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A new record for maintaining plasma burning inside a fusion reactor has been set in France, beating China's previous benchmark by 25%.France's WEST fusion reactor has shattered a nuclear fusion record set by China just a few weeks ago, marking yet another small but significant step on the road toward near-limitless clean energy.The CEA's (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) WEST tokamak nuclear fusion reactor maintained a steady loop of burning plasma for a record 1,337 seconds, according to a Feb. 18 announcement -- beating China's previous 1,066-second benchmark, set on Jan. 20, by 25%...Scientists have been trying...

Hack attack! Taking down criminal media sites by lulu 1:33am Sat Mar 29 '03 (Modified on 10:05am Sat Mar 29 '03) The war-makers are routinely hacking anti-war sites. Activists can, and probably should, use the same tools to bring down the criminal corporate media websites. A basic principle long embedded at the core of western legal systems is the right to use force to protect oneself, family and community from harm. Bush has gone to war to "protect" America, that's how unquestionable the right of self-protection is. But Bush fabricated an enemy. He is running a protection racket, just...