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11/20/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Orissa recruits tribesmen to fight Maoists (Reuters)

Reuters - Authorities in Orissa are recruiting young tribesmen to fight Maoist rebels, officials said, a move human rights groups criticised for putting civilians in the firing line.

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11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN human rights office regrets Israeli pull-out from upcoming racism conference

The United Nations human rights office today voiced regret over Israel's confirmation that it does not plan to take part in the so-called Durban Review Conference next year, which will examine the progress made worldwide since the 2001 global anti-racism summit was held in the South African city.

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11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Torture is rife in Equatorial Guinea's prisons, says UN expert

Detainees kept in police custody in Equatorial Guinea are victims of systematic torture, and prisoners suffer inhuman conditions, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a press statement today, blaming a break down in the country's judicial system.

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11/19/2008 6:58 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Nepal police 'torture kids for fun:' rights group (AFP)

AFP - A leading human rights group on Wednesday accused police in Nepal of torturing scores of children, sometimes for fun.

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11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

French human rights advocate receives UNESCO prize for lifetime's work

One of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 60 years ago will receive a prestigious prize in recognition of his life-long advocacy for a culture of rights around the world, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UNICEF sounds alarm after brutal murder of albino girl in Burundi

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Burundi to better protect the country's albino children in the wake of a brutal crime in which a six-year-old girl was shot and dismembered, apparently in the mistaken belief of some locals that the body parts have magical qualities.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip

The top United Nations human rights official called today for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which she said contravened international law and had deprived those living there of their most basic human rights for months.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Myanmar: UN rights experts demand new fair trials for jailed political prisoners

Five independent United Nations experts on human rights today demanded that authorities in Myanmar hold fair and open re-trials for dozens of prisoners of conscience sentenced to lengthy prison terms and immediately release their jailed defence counsels.

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11/18/2008 1:41 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Amnesty warns of Georgia conflict "twilight zone" (Reuters)

Reuters - Lootings and kidnappings along Georgia's de facto border with separatist South Ossetia are stopping more than 20,000 people from returning home, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

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11/18/2008 7:11 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Punish Indian police for torturing Muslims: rights group (AFP)

AFP - A leading human rights group on Tuesday called for Indian police to be punished for torturing Muslim men detained after bomb attacks in a southern city last year.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ban meets with UN human rights officials at start of two-day trip to Switzerland

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Switzerland for the start of a two-day visit that includes talks with the United Nations' top human rights officials and a meeting with his many envoys and representatives worldwide.

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11/17/2008 7:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Oman sets up human rights body (AFP)

AFP - The sultanate of Oman has established its first-ever human rights commission, becoming the last of the oil-rich Gulf states to set up such a body, Al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission

The top United Nations official in Iraq today welcomed the country's establishment of an independent commission to promote and protect human rights in the troubled Middle East country.

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11/15/2008 10:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

South Africa pays tribute to `Mama Africa' Makeba (AP)

AP - A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to human rights.

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11/14/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN experts voice significant concern over legal rights of Italy's migrant detainees

A group of independent United Nations experts today expressed "significant human rights concerns" over the legal rights of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers in Italy, while otherwise acknowledging the strength of the country's judicial system.

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11/13/2008 11:53 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Mexican teacher ties boy, 11, to chair for hours (AP)

AP - A human rights watchdog says a Mexican teacher tied up a fifth-grader for hours in what his parents called revenge for their stance against a teacher's strike.

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11/13/2008 7:15 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Ex-Harvard scholar enters Liberal leadership race (AP)

AP - A former human rights professor at Harvard University on Thursday entered the leadership race for Canada's once-dominant Liberal Party, which lost badly at the polls during national elections last month.

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11/13/2008 2:33 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

India criticised for 'attitude problem' on rape (AFP)

AFP - India needs a complete overhaul in the way it handles rape allegations, human rights campaigners say, after a German woman dropped a sex attack claim citing pressure and intimidation.

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11/12/2008 12:27 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Rights group urges support for war crimes court (AP)

AP - The world's first permanent war crimes court needs more support as it monitors atrocities in Congo and struggles to have important suspects arrested, an international human rights group said Wednesday.

