North Korea defended Thursday its right to explore outer space after reports that a rocket, believed by the United States to be a long-range missile, had been positioned on its launch pad. North Korea recently informed a pair of U.N
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Space shuttle Discovery on pace for Sunday launch
The space shuttle Discovery is on pace for a Sunday launch after NASA engineers repaired a leaky gas venting system, officials said Saturday. The leak had canceled a planned launch on Wednesday. NASA hopes the seven-member crew can take off around 7:40 p.m.
Gitmo prisoners defend ‘blessed’ 9/11 attack
Five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S.
Tourist’s body found in Thai sea search
The body of a tourist was found off the coast of Thailand Tuesday, but six others remain missing after a ferry sank over the weekend near a popular diving destination, authorities said.
Q & A: What is ‘quantitative easing?’
The UK government has announced plans to introduce "quantitative easing" to help the economy. That’s correct.
Japan sinks deeper into recession
The extent of the economic malaise that has descended on once-prosperous Japan is evident in the latest economic figures showing the steepest ever fall in the Far Eastern nation’s industrial output. Production at the country’s factories fell a record 10 percent in January as export partners cut back on orders.
Japan’s Double Oscar Victory
It’s not quite Slumdog’s tale of rags to riches — more like shining maggots to Oscar gold. The path that led Japan to take its first Oscar in Best Foreign Language film at this week’s Academy Awards started with the film’s lead actor, Masahiro Motoki, contacting author Shinmon Aoki to quote a passage of his novel Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician in the actor’s own travel diary. “Maggots are life, too,” the passage, in the voice of the novel’s protagonist, reads
The Internet’s 99 Greatest Hits
I remember my first viral video. The year was 2001 and I was a fresh-faced teenager with my first high-speed Internet connection.
Official: Ministry infiltrators killed Iraqi VP’s sister in ’06
The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Monday blamed ministry infiltrators for the 2006 killing of the sister of the Sunni vice president.
‘Slumdog’ makes history, sweeps Oscars
Years from now it may be a trivia question on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." “What 2008 film based around a well-known game show,” the question may read, ominous music humming in the background, “won the Oscar for best picture” The answer — “Slumdog Millionaire” — is history. It is East meeting West, Bollywood meeting Hollywood, a film that was going nowhere winning the biggest prize in the movie business