Thursday, August 4, 2011

Mars may have flowing salt water: NASA

Mars may have flowing salt water: NASA

Mars may have flowing salt water: NASA

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Scientists have spotted dark stripes on some slopes on Mars in the warmer months, and they believe it may be evidence of flowing salt water, NASA researchers said on Thursday.


Obama turns 50th birthday into fund-raiser

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For many men, turning 50 can be a day of reckoning, marked by graying hair, a slowing step and the wistful recognition that you are probably never going to make it to the corner office. What could be better, at such a melancholy moment, than to celebrate at home, among old friends?


Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials over Fukushima

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Japan will sack three top nuclear energy officials over their handling of the Fukushima crisis and scandals that have fueled public mistrust in nuclear policy, the government said Thursday.


Virginia Tech lifts campus alert after report of gunman

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Virginia Tech was locked down for several hours on Thursday after three children attending a summer camp said they saw a man holding what looked like a gun on the campus where a 2007 massacre left 33 people dead.


Police: Fake bomb placed on Australian teen in extortion plot

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Police were hunting on Thursday for a masked man who chained a fake bomb to a young woman's neck after breaking into her wealthy family's home in an extortion attempt that Australia's prime minister said resembled "a Hollywood script."


Ten dead in Indonesia chopper crash

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A helicopter crash in central Indonesia killed 10 people including at least two Australians employed by Melbourne-based Newcrest Mining, officials said Thursday.


This 'Happy Feet' has 120,000 fans on the Web

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The wayward emperor penguin, discovered on a New Zealand beach six weeks ago, will soon be returned to the wild — but not before he picked up an online following of more than 120,000.


New IMF chief Christine Lagarde faces probe

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A French court on Thursday ordered an investigation into new IMF chief Christine Lagarde's role in a much-criticized $400 million arbitration deal in favor of a controversial tycoon.


Spain: Immigrant found hiding in sports bag

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Authorities have discovered inside a sports bag a Moroccan youth who was trying to illegally get to Barcelona in the trunk of a relative's vehicle.


Indonesia: 10 die in helicopter crash

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A helicopter chartered by an Australian mining company slammed into a mountain in eastern Indonesia, killing all 10 passengers and crew, the head of the search and rescue team said on Thursday.


Trial of Hosni Mubarak's security chief resumes in Cairo

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A day after the start of Hosni Mubarak's historic trial, seven of his co-defendants are back in the courtroom on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime president.


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