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11/11/2008 12:41 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Police break up anti-Mugabe protests in Zimbabwe (AP)

AP - President Robert Mugabe's police broke up anti-government demonstrations across Zimbabwe on Tuesday, arresting some people and beating up others, according to the opposition.

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11/11/2008 6:01 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN rights chief condemns Afghan executions (AFP)

AFP - The United Nations top human rights official on Tuesday condemned the execution of several prisoners in Afghanistan as the war-torn country's justice system could not guarantee a fair trial.

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11/11/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Top UN human rights official urges halt to Afghan executions

The United Nations human rights chief voiced her dismay today after several prisoners were put to death in Afghanistan in recent days and urged the Government to stop any further planned executions.

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11/11/2008 8:35 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN chief says 100,000 refugees trapped in Congo (AP)

AP - The head of the United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate cease-fire in eastern Congo to urgently help at least 100,000 refugees cut off by fighting in rebel-held areas.

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11/11/2008 12:37 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

UN accuses DR Congo army of looting, abuses (AFP)

AFP - The UN on Tuesday accused government forces of a wave of violence against civilians, including looting and rape, in several towns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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11/8/2008 7:08 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN accuses rebels, militia of war crimes in Congo (AP)

AP - Rebels and pro-government militiamen executed civilians this week in two waves of terror that the top U.N envoy to Congo said Saturday amount to war crimes ? ones that highlight the inability of undermanned U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians.

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11/8/2008 6:11 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Get tough or call the UN, rights body tells Zimbabwe crisis summit (AFP)

AFP - Southern African leaders need to get tough with President Robert Mugabe or ask the United Nations to step in, Human Rights Watch said Saturday ahead of a crunch summit on Zimbabwe's crisis.

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11/7/2008 5:30 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

New Global Agenda Seen for Obama's Washington (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (OneWorld) - U.S. civil society groups are hopeful that the election of Barack Obama will place issues of energy and the environment, human rights at home and abroad, and aid for the world's poorest high on the change agenda he promised during the campaign.

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11/7/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians' rights

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spotlighted in two new reports to the General Assembly how Israeli practices impinge upon the rights of Palestinians through the continued building of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and other means.

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11/6/2008 1:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith (Reuters)

Reuters - Catholic and Muslim leaders at unprecedented Vatican meetings vowed on Thursday to jointly combat violence committed in God's name, to defend religious freedom and to foster equal rights for minority faith groups.

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11/6/2008 9:18 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

20 civilians killed in DR Congo fighting on eve of summit (AFP)

AFP - Rebels and pro-government militia have killed at least 20 civilians in recent fighting, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, on the eve of a regional summit on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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11/5/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ukraine: UN experts call for progress on arbitrary detention issues

A group of independent United Nations human rights experts has urged Ukraine to address issues such as access to justice by detainees and the right to a fair trial, while noting the progress made by the country in dealing with arbitrary detention.

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11/5/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN rights chief calls on Haiti to strengthen fight against impunity

The top United Nations human rights official has called for strengthening Haiti's police and judicial systems, as well as for greater assistance for the victims of the series of hurricanes that ravaged the tiny Caribbean nation in recent months.

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11/5/2008 5:54 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

SKorea backs UN move to condemn NKorea's rights record (AFP)

AFP - South Korea has for the first time co-sponsored a United Nations resolution condemning North Korea's human rights record, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

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11/4/2008 11:58 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Israel denounces UN Human Rights Council (AP)

AP - Israel accused the U.N. Human Rights Council Tuesday of targeting the Jewish state "in an obsessive and discriminatory fashion," but Egypt said it is imperative that the U.N. body investigate violations of Palestinian rights.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

UN human rights expert outlines priorities for addressing the scourge of racism

The relationship between racism and migration, ethnic conflicts and poverty will all be under the spotlight of the new United Nations independent expert on racism during his time in office, he told journalists today.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Somalia: UNICEF speaks out against stoning death of 13-year-old rape victim

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has deplored last week's stoning to death of a 13-year-old Somali girl who was a victim of rape.

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11/4/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

More patience needed in assessing UN human rights body, its President says

Nearly three years since its creation, more patience is needed in judging the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which is still in an "evolutionary" stage, the body's President told the General Assembly today.

