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...that spuds are so bad; it's that they're misunderstood--not to mention deep-fried and drowned in sour cream and cheese. America's much beloved tuber definitely has a dual personality. A good source of potassium (particularly if you eat the skin) and a great thickener for soups, the potato still doesn't have all the benefits bestowed by more colorful produce like broccoli, Brussels sprouts and green beans...
...SEIZED. 900 KG OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, more than twice the amount used in last October's Bali bombings, along with 160 kg of TNT, 1,700 detonators, two M-16s and 20,000 rounds of ammunition; in Semarang and Jakarta, Indonesia. Police say Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the terror outfit accused of the Bali blasts, was planning to use the explosives for attacks in the country. Nine suspected JI members have also been arrested...
...Most of the chemicals seized?potassium chloride, calcium chloride and aluminum powder?were similar to those used in the Bali bomb blasts. While only a few kilograms were discovered, there was enough to kill scores if a bomb were set off in a confined, crowded space, a regional intelligence official says. Police also recovered 14 detonators and a volatile high explosive called pentaerythritol tetranitrate, or PENT, the prime component of the explosive in would-be bomber Richard Reid's sneakers. What worries terrorism experts is the possibility that a thwarted JI might turn to lone-wolf attacks like Reid...
...indeed, it was the only well-preserved fossil hominid to have been found outside South Africa, several thousand miles to the south. Unlike the South African sites, which lacked distinct geological layers, Olduvai offered a chance to get some real ages for the fossils. Using a method known as potassium-argon dating, Zinjanthropus was determined to be 1.75 million years old. At the time, this was staggering. It almost tripled the skull's estimated age, which had been obtained by geological interpretation. It stretched back our evolutionary perspective. Since that day, hundreds of hominid fossils have been discovered across...
...Malaysia, police say, to set up JI cells. Azahari's technical prowess has made him invaluable: he wrote a 50-page bombmaking manual, a copy of which Indonesian police seized in a suspected bomber's house in Solo last December. In one of the chapters, Azahari recommends that potassium chloride be used with TNT to enhance the intensity of the blast, a characteristic of the main Bali bomb. Another chapter shows how to use a cell phone as a detonator, a method used in one of the three explosions in Bali. According to Indonesian police, Imam Samudra, the alleged coordinator...