VIDEO: Orbital readies cargo to the ISS

VIDEO: Orbital readies cargo to the ISS


VIDEO: Orbital readies cargo to the ISS

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT

The BBC visits the headquarters of Orbital, one of the two private space companies tasked by Nasa to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.


VIDEO: Obamas host Easter egg roll

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 12:59 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have hosted thousands of children and their parents at the White House's annual Easter egg roll.


China urges 'restraint' over N.Korea rocket launch

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:42 AM PDT

China on Tuesday called on all parties to "exercise restraint" and avoid an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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N. Korea set to install satellite on rocket: official

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:16 AM PDT

North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payload later Tuesday, a senior space official said.

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Tuanku Hajah Haminah profile, the Raja Permaisuri Agong XIV

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:15 AM PDT

In conjunction with the installation of Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong on April 11, Istana Negara has issued a profile of the Raja Permaisuri Agong XIV as follows:

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Changed or unchanged?

Posted: 10 Apr 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Times have, after all, changed. After learning a lesson from the 2008 political tsunami, the BN no longer dares to take it lightly even if Pakatan Rakyat's declaration to seize Johor is only a rave.

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Obama healthcare law could sharply worsen U.S. deficits - study

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare law could sharply exceed its cost-savings targets and add up to $530 billion to the federal budget deficit, a leading authority on U.S. government benefit programs said on Tuesday.



Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off west coast of Africa - USGS

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the western coast of Africa on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.



Suicide bomber strikes Afghanistan's Herat region, 9 dead

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:44 PM PDT

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least nine people on Tuesday in Afghanistan's relatively peaceful western Herat province near the border with Iran, officials said.



Japan sees nuclear contingency plans soon, before restarts

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will announce soon its contingency plans for dealing with nuclear accidents to ease public concerns about restarting reactors closed since the Fukushima radiation crisis last year, Trade Minister Yukio Edano said on Tuesday.



VIDEO: Uganda's 'recovery' from violence

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT

Will Ross returns to Uganda, five years after the notoriously brutal rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army, left the country.


Suicide bomber strikes Afghanistan’s Herat region, nine dead

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 11:07 PM PDT

HERAT, Afghanistan, April 10 — A suicide bomber killed at least nine people today in Afghanistan's relatively peaceful western Herat province near the border with Iran, officials said. The bomber blew up a car laden with explosives just outside the capital city of Heart, killing six civilians and three policemen, provincial governor spokesman ...



Recognising Muslim fans, Real Madrid to remove cross from logo

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:16 PM PDT

MADRID, Apr 10: Real Madrid, the Spanish football giants are making changes to the club's logo in order to strengthen their popularity among Muslim football lovers.


Networks and issues

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:55 PM PDT

No matter which party we are supporting, we must recognise the true meaning of democracy. Politicians come and go, the most important thing is to pursue the establishment of a sound system, so that our children and grandchildren can live in dignity on this piece of land.

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7 die in Indonesia's Medan house fire

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:46 PM PDT

7 people were trapped and burned to death in a deadly fire incident that consumed a store in North Sumatra capital city of Medan early Tuesday, local media reported.

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Consumers in China demand to know more about their food

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:38 PM PDT

(BEIJING-AFP) - Following a series of food scandals in China, experts claim that consumers are demanding to be told more about what ends up on their dinner tables. Not only food companies, but also the media are being pressured to reveal more information. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Is laughter the answer for HK's stressed out workers?

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:32 PM PDT

(China-AFP) - Hypnotherapist Dick Yu has a mission that seems unthinkable to some Hong Kong people: he wants to make the Asian financial hub's seven million residents laugh. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Smart

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT

People walk by empty public pay phones in New York City. New York City officials plan to unveil new smartphones equipped with 32-inch touchscreen and Internet connections inside 250 old phone booths throughout the city next month. The new smartphones will eventually replace all of the city's 12,800 outdoor pay phones whose franchise contracts with the city will expire in October 2014.

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Number of US teen births lowest in 70 years

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:24 PM PDT

The number of new teenage mothers in the United States is at its lowest level in nearly 70 years but remains the highest of any major developed country, according to official figures released Tuesday.

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Philippine bomb wounds 22 soldiers

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 10:23 PM PDT

A powerful booby trap bomb wounded 22 Philippine soldiers, seven of them critically, as they patrolled a former stronghold of Al-Qaeda-linked militants Tuesday, the military said.

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