As tension with Iran grows daily, Israel launched a new satellite on Tuesday. This is capable of high resolution surveillance to monitor Iran’s nuclear program. It is called Ofek 9 (Horizon 9), one of six spy satellites that were launched by Israel and it is made by Elbit, a leading Israeli high-tech optics firm. Weighing 650 pounds, it is small in comparison to U.S. spy satellites and it will orbit Earth from up to 600 km.
Along with the United States and European Union, Israel suspects Iran of trying to develop …

Hurricane Celia, the first of the 2010 Pacific season, increased Wednesday into a major Category 3 on the one-to-five Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. On June 20 Celia was growing as a tropical storm, with powerful thunderstorms in the southwest quarter of the storm.
The eastern Pacific is a hot bed of storm activity in this period and because the waters are very warm over there and may generate hurricanes. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the storm have increased to about 65 mph Wednesday night and it is expected …

With a perfect goal disallowed last week and another one Wednesday, with England winning the other match of the Group C, against Slovenia, the United States was just minutes away from elimination. The Algerian goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi made several sterling saves but missed Donovan’s final try, who saved the American’s hope with his last-minute goal, giving the U.S. a 1-0 victory over Algeria at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria and first place in Group C.
Last time when U.S. won a group was 80 years ago, in 1930. It is also …