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Milestone for space station: final solar panel unfurled
Washington - With sunlight glowing golden across its expanse, the fourth and final pair of solar...
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Evidence of salt water found on Mars, scientists say
Washinton - A group of scientists who worked on the Phoenix Mars lander last year say they...
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Discovery headed on long-delayed ISS expansion mission
Washington - After weeks of delay, the space shuttle Discovery is set to make an important delivery...
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China Completes Phase I of its Chang’e-1 Mission
China’s Chang’e-1 lunar mission reached an end on Sunday, after completing its mission...
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Discovery Launch Gets Another Delay Over The Same Problematic Valves
NASA has taken its time in reviewing the shuttle Discovery, and it will take its time in...
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Commercial Fishing in Arctic Banned
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, meeting in Seattle, voted unanimously to prohibit...
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NASA Delays Space Station Mission Over Valve Issues
Space launches rarely go according to plan, so NASA’s decision to postpone the launch of...
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New Satellite Launched From Cape Canaveral
Sunday was undoubtedly a big day for the United States. Not only was it the day of Barack...
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Spirit and Opportunity: 5 Years Of Mars Exploration
NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers entered their fifth year on Mars on January 03, marking...
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Smaller Companies Are To Supply the ISS
NASA will turn to a local firm to get supplies to the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences...
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NASA Remembers And Celebrates Its Beginings
The crew gathered by NASA on the International Space Station released a message last Friday on NASA...
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Carbonate Deposits on Mars Indicate Life-Sustaining Water
Scientific instruments aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected minerals which...
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NASA Not So Sure About Ares 1
NASA and Barack Obama's transition team on Friday
disputed a report that suggests there is tension...
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MSL Launch Delayed, But MPL Has A Chance for Survival
NASA announced yesterday that is has delayed its planned October 2009 launch of the Mars Science...
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NASA To Seize The Mars Rover Launch Window In 2011
NASA delayed the Mars Science Laboratory mission until 2011, due to technical challenges and the...
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NASA Ceases to Contact Phoenix Rover
NASA suspended the activity of the two probes that were
orbiting Mars in order to control the Mars...
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NASA Delays MSL And Announces Revival Attempt
NASA announced yesterday that is has delayed its planned October 2009 launch of the Mars Science...
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NASA Delays Launch of MLS to 2011 Due to Technical Faults
The launch of the Mars rover, planned for 2009, won’t go according to plan. NASA delayed the launch...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Stays Home Till 2011
On Thursday, NASA announced that their next mission to Mars will be delayed until 2011. The mission...
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NASA: 2-Year Delay For Testing Next Mars Rover
NASA has announced a 2-year delay for the next Mars mission,
due to hardware challenges and...
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Marine Wildlife Endangered By Human-Made Underwater Noise
The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly
taken an unwanted course in the...
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NASA Already Planning The Next ISS Power-Expansion Mission
The space adventure of the STS-126 mission astronauts ended
successfully on Sunday with...
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Europe Committed To Space Exploration Despite Economic Crisis
Despite the global economic turmoil the world is facing
right now, Europe is determined to...
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The Red Planet Has Glaciers
This summer exciting new things were revealed concerning Mars, one of the most exciting being that...
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Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past
Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’
polar regions, according to the...
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NASA: “Irish Wake” For Phoenix, The Mars Lander
Phoenix, the Mars Lander, is experiencing the trouble predicted by NASA back in September, when...
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Autumn Falls On Mars! The Phoenix Lander Is Dead, But Its Mission Prevails
NASA’s latest mission on the Red Planet ended after five
months of rigorous studies and amazing...
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Phoenix Mars Lander Declared Officially Dead; Mission Found Ice on Mars
Washington - After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was declared...
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China Launches Two Satellites to Monitor Weather, Atmosphere
Beijing - China on Wednesday launched into orbit two satellites to monitor the weather and natural...