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11/4/2008 8:28 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

UN Warns of Civilian Killings by Colombian Military (OneWorld.net)

OneWorld.net - BOGOTA, Nov 3 (IPS) - The extrajudicial executions that are being committed by government forces in Colombia constitute crimes against humanity, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said at the end of her six-day fact-finding tour of this South American country.

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11/4/2008 3:13 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

S. Korea joins UN to condemn abuse in N. Korea (AP)

AP - South Korea has co-sponsored a U.N. resolution condemning North Korea's alleged human rights abuses for the first time, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 8:22 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

China to issue human rights plan: official (Reuters)

Reuters - China will issue a "human rights action plan" that an official said will seek to improve citizens' rights over the next two years, state media reported Tuesday.

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11/4/2008 6:57 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Syrian activists kept in jail beyond deadline: rights groups (AFP)

AFP - Prominent Syrian journalist Michel Kilo and translator Mahmud Issa, who ought to have been released from jail on Sunday, are still behind bars, human rights figures said on Tuesday.

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11/3/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings in Colombia concern UN rights chief

Colombia faces grave human rights challenges in its ongoing conflict, including hostage-taking, extrajudicial executions and arbitrary arrest and detention, despite measures taken by the Government to protect vulnerable groups, the United Nations rights chief says after visiting the Andean country.

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11/3/2008 11:18 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Arrested Kurdish protesters freed in Syria (AFP)

AFP - Nearly 200 Kurdish protesters who were arrested after staging a protest in the Syrian capital at the weekend have been freed, a human rights group said on Monday.

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11/2/2008 4:48 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Syria bans three from travel: rights group (AFP)

AFP - Syria has banned a journalist, a researcher and a filmmaker from leaving the country amid a crackdown on human rights activists, a Syrian human rights group said on Sunday.

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11/1/2008 3:45 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Iran upholds sentence against Kurdish activist (AP)

AP - Iran's appeals court has upheld an 11-year jail sentence against a prominent Kurdish human rights activist, his lawyer said Saturday.

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11/1/2008 1:22 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Amnesty: Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death (AP)

AP - A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

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10/31/2008 2:52 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Amnesty: Zimbabwe abusers must face justice (AP)

AP - Beatings, rapes and killings of dissidents have escalated in Zimbabwe because the politicians and police who are responsible have not been punished, Amnesty International said Friday.

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10/31/2008 8:03 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Zimbabwe crisis worsens amid impasse, Amnesty says (Reuters)

Reuters - Human rights abuses are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening in Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe and the opposition bicker over forming a government, Amnesty International said on Friday.

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10/31/2008 3:21 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

DRCongo crisis summit agreed as fears grow for civilians (AFP)

AFP - Support for an international summit on the crisis in eastern DRCongo gathered pace Friday, as UN officials reported rebel attacks on camps for displaced people there.

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10/31/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

UN expert cautions Latvia to keep a close eye on threats to children

The sexual exploitation of children is a matter for concern in Latvia despite the low number of reported cases, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today, warning that continued vigilance is needed from the State to protect its young.

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11/20/2008 8:19 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes (AP)

AP - With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.

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11/20/2008 7:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline (AP)

AP - Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments.

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11/20/2008 12:37 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Spacewalk to Mark Space Station's 10th Anniversary (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Two astronauts will celebrate the International Space Station's 10th birthday with some mundane, but much needed, spacewalk maintenance today.

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11/20/2008 2:12 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Bush set to relax endangered species rules (AP)

AP - Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.

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11/20/2008 7:07 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Evidence of vast frozen water reserves on Mars: scientists (AFP)

AFP - NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars, away from its polar caps, in the latest sign that life might be sustainable on the Red planet.

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11/19/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Researchers ID Suite of Genes in Aging Process (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic biomarkers that are highly accurate in determining physiological age have been identified by researchers at California's Buck Institute for Age Research, who said it may be possible to use these biomarkers to test anti-aging drugs.

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11/20/2008 1:57 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Palin, Alaska grapple with lower crude prices (Reuters)

Reuters - Falling oil prices will take a bite out of Alaska's state budget and put a damper on oil-field investment, Gov. Sarah Palin told a conference of major North Slope oil operators on Wednesday.

