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The world braces itself for new technological weapons By Shaza Elsheshtawy In July 2010 news broke out of a vicious, complex computer worm –Stuxnet—infecting staff computers at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant. Known as a cyber super weapon, the worm targeted Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, which are an integral piece of equipment in uranium enrichment, by causing [...]

By Shaza Elsheshtawy
Body cleansing and detoxification diets are sold as the ultimate way to rid the human body of all of the toxins they accumulate from high-sugar, highly processed 21st century diets; they clean bodies up and leave the dieter feeling physically, and sometimes mentally, rejuvenated.

Deciding the nuclear haves and have-nots By Shaza Elsheshtawy Nuclear weapons are the single most powerful, devastating, and authoritative artillery a country can possess. In a word, they’re potent—both physically and politically. Only nine countries worldwide are in possession of nuclear weapons, which constructs a great imbalance of power between the haves and have-nots of this [...]

Cyber Stalking: When the Internet becomes a weapon

By Shaza Elsheshtawy
The new generation has grown up online. Gone are the days of scary men following young victims in alleys. They’re quickly being replaced by a newly popular weapon: cyber stalking.