The location of the demonstration, close to Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf, may be seen as boastful, if not outrightly provocative, but Fuller denied that there was any ulterior motives behind the location of the testing site and said that it was chosen because harsh conditions in the area allowed them to test the device to its fullest capacity.
At one stage, staff at King's Cross station in north London closed the entrance to the tube, preventing the majority of the EDL supporters who had gathered outside from travelling to the demonstration close to Aldgate tube station for around half an hour.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hundreds and hundreds of antigovernment protesters braved scattered gunfire from Syrian soldiers to march through a middle-class neighborhood in Damascus on Saturday, the biggest demonstration witnessed close to the heart of the capital since the country's uprising started 11 months ago.
As my colleague Neil MacFarquhar reports, "antigovernment protesters braved scattered gunfire from Syrian soldiers to march through a middle-class neighborhood in Damascus on Saturday, the biggest demonstration witnessed close to the heart of the capital since the country's uprising started 11 months ago".
His family and other supporters have worked hard to keep his case in the public eye, even setting up a large demonstration tent close to the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem.
He added, "Also, it is not wise to have a dangerous animal in such a demonstration so close to humans, especially children".
On Friday, as government forces pressed an unrelenting offensive against the city of Homs, demonstrations edged close to the center of the capital, Damascus, pushing antigovernment action into new territory.
Footage shows Turkish police move in Jump to media player The BBC's Mark Lowen describes the scene as Turkish riot police enter Istanbul's Taksim Square - where anti-government protesters have been staging demonstrations for close to two weeks.
On the way to the capital, popular unrest was such that Olga, who was not accustomed to such demonstrations, was close to tears.
Here there were no mass demonstrations anywhere close to the scale of the Paris march where the absence of President Obama and other top-tier administration officials was noted with dismay.
A second demonstration flight, going close to the space station but not docking, is set for next spring.
