 injured

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Feb. 05) – At least seven people, including 6 police officers, reported killed on Sunday as a result of a huge explosion outside the police headquarters in a southern in Afghanistan, reported by Associated Press.

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Car bomb blast near police headquarters leaves 7 dead, 19 injured

According to provincial government statements; the explosive material was hidden in parking area of building being used by police in the city of Kandahar. The blast also injured 16 people, including 10 civilians. The windows of close buildings were also shattered by the intensity of the blast.  

No one has yet claimed the responsibility of deadly explosion.

 In the north, meanwhile, Afghan police said that an American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a U.S. base, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him.

There have been a growing number of attacks by Afghan soldiers against international forces in Afghanistan in recent years, some the result of arguments and others by insurgent infiltrators. Last month, an Afghan soldier shot and killed four unarmed French troops last month at a base in eastern Afghanistan.

Friday's shooting in Sari Pul province in northern Afghanistan resulted from an unfortunate misunderstanding, said Sayed Jahangir, the deputy police chief for the province.

Afghans guard the outside perimeter of the base and Americans guard inside. Jahangir said that the Afghan guard — a man named Abdul Rahim — wanted to go into the base and started arguing with the American at the door. Rahim did not raise his weapon, but the American thought he was about to do so and fired, Jahangir said.

"Our initial reports show that the American thought he was acting in self defense," Jahangir said. Rahim was a private guard, not an Afghan soldier or policeman, Jahangir said.

U.S. forces were "aware of an incident in northern Afghanistan" and were investigating, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings. He declined to provide further details.

Hacked FBI-Scotland Yard Call: Are Cybercriminals Ahead of Their Rivals?

WASHINGTON - Hacktivist group 'Anonymous' released a recording on Friday of what appears to be a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard held last month to discuss operations against the group.

Are Cybercriminals Ahead of Their Rivals?

 FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) accepted that a group of cyber criminals hacked a conference call on cyber crime between its agents and international law enforcement official.

The hackers group ‘Anonymous’ claimed the responsibility of breaching into the 16-minute long call, which was released on Internet on last Friday. On the other hand, FBI didn’t name the exact hacking group behind this attempt and announced an inquiry was going to be carried out.

Listen the call recording and continue reading below:

Beware! Its a Cyber World

VIDEO Updates: Steve Appleton, CEO Micron, Killed in Plane Crash at Boise, Idaho

BOISE, Idaho - The CEO and chairman of memory chip manufacturer Micron died yesterday (Friday, Feb. 03) morning in a tragic accident when the small experimental fixed-wing plane he was piloting crashed at an airport in Boise, Idaho.

Micron CEO and Chairman Steve Appleton Killed in Plane Crash

 Reportedly, 51-year-old Steve Appleton was alone in his experimental Lancair single-engine stunt plane and died after being ejected from the aircraft when it crashed a few minutes after takeoff, according to reports.

A recording of a conversation Steve Appleton had with air traffic controllers just moments before plane crash shows his panic as he desperately radioed: 'I'd like to turn back in and, uh, land... coming back in'.

syrian embassies in Europe and Middle east under attack after brutal killing in Homs

LONDON, UK (Feb. 04) – Anti-Assad protesters have attacked five Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East in reaction to the brutal killing of more than 200 people in the city of Homs allegedly by pro-regime forces. 

syrian embassies in Europe and Middle east under attack after brutal killing in Homs

In Europe, demonstrators break into the Syrian embassies in London and Athens today (Saturday, Feb. 04), resulting some detentions and causing minor damage. Two British police officers were sent to hospitals for minor injuries after confronting the protesters outside Syrian Embassy in London. 

According to police sources; 6 protesters were held following a demonstration that took place in London at 1 a.m. GMT Saturday (8 p.m. EST Friday) and drew about 150 protesters.

A similar kind of series of incidents were witnessed in Athens, where police said 13 protesters, including 12 Syrians and one Iraqi national, were arrested after forcing their way into the Syrian Embassy before dawn.

In Germany, 20 people stormed into Syrian Embassy in Berlin on Friday and damaged offices there, police said.

Apart from Europe Syrian Embassies in Egypt and Kuwait were attacked and partially damaged by the demonstrators. In Cairo protesters set part of the embassy on fire Friday night, while protesters in Kuwait broke windows at the embassy and hoisted the opposition flag. The Kuwait news agency said a number of security officials were injured in confrontation.

Death Toll Climbs up to 164 as Europe Deep in Trouble with Harsh Weather Conditions (Exclusive Pictures)

More than 164 people have died and tens of thousands more get trapped in their homes as cold and icy weather has brought parts of Europe to a standstill.

Death Toll Climbs up to 164 as Europe Deep in Trouble with Harsh Weather Conditions

 Few regions in Europe are suffering from one of the severest winter in decades and entire villages were cut off in parts of Eastern Europe on Thursday, trapping thousands, while road, air and rail links were cut off and gas consumption shot. 

Death toll is increasing sharply despite of efforts from Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations. Sixty three deaths are confirmed in Ukraine while thousands have headed to shelters.

In Poland the death toll reaches to 29 as nine more death confirmed by authorities, while at least 10 people have died in Bulgaria, according to media.

In Latvia, 10 people have fallen prey to deadly cold weather around the capital Riga alone, while there’re no figures available for the rest of the country. In neighboring Lithuania a 55-year-old homeless man became the ninth victim of the deep chill.

The cold has so far killed an infant in Sicily, a 76-year-old in Parma and a homeless man in Milan during what forecasters say is the coldest weather in Italy in 27 years. 

Two people died in Austria, and seven perished in Serbia, where 11,500 others were trapped mostly in remote mountain villages unreachable by road. 

Five have died in the Czech Republic and two each in Slovakia and Greece. 

See the amazing pictures around the Europe:

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