US lab debuts super laser (AFP)

May 31st, 2009 by admin

US lab debuts super laser
(AFP)

A US weapons lab pulled back the curtain on a super laser with the power to burn as hot as a star.(AFP/File/MONICA M. DAVEY)AFP – A US weapons lab on Friday pulled back the curtain on a super laser with the power to burn as hot as a star.

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Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall (AP)

May 29th, 2009 by admin

Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall
(AP)

French former Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby, seen here in 2006, has been found dead following a fall on Mont Blanc, French police said on Friday.(AFP/File/Boris Horvat)AP – Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31.

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US, SKorea militaries gird for NKorean provocation (AP)

May 28th, 2009 by admin

US, SKorea militaries gird for NKorean provocation
(AP)

A South Korean Marine stands guard in alert on Yeonpyong Island, western South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its peace treaty with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ahn Jung-won)AP – The U.S. and South Korea put their military forces on high alert Thursday after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace between the two Koreas since 1953. The North also accused the U.S. of preparing to attack the isolated communist country in the wake of its second nuclear bomb test, and warned it would retaliate to any hostility with “merciless” and dangerous ferocity.

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North Korea threatens to attack South if ships searched (Reuters)

May 27th, 2009 by admin

North Korea threatens to attack South if ships searched
(Reuters)

South Korean soldiers look at the North Korean side through binoculars at Dora Observation Post in the demilitarized zone (DMZ)  near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. North Korea warned South Korea and the United States on Wednesday that Seoul's participation in a U.S.-led program to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction is equal to a 'declaration of war.'  (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)Reuters – North Korea, facing international censure for this week’s nuclear test, threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after it joined a U.S.-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons of mass destruction.

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Police: Mike Tyson’s daughter on life support (AP)

May 26th, 2009 by admin

Police: Mike Tyson’s daughter on life support
(AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson leaves Superior Court after pleading guilty to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub in Mesa, Ariz. Tyson's 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck on a treadmill cable at their Phoenix home Monday May 25, 2009, police said.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP – Boxer Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck caught in a cord of a treadmill machine Monday, police said.

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Powell Takes on Cheney, Limbaugh in Battle for Republican Party (Bloomberg)

May 25th, 2009 by admin

Powell Takes on Cheney, Limbaugh in Battle for Republican Party
(Bloomberg)

In this photo provided by CBS News, former Secretary of State General Colin Powell appears on the CBS talk show 'Face the Nation,' Sunday, May 24, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/CBS News, Karin Cooper)Bloomberg – May 24 (Bloomberg) — Former Secretary of State Colin
Powell said the Republican Party needs to break free from the
grip of conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh and forge a
more inclusive identity.

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Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China (AP)

May 23rd, 2009 by admin

Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China
(AP)

In this photo taken Thursday May 21, 2009, shows Chen Fuchao, right, a man heavily in debt,  had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by Lai Jiansheng, left, came up, shook his hand  and pushed him off the ledge in Guangzhou, China   Lai Jiansheng had been fed up with what he called the 'selfish activity' of a potential jumper, Xinhua said. Traffic  had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area. Chen fell 8 meters (26 feet) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion and survived.(AP Photo)AP – Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.

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U.S. defense chief lauds soldier in pink boxers (Reuters)

May 22nd, 2009 by admin

U.S. defense chief lauds soldier in pink boxers
(Reuters)

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokan, WA, center. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)Reuters – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops.

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NYC police: Terror suspects wanted to commit jihad (AP)

May 21st, 2009 by admin

NYC police: Terror suspects wanted to commit jihad
(AP)

Onta Williams also known as Hamza is led by police officers from a federal building in New York, Thursday, May 21, 2009, after being arrested by the FBI  on charges related to a plot to bomb targets in the Bronx section of New York.   (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)AP – Four men arrested after planting what they thought were explosives near a synagogue and community center and plotting to shoot down a military plane were bent on carrying out a holy war against America, authorities said Thursday.

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Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo’s bite (AFP)

May 20th, 2009 by admin

Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo’s bite
(AFP)

The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, has a snake-like venom in its bite which sends victims into shock and stops their blood from clotting, according to Australian research.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP – The world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, has a snake-like venom in its bite which sends victims into shock and stops their blood from clotting, according to Australian research.

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