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US missile hits crippled satellite

HONOLULU - A US Navy cruiser based in Pearl Harbor fired a missile last night that struck a crippled spy satellite roughly 150 miles above the earth, in an attempt to prevent the out-of-control spacecraft from dumping hazardous fuel on a po [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Musharraf's rivals win Pakistan election

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents won a big election victory on Tuesday after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Bill Curbing Terror Interrogators Is Sent to Bush, Who Has V...

The Senate voted Wednesday to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods that have been used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects. The vote, following House passage of the measure in De [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Pictures Reveal Mercurys Tumultuous Past

The Messenger spacecraft that zipped past Mercury two weeks ago found more evidence of the innermost planet’s turbulent past, including ridges that run hundreds of miles and a unique feature made up of more than 100 troughs radiating [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Bush will not tie successor's hands in Iraq -U.S.

The Bush administration will not tie the hands of the next U.S. president with a planned agreement on future relations with Iraq and such a pact will not set U.S. troop levels, the State Department said on Thursday. State Department spokes [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Most Sri Lankan bus ambush victims were shot-military

military said on Thursday most of the 27 people killed in a bus ambush were shot by rebels as the passengers tried to flee rather than in the blast that struck the vehicle. Wednesday's attack came as a 6-year truce between the state and re [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

A percolator is not the best way to brew coffee, because you...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Freed by Colombian guerrillas last week after six years of captivity in jungle camps, Clara Rojas, a former aspirant to the vice presidency of Colombia, boarded a military plane here on Sunday bound for Bogot&aacu [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

'Disappointing' Tait controversy spurred us - Ponting

Ricky Ponting has dismissed the fracas surrounding Shaun Tait's action as "absolute rubbish" and called New Zealand's insinuations "a bit disappointing". But he admitted the situation motivated Australia to victory in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

'Golden' controversy - Film under fire over religious conten...

The Church is a central theme of Philip Pullman's acclaimed novel, Northern Lights, but there is no mention of it in a new blockbuster Hollywood adaptation.The Golden Compass, a $180 million picture released on Friday, is caught between a [...]