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ESAs Herschel telescope finally switched off
European Space Agency's billion-euro Herschel space telescope has been switched off. Mission controllers sent the final command to the Herschel satellite Monday at 12:25 GMT (14:25 CEST), marking the end of operations for ESA's hugely successful space observatory. Herschel's science mission had already ended in April upon exhaustion of the crucial liquid helium that cooled the observatory's ...
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New details about crash that killed Yuri Gagarin first man in space emerge
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagain was the first man in space -- but the interstellar pioneer died mysteriously in 1968, after theMiG-15 he was flying went down not far from Moscow. Now, fellow cosmonautAleksey Leonov, the first man to conduct a spacewalk, has been allowed to come foward to reveal what was likely the real cause of Gagarin's fatal crash: a supersonicSu-15 jet appears to have ...
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Harold the space centre projector semi-retiring from painting the sky with stars
Harold-the star projector at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre-is semi-retiring after more than 40 years of service. Robert Appleton, executive director, is at the ...
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Star attraction at Vancouver space centre being put out to interstellar pasture
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NASA selects new astronauts for space exploration
US space agency NASA said Monday it has selected eight new astronauts for future missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and even Mars.The eight candidates, all in their 30s, were chosen from more than 6,000 applications NASA received last year. Half of them are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected for a class.NASA said the candidates could also ...
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The Little Mermaid [DVD]
It may be hard to believe in an age when Disney animated films are considered failures when they only gross $100 million, but there was a time not too long ago when the Disney animated studio was in trouble. After turning out numerous classics during the '30s, '40s, and '50s, the animation division had begun to sink into mediocrity, and the '70s and '80s produced interesting but flat films lik ... ...
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Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil
* Sparked by cost of public transport, complaints grow * Demonstrations unfold as Brazil hosts Confederations Cup * Protests mostly peaceful, though clashes in some cities (Updates size of protests, adds fresh quotes, details) By Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on ...
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Rain continues to fall in flooded Fort McMurray and area
Flooding at Heritage Park in Fort McMurray on June 11, 2013. (AMANDA RICHARDSON/QMI Agency) The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo began offering shovels, sand and bags to be used to protect properties as the Hangingstone and Clearwater rivers turned parks to lakes and forced more than 100 people to evacuate their homes. A state of emergency was issued Tuesday afternoon. According to Wood ...
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Rob Ford to learn whether Supreme Court will hear conflict appeal
Analysis: Project Traveller raid not about Rob Ford TORONTO - It’s either the last chapter in Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict-of-interest case or the start of a heck of a finale at the Supreme Court of Canada. Ford finds out Thursday whether the country’s top court will hear Toronto resident Paul Magder’s appeal of the court decision earlier this year that let him stay in the ...
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Jury in Trayvon Martin case to be anonymous for now Judge
Florida court debates what jury can hear in Trayvon Martin killing SANFORD, FLA. - The identities of jurors in the trial of former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will remain anonymous for an unspecified period after a verdict is handed down in the case, the judge ruled on Monday. The decision by Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson came after jury selection in the trial resumed for a second ...
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Mountie knew what he was doing when he killed his wife court hears
EDMONTON - A psychiatrist says a delusional former Mountie who shot his wife to death should be found criminally responsible because he knew what he was doing was wrong. Dr. Lenka Zedkova testified Monday that while she accepts Tirth Sehmbi, 39, was suffering from delusions at the time of the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Sehmbi, 29, she believes he was still able to appreciate the nature ...
They said it
Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.
Hassan Rouhani
Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.
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