A top executive for the company which built the "black box" aboard Air France Flight 447 says he hopes his firm’s 100 percent recovery record from air accidents will be maintained despite fears the device may be lost at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
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U.S. Shoots for the Moon, This Time to Stay
Say this for the U.S. space program: we may have spent the last 40 years mostly ignoring the moon, but when we go back, we go back with a bang
Unbowed, Ahmadinejad Shows Up in Russia
On Tuesday, amid reports of escalating violence and protest across his country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slipped into a plane and jetted off to Yekaterinburg, a Russian city nestled in the Ural mountains. Iran seethed in the aftermath of Ahmadinejad’s disputed election victory last weekend even as foreign journalists were officially barred from reporting street protests a day after the largest demonstrations seen in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Meanwhile, the powerful Guardian Council is investigating allegations of poll fraud, and has suggested a partial recount — a solution main opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi has rejected.
Pregnant with girl or boy? At-home test may tell you
Expecting moms can determine whether they’re carrying a boy or a girl as early as 10 weeks after conception, according to an over-the-counter gender prediction test by a Plano, Texas, company.
Kashmir unrest claims 2 Indian soldiers, 3 militants
Two soldiers, including an officer, and three militants have been killed in a fierce gunfight in the Kupwara district on the north Kashmir frontier, the Indian army said Monday. An army spokesman said the gunfight erupted Saturday during a search operation in the forested area of Hatmulla, near the Line of Control that marks the border between India and Pakistan in Kashmir.
India’s parliament elects first woman speaker
India’s lower house of parliament elected a woman as its speaker Wednesday, a first in the male-dominated chamber’s history. Meira Kumar is also a member of the “untouchable” Dalit class, the lowest rung in the centuries-old caste system in the country.
Geithner’s Asia Background Shows During His China Trip
It wasn’t the size of the U.S. budget deficits — or how much Treasury debt China now buys — that made Tim Geithner blush in Beijing this morning
Pakistan army spokesman fights media war
The office of Maj. Gen.
Amnesty: Economic troubles heighten rights abuses
Global economic troubles are fueling a human-rights crisis, Amnesty International warned as it released its "Report 2009: State of the World’s Human Rights" on Thursday. “The economic downturn has aggravated abuses, distracted attention from them and created new problems,” Amnesty Secretary General Irene Khan said in a news release. “In the name of security, human rights were trampled on
Cyclone death toll near 200 in India, Bangladesh
The death toll from a powerful cyclone that hit India and Bangladesh this week has climbed to at least 180, officials said Wednesday. In Bangladesh, some 111 people have died and more than 6,600 others have been injured in the storm, said Sultanul Islam Chowdhury from the country’s food and disaster management ministry