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Mars Lander Short On Power Supply, Almost Hits End Of The Road
It’s a sad time for the Phoenix team, as the Mars lander
approaches its final days on the Red...
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Business
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Three Gorges Dam faces 14.5-billion-dollar cost overrun
Beijing - China's Three Gorges Dam, due to be completed in November, is...
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NASA Found Its Rocket-Making Partners
NASA announced yesterday that it managed to reach a decision on the companies which will conduct...
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Russian Space Director Discusses U.S. Space Business
Over the weekend, Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, held a...
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NASA Terminates The Contract With Oceaneering
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
terminated its $180 million contract with...
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NASA Decides To Delay Shuttle-Replacement Mission Until March 2015
NASA confirmed on Monday that there will be no manned
mission before March 2015, five years after...
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Chinese Oil Giant Buys Norwegian Awilco for $2,5 Billion
China’s
largest offshore oil-services provider, China National Offshore Oil Corp., has
signed a...
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Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin To Fly In Space
Space Adventures, the US company that offers space trips
for the millionaires and billionaires,...
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Technip and Acergy Win 1.9 B Contracts in Angola Oil Field
French Oil field services provider Technip SA and British energy-services company Acergy SA both...
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Technology
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Obama Includes Additional NASA Funding for 2010, As Promised
NASA’s $18.7 billion budget for the fiscal year 2010 reflects one promise that Barack Obama...
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Take A Dive Into The Deep Blue With Google Earth 5.0
Google Earth has evolved into its 5th version this week, bringing new exciting features to the...
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Facebook Connect and the Eternal Adventure of Knowledge.
Every society, real or virtual, is basically a human
ecosystem and it can defy the natural laws...
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Urine and Sweat Recycling System, Soon At The International Space Station
Space exploration is an important field, but it is also one that uses up a lot of resources. When...
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Online Time Helps Teens Develop Social and Technical Skills
While adults don’t seem to appreciate the time teens spend
online, a recent study by the MacArthur...
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NVIDIA Reveals First 4GB Professional Graphics Card
Today NVIDIA announced the newest of the professional Quadro
line of graphics cards, the Quadro FX...
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NASA’s MSL Mission Goes Ahead, But Extra Funds Are Needed
NASA said it is pushing ahead with the launch of the next Mars mission, but it will certainly need...
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How Long Will The Congress Continue To Support NASA?
NASA is keeping with its space exploration program, although
respecting the schedule might end...
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Space Premiere: Private Company SpaceX Successfully Launches Rocket Into Orbit
The private space industry sector has been growing and
developing quite rapidly during these...
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Chinese Space Mission – Still Without Women
September 25th 2008 will remain embedded in Chinese history
books, as the Chinese have launched...
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What It Feels Like to Play God
“Spore” is the eagerly expected strategy game that makes you
feel like you’ve got the whole world...
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“Spore” Promises To Offer A Whole Universe
The eagerly expected strategy and role playing game, “Spore,” is due for release in stores and...
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Photosynth Launch Exceeded Microsoft’s Most Optimistic Expectations
Within few hours of launching Photosynth, Microsoft got more
than they expected from eager users:...
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SpaceX Fails Third Rocket Launch Attempt
The third attempt at sending a Falcon 1 rocket into outer space was failed Saturday night by...
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Microsoft's Sphere May Lead To Outstanding Progress
Microsoft showed off a prototype of its Sphere computer at Microsoft's Research Faculty Summit in...
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Esquire to Bring First Ever Electronic Papered-Magazine
Esquire, one of America’s most famous magazines, will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this...
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Google's Co-founder Is Scheduled For Space Trip
Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, plans to enjoy himself in
the year 2011 by taking a trip to the...
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Google To Build A Home On NASA’s Land
NASA’s Ames Research Center in
Mountain View, California will host a new high-technology campus...
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Yahoo-Google Test Went Well…Are They Heading For A Deal?
