Thursday, November 4, 2010

Spacecraft, comet have close encounter

Spacecraft, comet have close encounter


Spacecraft, comet have close encounter

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:09 PM PDT

A spacecraft survived the closest encounter ever with a comet on Thursday, tracking it just 435 miles from the comet's nucleus.

Al Qaeda's No. 2 man calls for revenge over convicted scientist

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PDT

A new audio message purportedly from al Qaeda's second-in-command surfaced Thursday on radical Islamist websites, calling for revenge for a Pakistani scientist convicted of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan.

Qantas grounds Airbus A380 fleet after engine cover falls off plane

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Qantas, Australia's national airline, grounded its Airbus A380 fleet indefinitely after part of a plane's engine cover fell off in flight Thursday.

Source: Syringes surface in Yemen terror probe

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:01 AM PDT

The use of syringes has surfaced in the Yemen parcel bombing probe, another detail pointing to similarities between that incident and the Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a U.S. bound airliner.

2 slain in Mexico were U.S. college students, police say

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:59 PM PDT

Two students from the University of Texas at El Paso were shot and killed Tuesday night in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Chihuahua state investigators told CNN late Wednesday.

Haitians seek shelter as Tomas nears

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Tomas churned in the southern Caribbean on its way toward a possible early Friday morning landfall on the western edge of earthquake-devastated Haiti, forecasters said.

Britain denies Iran's claim of UK-linked terrorists

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:59 AM PDT

The United Kingdom on Thursday dismissed Iran's claim that the latter has arrested four terrorists linked to Britain.

Accusations, questions after Zambia mine shooting

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:04 AM PDT

A Zambian judge has granted bail to two Chinese men charged with attempted murder in a mine shooting that has revived an outcry against foreign employers in the southern African nation.

23 arrested over German neo-Nazi radio station

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:22 AM PDT

German authorities have arrested 23 people from around the country suspected of being involved in a right-wing extremist radio station that played neo-Nazi songs, Federal Criminal Police said Thursday.

Lonely carnage in 'suicide forest'

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:48 PM PDT

At the foot of Mount Fuji, in the Chubu region of Japan, a lush and expansive forest named Aokigahara sits dauntingly. Local residents are told from an early age to avoid it altogether, as its sheer volume leaves little question that a curious youngster will be unable to find his or her way out of thickets that have become synonymous with a dark mythology.

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