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11/20/2008 4:11 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found (AP)

AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

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11/20/2008 12:08 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Shuttle crew begins space station makeover (AFP)

AFP - Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday began to outfit the International Space Station with new equipment, as part of plans to expand the orbiting lab's living quarters, NASA said.

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11/20/2008 8:31 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Happy Birthday: Space station celebrates 10 years (AP)

AP - NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station.

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11/20/2008 5:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Justice Department denies mishandling Alaska spill probe (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday denied allegations by a former EPA investigator that it prematurely called off a criminal probe into pipeline spills at a BP Plc oilfield in Alaska in 2006.

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11/20/2008 4:55 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Two-century hunt for tomb of astrologer Copernicus is over (AFP)

AFP - DNA studies on two strands of hair and a tooth have ended a centuries old hunt for the tomb Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th century astronomer who shocked the world by declaring that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, experts said Thursday.

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11/20/2008 1:05 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

The Physics of Teardrops (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A lot can change in the blink of an eye. In fact, the entire surface layer of your eye changes every time you blink.

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11/20/2008 4:38 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Waxman beats Dingell to chair energy committee (Reuters)

Reuters - Rep. Henry Waxman unseated fellow veteran Democratic lawmaker John Dingell on Thursday to become chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.

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11/20/2008 5:48 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

The Reality of Mysterious Medical Maladies (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A recent governmental panel composed of scientists and veterans concluded that Gulf War Syndrome is real, the symptoms likely caused by neurotoxins that veterans were exposed to during the war.

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11/20/2008 8:34 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away (AP)

AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check all their tethers to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.

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11/20/2008 7:08 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Graffiti Triggers Crime and Littering (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The mere presence of graffiti doubles the number of people littering and stealing in a neighborhood, new research suggests.

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11/20/2008 2:53 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Warmer weather for much of U.S. through February: NOAA (Reuters)

Reuters - Much of the United States can anticipate a mild winter, with warmer-than-normal weather forecast from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains through February, government forecasters said on Thursday.

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11/20/2008 5:38 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Next Mars Mission: Contamination a Big Concern (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), scheduled to launch in fall 2009, will follow the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Lander to help determine if Mars is habitable for life.

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11/20/2008 11:03 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Invasive mussel confirmed in Utah's Electric Lake (AP)

AP - Trouble-making zebra mussels have arrived in Utah. But not where they were expected to show up.

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11/20/2008 3:36 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Whittles Down List of Next Mars Landing Sites (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.

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11/19/2008 3:31 AM - Views: 5 Rating: -

God and Evolution Can Co-exist, Scientist Says (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - NEW YORK - A scientist is going public with his Christian belief in God and acceptance of evolution, in the wake of the Dover trial and recent, high-profile scholarly writings that have highlighted the contradictions between religiosity and science.

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11/19/2008 8:50 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

European patent office restores breast cancer gene patent (AFP)

AFP - The European Patent Office on Wednesday restored on appeal a controversial patent for a breast cancer gene that had been withdrawn from a US biotech firm, but granting it in a more restricted form than before.

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11/19/2008 11:45 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - President-elect Barack Obama has plans to invest $150 billion in clean energy technology over the next 10 years. With similar initiatives in other countries, when might we expect exciting alternative technology to deliver true energy independence?

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11/19/2008 8:19 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Smoking's Many Myths Examined (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Unless you're living in a cave under the heart of Kentucky tobacco country, you know that smoking isn't exactly the best thing for your health. Scientists have succeeded in associating the habit with everything from countless cancers to bad-hair days, or so it seems with some reports.

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11/18/2008 11:39 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Broad drilling ban to stand (AP)

AP - House Democrats have no interest in restoring the broad ban on oil and gas development off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but will seek to "delineate areas available for drilling" when Congress returns next year, the second-ranking Democrat in the House said Tuesday.

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11/19/2008 12:15 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

A look at items lost in space (AP)

AP - It's not easy holding on to a small bag some 200 miles above Earth.

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11/19/2008 5:41 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va. (AP)

AP - Global poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday it has suspended a supervisor and would investigate a video released by an animal rights group that appears to show horrific abuse of turkeys at the company's West Virginia farms.