All it took was one week of
testing Google’s AdSense for Search service, and Yahoo is one step...
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IBM’s New Breakthrough: Racetrack Memory
The IBM researchers have described in two papers published
in the April 11 issue of Science a...
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Yahoo Tests Google's AdSense To Thwart Microsoft?
Yahoo announced on Wednesday an
agreement with Google for conducting a limited test of Google’s...
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Japan Launches Ultra High-Speed Communications Satellite
Japan announced the successful launch
of WINDS, an experimental satellite carrying the latest...
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NASA's Deep Space Network to Play Beatles on Monday
The Beatles' "Across the Universe" is set to be beamed out by NASA into open space. The...
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NASA Chooses Boeing to Build Avionics for Ares Rocket
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded
Boeing Co. a $799.5 million contract to...
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The Japanese Moon Probe Sends Back Stunning Images
Kaguya, the famous Japanese Moon probe, is orbiting the Moon
since October 18 and so far is doing...
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AMD Announces High-Performance Chipset: FireStream 9170
Advanced Micro Devices announced a high-end chipset which uses technology commonly found in...
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Yahoo Reinvents Search With Search Assist
Few days after Microsoft announces some improvements to its
Live Search Engine, now is Yahoo’s...
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Specials
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Chang'e-I Ends Its Lunar Mission With Planned Crash
With a controlled crash-landing on the surface of the moon, China's first lunar probe, the...
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NASA, Google Collaborate In Google Earth 5.0’s 3D Tour Of Mars
Google launched this week the already famous ocean exploration feature in its latest version of...
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JPL Reports Unusual Behavior Of Spirit Rover Over The Weekend
The NASA team in charge of the Mars Spirit Rover has reported some unexpected activities...
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NASA Celebrates Apollo 8 Mission
NASA celebrated the 40th anniversary of the success of the Apollo 8 mission. Apollo 8 is largely...
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NASA: The Mars Rover Launch Postponed To 2011
NASA delayed the Mars Science Laboratory mission until 2011, due to technical challenges and the...
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Marine Wildlife Endangered By Underwater Noise
The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly
taken an unwanted course in the...
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Endeavour Is Coming Home
Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked the international Space Centre and is headed back to Earth, to...
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Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past
Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’
polar regions, according to the...
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First Japanese Mother Selected to Travel into Space on 2010 Shuttle Mission
Tokyo - Naoko Yamazaki was selected to become the first mother and the second Japanese woman to...
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India Aims for the Moon with Chandrayaan-1
New Delhi - India's first-ever moon mission, due for launch Wednesday, was expected to return a...
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The Ig Nobels – Far From Ignoble
Harvard hosted, yet again, the 2008 edition of the Ig Nobel Awards. “Ig Nobel” is a clever...
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Ig Nobel Prizes honour slime, Coke and jumping flea research
New York - High jumping fleas, fertile lap dancers and archeological armadillos - these were just a...
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The Final Frontier, Closer Than Ever
Man always had the urge to discover new things and today’s
reality is that there is little left of...
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Update: Shenzhou VII Returns, Chinese Plan Moon Landing
After a successful, by-the-book launch and a thriving
mission, the Chinese Taikonauts have...
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SpaceX Writes History Launching Falcon 1 into Earth’s Orbit
Perseverance paid off, as usual, for space transportation company Space Exploration Technologies...
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China’s Space Mission Is A Success, Shenzhou VII Lands Safely
The Shenzhou VII space mission went as planned and China recorded a big success as it carried out...
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Animated Muppets Teach Preschoolers Science On PBS
Jim Henson’s puppets live on and are as endearing and
educational as ever, as animated series “Sid...
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Josh Bernstein Invites Each and Every One of You “Into the Unknown”
Josh Bernstein, known for hosting History Channel’s popular
archaeological series, “Digging for...
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Barack Obama’s Plan For NASA: $2 Billion To Close Space Gap
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama promised more
active involvement in the Space...
