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December 8, 2010 11:03 AM

Japan's interplanetary Mission Venus failed

An interplanetary probe intended to go into orbit around Venus has failed in its mission. Japan's space agency said today, 200 days after it left Earth that Akatsuki, or Dawn, was intended to be the first Japanese satellite to orbit a planet other than Earth. Officially called the Planet-C Venu...

December 8, 2010 11:03 AM

Japan's interplanetary Mission Venus failed

An interplanetary probe intended to go into orbit around Venus has failed in its mission. Japan's space agency said today, 200 days after it left Earth that Akatsuki, or Dawn, was intended to be the first Japanese satellite to orbit a planet other than Earth. Officially called the Planet-C Venu...

December 8, 2010 10:32 AM

Death toll in China coal mine blast rises to 46

The death toll in a gas explosion in a coal mine shaft has risen to twenty six in central China's Henan Province. Local rescue headquarters said today, that a total of 46 miners were working underground when the gas blast occurred yesterday in the Suzhuang Coal Mine in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia...

December 8, 2010 10:32 AM

Death toll in China coal mine blast rises to 46

The death toll in a gas explosion in a coal mine shaft has risen to twenty six in central China's Henan Province. Local rescue headquarters said today, that a total of 46 miners were working underground when the gas blast occurred yesterday in the Suzhuang Coal Mine in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia...

December 8, 2010 9:43 AM

Obama defends tax cuts

President Barack Obama is defending his compromise with Republicans to extend tax cuts that began under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Most criticism of the deal has come from the President's own Democratic Party.At a hastily-arranged news conference Tuesday, President Obama gave an unusually...

December 8, 2010 9:43 AM

Obama defends tax cuts

President Barack Obama is defending his compromise with Republicans to extend tax cuts that began under his predecessor, George W. Bush. Most criticism of the deal has come from the President's own Democratic Party.At a hastily-arranged news conference Tuesday, President Obama gave an unusually...

December 8, 2010 9:42 AM

Palestine-Israel talks remained inconclusive

A senior Israeli official has said that the talks between the Palestinians and Israel remained inconclusive. Israeli media Haaretz, has quoted the official as saying that both sides will now try to find new ways to advance the Middle East peace process.US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley al...

December 8, 2010 9:42 AM

Palestine-Israel talks remained inconclusive

A senior Israeli official has said that the talks between the Palestinians and Israel remained inconclusive. Israeli media Haaretz, has quoted the official as saying that both sides will now try to find new ways to advance the Middle East peace process.US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley al...

December 8, 2010 9:41 AM

GCC denounces terrorism

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has denounced the violence and terror-related extremism and expressed its support for any regional and international effort for combating terrorism.In the final statement issued after the two-day meeting of its 31st Summit in Abu Dhabi last evening, the GCC has cal...

December 8, 2010 9:41 AM

GCC denounces terrorism

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has denounced the violence and terror-related extremism and expressed its support for any regional and international effort for combating terrorism.In the final statement issued after the two-day meeting of its 31st Summit in Abu Dhabi last evening, the GCC has cal...

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