• Security Council Press Statement

    The following Security Council press statement on Burundi was read out today by Council President Jan Grauls Belgium:...
    2008-09-04 00:12:06

  • Sun's freckles have virtually disappeared!

    London, September 3 ANI: Scientists have determined that the Sun's activity is now at a minimum, with virtually no sunspots marking the face of the star for the most of 2008. Sunspots are cooler, darker regions caused by the Sun's magnetic field ripping through the star's surface. They vary in number - going from a minimum to a maximum and back to a minimum again - about every 11 years, the same timescale on which the Sun's magnetic poles reverse direction.Several dozen sunspots can appear every day during periods of maximum solar activity. But, according to a report in New Scientist, only a small handful of sunspots have occurred during all of 2008 to date, suggesting the Sun's activity is now at a minimum.For a while, it even seemed like August would mark the first time since 1913 that no sunspots were seen for an entire month, according to record-keepers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.But, when the final tally was made by the international authority on sunspots, the Solar Influences Data Analysis Center in Brussels, Belgium, one dark blip on 21 and 22 August was large enough to make the count.Until the spots reappear, researchers say they will not know whether this 11-year solar cycle will bring heavier- or lighter-than-normal activity, or be able to resolve a raging debate about the mechanisms driving solar weather.The speed at which the next breakout of spots occurs should reveal how active - and potentially damaging to Earth's satellites and power grids - the new solar cycle will be.According to Leif Svalgaard of Stanford University, the current absence of sunspots does not necessarily foretell an anaemic cycle of solar activity to come. Instead, sunspot watchers are waiting to see how fast the sunspot count starts to climb once they do reappear.The quicker they return, the more active the solar weather will be for the following decade. "The big cycles, they start out with a bang. One month, there may be none, the next month they may be all over the place," Svalgaard told New Scientist.Some forecasters have predicted that a strong wave of sunspots is right around the corner.According to David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, "As scientists, we're anxiously awaiting the return of sunspots because this is really going to help us weed out our different theories." ANI
    2008-09-03 18:00:00

  • Everton move late for Standard's Fellaini

    Premier League Everton revealed on Tuesday the club record signing of Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini on a five-year deal from Standard Liege.&ltp>&lta href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a...
    2008-09-02 06:48:37

  • Union Bank To Launch MF Biz In January In JV With Belgium Firm

    The Union Bank of India or UBI, India's largest state-run bank and listed on the Forbes 2000, anticipates to launch its mutual funds business by January in joint venture with Belgium-based partner...
    2008-08-25 13:32:15

  • Apax makes its move on NLB

    Apax Partners, the UK-based private equity group, is in exclusive talks to buy 30.6 per cent of Nova Ljubljanska Banca NLB, Slovenia's biggest bank, from Belgium's KBC after Blackstone pulled ...
    2008-08-24 20:03:21

  • High and mighty Tia Hellebaut makes Olympic history

    Hellebaut makes Olympic history for Belgium as United States erase track failures with smart relay golds....
    2008-08-24 11:28:46

  • Moroccan terrorism suspect's murky trail

    Abdelkader Belliraj, held in Morocco, is said to personify the confluence of terrorism and crime -- spurred by both ideology and money. But he was also a paid informant for Belgium. ...
    2008-08-24 07:00:00

  • Belgium's Hellebaut upsets Vlasic in high jump

    Tia Hellebaut of Belgium has won the women's high jump at the Beijing Olympics in an upset over Blanka Vlasic of Croatia. Hellebaut, the world indoor pentathlon champion, also beat Vlasic for the ...
    2008-08-23 22:06:25

  • Brazil win reluctant bronze over Belgium

    Jo scored two goals and Diego added a third on Friday to give Brazil a 3-0 win over Belgium and the Olympic bronze medal in men's football....
    2008-08-23 11:31:43

  • Tia Hellebaut wins Belgium first gold medal

    With only one day left, Belgium finally got on to the Beijing Olympic gold medals table when Tia Hellebaut won a women's high jump title in Beijing on Saturday. Tia Hellebaut L of Belgium celebra...
    2008-08-00 00:00:00
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