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NASA Terminates The Contract With Oceaneering International Inc.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
terminated its $180 million contract with...
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NASA Dreams Of Establishing Permanent Base On The Moon
We are just two decades apart from the moment humans will set
foot on the Moon once more,...
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Irak War Over Democracy or Oil?
Hunt Oil Co. officials and U.S. diplomats talked several times before the
company signed an...
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Shuttle Endeavour Nears 7 P.M. Landing
The Endeavour crew, made up of Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission...
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Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90
The famous UK
science-fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died today in Sri Lanka,...
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Shuttle Endeavour Ready for Tonight's Launch
NASA readies to launch STS-123, the space mission in which the space shuttle Endeavour will deliver...
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Endeavour Gets a “Go” For Tuesday Launch
NASA officials announced that space shuttle Endeavour’s
STS-123 mission is officially set for...
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On March 11, Endeavour Will Fly First Kibo Mission
Nine days after Atlantis has landed ending the STS-122
mission, NASA is ready to send another...
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Dumbledore Is Gay. Other Secrets Are To Be Revealed?
The whole world is amazed by the last statement by
J.K.Rowling about one of the characters from...
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Harry Potter: He Has Survived, But What Happens Next?
Now it seems
that it had been noise for nothing: J.K. Rowling was not able to kill Harry
Potter,...
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World
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Planned North Korean satellite launch arouses suspicion
Seoul - North Korean plans to launch a communications satellite in early...
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Tintin, The Ageless Boy Reporter, Turns 80
Paris - He began life 80 years ago at the age of 15, and when his career ended nearly 50 years...
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ESA Starts Research Centre In Oxfordshire
Space exploration is beginning to be more and more complex as people start discovering new things...
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India Begins Its Way To The Moon With Chandrayaan-1
India on Wednesday launched its first mission to the moon with a "perfect" lift-off of...
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Update1: Shenzhou VII Returns, Chinese Plan Moon Landing
After a successful, by-the-book launch and a thriving
mission, the Chinese Taikonauts have...
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Chinese Taikonauts Returned Safely To Earth
China
is celebrating the safe return of its taikonauts after a three-day voyage into
space. The...
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Update: Chinese Spacewalk Mission Launched Today
Shenzhou VII is China’s third manned space launch,
and the first one which will include a...
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Gustav returns to hurricane strength after battering Jamaica
Port-au-Prince/Kingston/Washington - Tropical Storm Gustav reached hurricane strength Friday, with...
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US Candidates Lack Clout on Top Election Issue: Economy
Washington - Sixteen years after "it's the economy, stupid" became a slogan of Bill...
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House speaker Pelosi softens stance on offshore drilling
Washington - The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she will...
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Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Oil Drilling in OCS
United States President George W. Bush said he plans to lift the interdiction to drill for oil in...
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NASA Sets Dates of Shuttle Fleet's Last Flights
NASA (the United States space agency) revealed the dates it fixed for the last flights of the...
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McCain Would Ease Offshore Drilling Ban
Presidential candidate John McCain made official his position regarding to the energy crisis caused...
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Isolated Tribes To Be Protected In Peru
Authorities in Peru announced they decided to protect the
“uncontacted” tribes in the Amazonian...
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Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Discovered in Brazil Rainforest
Brazil's National Indian Foundation announced the discovery
of a new Indian tribe in the western...
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Pupil Defends British Teacher
British teacher, Gillian Gibbons, 54, was arrested in Khartoum on Sunday facing
charges of...
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18 Mexican Oil Workers Killed in a Storm
At least 18 people were killed and seven went missing late
Tuesday night when an oil drilling...
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Treasure-Hunting Vessel Intercepted Off Gibraltar
Spanish police and navy have intercepted an American treasure-hunting ship on Thursday in...
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Queen Elizabeth Visits NASA's Goddard Space Center
Queen Elizabeth II toured NASA's Goddard
Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
With this visit she ended...
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