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11/19/2008 5:13 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Vietnam president in Venezuela to boost energy ties (AFP)

AFP - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Venezuela where he was set to promote oil and gas cooperation during a two-day official visit, the first by a head of state from the communist nation.

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11/19/2008 8:02 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Hurricane season ending after record damage in US (AFP)

AFP - The Atlantic hurricane season in 2008 is coming to a close after producing 16 storms, including eight hurricanes, and inflicting record damage in the United States, a report by university researchers said on Wednesday.

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11/19/2008 8:09 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Bengal tiger bites young worker at Virginia zoo (AP)

AP - A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it.

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11/19/2008 6:03 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast (AP)

AP - Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric beast in as little as a decade or two.

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11/19/2008 8:26 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Archaeologists: New evidence for Herod's tomb site (AP)

AP - Israeli archaeologists excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod said Wednesday they have unearthed lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their conviction that the Jewish monarch was buried here.

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11/19/2008 1:24 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Astronauts install water recycler on space station (Reuters)

Reuters - Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system.

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11/19/2008 12:32 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew the coop (AP)

AP - An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight.

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11/19/2008 1:26 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Lost tool bag forces changes to mission spacewalks (AP)

AP - Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated away during repair work.

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11/19/2008 10:28 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Poor safety training blamed for biologist's death (AP)

AP - A wildlife biologist who was never trained about disease risks he could encounter while on the job died from the plague after handling a deceased lion without protective gear, according to a federal report.

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11/19/2008 7:09 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Japan says Australia to avoid force on whales (AFP)

AFP - Japan said Wednesday it received assurances from Australia that it would seek a diplomatic solution to an emotionally charged dispute on whaling and avoid the use of force.

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11/19/2008 6:59 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman (Reuters)

Reuters - A champion in the fight against global warming narrowly beat a defender of the U.S. auto industry on Wednesday in a preliminary battle to head the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.

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11/19/2008 4:35 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Maggot Therapy Gains in Popularity (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Maggots, the larval stage of certain flies, are already a federally approved treatment for people with nasty bed sores, chronic post-surgical wounds and diabetic foot ulcers.

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11/19/2008 1:44 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Our Ancestors Had Floppy, Flexible Feet (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Our ape-like ancestors might have walked like today's gibbons, whose super bendy feet give them a floppy strut.

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11/19/2008 2:03 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Spacewalkers Lose Tool Bag During Space Station Lube Job (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A spacewalking astronaut faced down a grease gun explosion only to lose a tool bag on Tuesday during an ambitious clean-and-grease job outside the International Space Station.

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11/19/2008 3:01 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Endeavour astronaut loses tools in space (AFP)

AFP - An astronaut from the space shuttle Endeavour let slip her tool bag during a spacewalk and watched helplessly as it floated off into space, NASA said.

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11/19/2008 1:01 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

German group SolarWorld bids 1bln euros for Opel (AFP)

AFP - German solar energy company SolarWorld unveiled on Wednesday a surprise billion-euro (1.26-billion-dollar) takeover bid for Opel, a unit of US General Motors, which would create the "first green European car company."

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11/18/2008 6:07 PM - Views: 5 Rating: +1

Bursts Spotted at Milky Way's Black Hole (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Outbursts from the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy generate material that is stretched as it orbits near the gravitational behemoth.

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11/18/2008 7:03 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Gremlins Thought Extinct, Found After 85 Years (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Mouse-sized primates called pygmy tarsiers, not seen alive in 85 years, have come out of hiding from a mountaintop in a cloud forest in Indonesia.

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11/18/2008 8:55 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Taboo Lifts on Sex in Nursing Homes (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Nursing-home residents have sexual needs too. And now researchers are finding ways to educate staff on the taboo topic and provide accommodations for the elderly to shack up under some privacy.

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11/18/2008 8:20 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Astronauts Watch Space Spiders Weave Wild Webs (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A pair of orb weaver spiders flying aboard the International Space Station have fought a battle with weightlessness and lost.

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11/18/2008 1:27 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

North Dakota OKs spraying oil wastewater on roads (AP)

AP - North Dakota's health department will allow salty oil field wastewater to be sprayed on roads as a deicer or for dust control even though oil companies and environmental groups have questioned the practice.

