Sunday, January 22, 2012

NASA tackles problem of missing moon rocks

NASA tackles problem of missing moon rocks

NASA tackles problem of missing moon rocks

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST

West Virginia lost one, until it turned up one June day on a bookshelf in the basement of a retired dentist. New York has one in a vault at a museum in Albany, but another one given to the state for s...

Yemen's president leaves for US, hands over power

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:15 PM PST

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his battered nation on Sunday on his way to the U.S. for medical treatment after passing power to his deputy and asking for forgiveness for any "shortcomings" ...

India objects to Jay Leno's remark on Golden Temple

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:04 PM PST

India has strongly "objected" to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it "quite unfortunate".

Zardari's media advisor says she fears abduction: Report

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:42 PM PST

Farahnaz Ispahani, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's media adviser and wife of former envoy to US Husain Haqqani, claims that she has fled the country as she feared being kidnapped by the ISI.

Controversial coach Joe Paterno dies

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:38 PM PST

Joe Paterno, a highly successful football coach at a university in the United States, who was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal last year, died on Sunday.

Gunmen open fire in Guatemala nightclub, eight dead

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:32 PM PST

At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded overnight near the Guatemalan capital when assailants sprayed a packed nightclub with gunfire, officials said Sunday.

Seventeen die in Iran boat capsize

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:04 PM PST

Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off of Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

Nigeria attacks: Death toll goes above 180

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:43 AM PST

A 23-year-old Indian national was killed and six of his compatriots, including two children, were injured in a wave of coordinated bombings and gun attacks in Nigeria by an Islamic sect that left more...

Taliban video shows execution of Pak soldiers

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:33 AM PST

Taliban militants have released a video showing the execution of 15 Pakistani soldiers whose bodies were found earlier this month after they were kidnapped in northwestern Pakistan.

In bin Laden town, father mourns another militant

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:36 AM PST

On January 14 at 8:12 pm, Khushal Khan's wife got a call on her cell phone. "Your son has been martyred," the voice said at the other end of the line. The man then hung up.

China shuts down as it enters 'Dragon Year'

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:04 AM PST

The Spring Festival this year marks the beginning of the "Year of the Dragon," according to the Chinese Zodiac which assigns one animal, either real or fabricated, to each year, repeating every 12 yea...

Doctors rush to save 'girl', find dog instead

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:48 AM PST

Doctors who rushed to attend an emergency call to save a "girl" in Beijing were in for a shock when the patient turned out to be a female pet dog suffering from cardiac complications.

Obama woos Indian tourists

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:29 AM PST

Now its US President Barack Obama himself who is wooing high-spending Indian and Chinese tourists and has issued an executive order to make it easier for travellers from emerging economies to get visa...
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