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Missing ship Arctic Sea found off African islandsA Russian-crewed cargo ship missing since a suspected hijacking in the Baltic Sea last month has been found by a Russian warship near the Cape Verde islands off the coast of West Africa. All 15 crew are "alive and well," said Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
CNN Monday, August 17, 2009Holbrooke: Taliban's Mehsud 'still dead'The United States knows that the leader of Pakistan's Taliban is dead because he has not appeared in public to prove that he is alive, the top U.S. envoy to the region told CNN on Monday.
CNN Monday, August 17, 2009Report says hundreds of gay men killed in IraqHundreds of gay men have been tortured and killed in Iraq in recent months, some by the nation's security forces, Human Rights Watch says. Interviews with doctors indicate hundreds of men had been killed, but the exact number was unclear because of the stigma associated with homosexuality in Iraq, the New York-based watchdog group said in its report.
CNN Monday, August 17, 2009Video shows alleged abuse by British soldierAs British authorities prepare to resume an inquiry into a hotel clerk's death in Basra while held by British soldiers in 2003, a video has emerged showing a British soldier abusing Iraqi prisoners.
CNN Monday, August 17, 2009Design Of Chandrayaan-2 ReadyBangalore, India (PTI) Aug 17, 2009 - India has completed the design of Chandrayaan-2, its next mission to the moon - this time in collaboration with Russia - that would have a lander and rover which can collect samples of the lunar soil and analyse them and send back the data.
SpaceDaily Monday, August 17, 2009ISRO Takes On GoogleNew Dehli, India (TFE) Aug 17, 2009 - If ambition is good, ISRO's taking on Google Earth with Bhuvan, as was
reported in The Indian Express, is good. And we approve of ambition. In promising 3D satellite images of India matching anything Google Earth can offer, ISRO is not taking on a minor challenge.
SpaceDaily Monday, August 17, 2009NASA Completes Assembly Of Ares I-X Test RocketCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2009 - For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's
kennedy space center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparation for launch this fall.
SpaceDaily Monday, August 17, 2009In the Beginning... Introducing the Origins IssueA Greek statesman who lived in the sixth century B.C. put forward the first explanation, shorn of theological trappings, that captured the essence of all things living and inanimate. Thales of Miletus noticed that water could exist as a liquid, gas or solid and posited that it was the fundamental constituent of matter from which the earth’s denizens--men, goats, flowers, rocks, and whatnot--somehow sprang forth.As with all natural philosophy (a pursuit now known as science), Thales’ observation immediately provoked an argument. Anaximander, a disciple of Thales (today what would be called a graduate student), asked how water could be the single basic element if rock, sand and other substances appeared to be devoid of moisture. [More]
Scientific American Monday, August 17, 2009Origins: The Start of EverythingWhere do rainbows come from, Daddy?What about flying cars--and LSD? [More]
Scientific American Monday, August 17, 2009How many stars can you see?Urban illumination is the bane of astronomers everywhere, but it is also depriving citizens of their "right to starlight", according to the International Astronomical Union.
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