Wednesday, May 23, 2012
SpaceX blasts off to ISS in historic first
Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station (ISS).
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2012 11:58
Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) on Saturday voiced a growing consensus on pro-growth policies and expressed grave concern over Tehran's nuclear program at a low-key summit, which, however, produced few tangible results beyond a vague statement touching on the issue of Iran.
Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2012 11:55
A group of US counterterrorism experts were attacked by suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen's western port city of al-Hodayda on Sunday, one expert being seriously wounded, officials said.
Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2012 11:08
Russia is concerned that some Western countries are still considering a military operation against Iran as an option, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said here Sunday.
Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2012 11:07
Egypt's presidential candidates finalized on Sunday their electoral campaigns two days before the historic vote.
Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2012 11:06
Serbian opposition candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the presidential runoff on Sunday, according to unofficial results announced by the Center for Democracy and Free Elections (CeSID).
Source: AFP Published: May 21, 2012 09:55
A Palestinian worker, one of hundreds, holds a banner that reads in Arabic, "Oh government where is the minimum wage" during a demonstration in front of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's offices for the fixing of a minimum wage, and against corruption, prohibitively high prices and the lack of employmen...
Source: CFP Published: May 21, 2012 09:45
A fireman recovers a painting from a destroyed church in the village of San Carlo after an earthquake in Modena Province, Italy Sunday.
Source: AFP Published: May 21, 2012 01:25
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to retire but fears his party would disintegrate, a weekly said Sunday.
Source: AFP - Reuters Published: May 21, 2012 01:25
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing over Scotland in which 270 people were killed, died Sunday, his brother said.
Source: Reuters Published: May 21, 2012 01:25
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
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