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11/18/2008 5:36 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Color perception shifts from right brain to left (AP)

AP - Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that handles color perception.

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11/20/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Goldman Named Director at Stennis Space Center

NASA has named Arthur E. (Gene) Goldman as the new director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

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11/20/2008 4:45 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Tracking Ten Years of Space Station 'Stuff' (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Imagine for the moment that you moved into a one bedroom apartment 10 years ago. Over the course of the past decade, you've torn down seven walls between your room and the neighbors, giving you a total of eight rooms. You needed the extra space as 15 of your friends sent 167 people to move in, some staying as long as six months.

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Racers Get Ready! NASA's Great Moonbuggy Registration Begins

Registration is open for NASA's 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race.

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NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.

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11/19/2008 11:19 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Astronaut Laments Lost Spacewalk Tool Bag (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper is lamenting the lost tool bag that escaped her grip during a Tuesday spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

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11/20/2008 2:47 PM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Ministerial Council 2008

Europe’s excellence in space, its increased recognition worldwide and the recent successes are all the result of decisions and investments made by European Ministers years and even decades ago. To better understand the importance of the decisions which are on the agenda of the upcoming Ministerial Council Meeting which will take place in The Hague on 25 and 26 November, visit the new dedicated website accessible by clicking the link below. Ministerial Council 2008

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11/20/2008 2:29 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Scientists say Copernicus' remains found (AP)

AP - Researchers believe they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that of hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

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11/20/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA to Brief Media about Test of Orion Launch Abort System Motor

NASA, ATK, Orbital Sciences Corp. and Lockheed Martin representatives will hold a teleconference at 2:30 p.m. MST today, Thursday, Nov. 20, to discuss the results of the first full-scale test fire of the motor for a new launch abort system.

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11/20/2008 12:37 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Small GEO Programme moves forward with contract-signing

ESA PR 45-2008. Today, ESA has signed the Small GEO Platform and Small GEO Mission contracts with the respective industrial primes, namely: OHB- System AG (Germany) and Hispasat S.A. (Spain).

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11/20/2008 6:10 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Astronauts venture out for spacewalk No. 2 (AP)

AP - Astronauts have ventured back out for another spacewalk to perform more repair work on a jammed joint at the international space station.

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11/19/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space Station

NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.

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NASA And DOE Collaborate On Dark Energy Research

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the Joint Dark Energy Mission.

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Mysterious Source of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered

Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays.

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Endeavour, Space Station News Conference Set for Friday

The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 2:05 p.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 21.

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11/19/2008 8:49 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

NASA Shifts Gears: Next Mars Rover to Leave Some Equipment Behind (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Word is that NASA's mega-rover – the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) – will fly to that destination sans a sample cache device. The equipment would have been used to scoop up red planet dirt or rock for possible robotic pickup at a later date.

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11/19/2008 3:33 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Tests Interplanetary Internet (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet, using it to transmit images to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles from Earth, it was announced on Tuesday.

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11/19/2008 2:15 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Astronaut Plumbers Get to Work on Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A crack team of astronaut plumbers got down to business aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday to hook up a new system that recycles urine into drinking water.

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11/19/2008 1:06 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake (AP)

AP - The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

NASA Successfully Tests First Deep Space Internet

NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.

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NASA's QuikSCAT Ocean-Observing Satellite Mission Honored

An Earth-observing satellite that has provided early detection of ocean storms and advanced the scientific exploration of global ocean wind patterns has been recognized for helping scientists better understand our home planet.

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11/18/2008 6:58 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

International Space Station turns 10 (AFP)

AFP - The International Space Station, one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system, including Mars and beyond, turns 10 years old Thursday.

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11/17/2008 10:02 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Shuttle astronauts deliver space station's new gear (Reuters)

Reuters - Space shuttle astronauts delivered tons of custom upgrades to the International Space Station on Monday and prepared for their first spacewalk to restore the outpost to full power.

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11/18/2008 9:35 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Ministers meet to define the role of space in delivering Europe's global objectives

ESA PR 44-2008. Ministers in charge of space activities within the now 18 ESA Member States and Canada will meet in The Hague (the Netherlands) on 25 and 26 November to implement the European Space Policy, setting out the start of future programmes and taking decisions on the next phases of on-going programmes.

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11/18/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover

NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover.

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11/18/2008 7:06 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Astronauts begin first spacewalk of Endeavour mission (AFP)

AFP - Two astronauts from NASA's space shuttle Endeavour stepped outside the International Space Station Tuesday on the first of four planned spacewalks of the 15-day mission.

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11/18/2008 8:31 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Spacewalkers prepare for in-orbit cleaning job (AP)

AP - Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.

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11/18/2008 1:15 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Shuttle Endeavour's Heat Shield in Good Shape (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - NASA's space shuttle Endeavour appears to be in good shape, with engineers finding no need for an extra inspection of the spacecraft's vital heat shield, mission managers said late Monday.

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11/18/2008 2:02 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Astronauts to Begin Space Station Gear Tune-up in Spacewalk (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A pair of Endeavour shuttle astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) today on the first of four scheduled spacewalks to clean up a clogged solar array gear.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

NASA Receives First Stage Rocket Hardware for Ares I-X Test Flight

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival Nov. 10 of important hardware for the Ares I-X rocket's upcoming test flight.

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11/16/2008 11:15 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Home Improvement Crew Arrives at Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A crew of astronaut plumbers and electricians arrived at the International Space Station aboard NASA’s shuttle Endeavour on Sunday to add an extra kitchen, bathroom and new bedrooms to the orbiting laboratory.

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11/16/2008 10:28 PM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Endeavour docks with ISS (AFP)

AFP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station Sunday, beginning a "home improvement" mission to double the living space on the orbiting complex.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

Nations Around the World Mark 10th Anniversary of International Space Station

Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station.

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11/17/2008 8:30 AM - Views: 3 Rating: -

Astronauts prepare to unpack Endeavour's cargo (AP)

AP - Astronauts aboard the international space station and the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour planned Monday to start unpacking a new toilet and a contraption that purifies urine and sweat into drinkable water at the orbiting outpost.

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11/17/2008 8:34 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

Taliban claims Afghan ambush that killed 10 French (AP)

AP - An Arab satellite television station on Monday showed video clips purportedly from the Taliban claiming responsibility for an ambush in Afghanistan that killed 10 French soldiers three months ago.

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11/17/2008 2:01 PM - Views: 2 Rating: -

ESA supports efforts to protect public health and safety

A consortium of Portuguese and Italian companies, led by the Portuguese National Health Institute and with the support of ESA, is developing a Health Early Warning System designed to enable timely detection and tracking of emerging threats to public health and safety via satellite.

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11/17/2008 1:33 PM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Shuttle Astronauts to Move In Aboard Space Station (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - It was moving day at the International Space Station Monday as astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour delivered a portable room packed with new home additions for the orbiting laboratory.

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11/17/2008 12:00 AM - Views: 0 Rating: -

NASA Satellites Capture Images of Southern California Wildfires

Images from NASA satellites give a wider perspective of the full extent and devastation of the wildfires raging in Southern California.

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11/16/2008 12:15 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Endeavour Astronauts Scan Shuttle Heat Shield for Damage (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronauts aboard NASA's space shuttle Endeavour inspected their spacecraft's heat shield for damage Saturday while engineers on Earth tackled minor communications glitches as the orbiter heads toward a weekend rendezvous with the International Space Station.

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11/16/2008 7:35 AM - Views: 1 Rating: -

Shuttle heads for station docking (AP)

AP - Speeding 17,000 miles an hour around Earth, space shuttle Endeavour aimed for a docking with the international space station Sunday to drop off a new housemate and deliver equipment which will change the outpost into a two-kitchen, two-bath, five-bedroom home.

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11/16/2008 5:15 PM - Views: 0 Rating: -

Shuttle Astronauts to Dock at Space Station Today (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station, where its seven-astronaut crew plans to dock today and deliver a new crewmate and vital gear to expand the orbiting laboratory to handle double-sized crews.

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11/15/2008 8:02 AM - Views: 4 Rating: -

After 'Remarkable' Night Launch, Complex Shuttle Flight Ahead (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The brilliant blaze of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour as it rocketed into orbit under the light of a nearly full moon late Friday is just the beginning of a challenging, but vital, flight to the International Space Station (ISS) , mission managers said.

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