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June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

Astronomers observe distant icy world orbiting beyond Neptune

Astronomers say they have observed, for the first time, a distant icy world orbiting beyond Neptune as it passed briefly in front of a bright star. This stellar occultation occurs when a planetary body hides a star as it moves across the sky. A US-led team of 18 astronomy groups used the occasion to...

June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

Astronomers observe distant icy world orbiting beyond Neptune

Astronomers say they have observed, for the first time, a distant icy world orbiting beyond Neptune as it passed briefly in front of a bright star. This stellar occultation occurs when a planetary body hides a star as it moves across the sky. A US-led team of 18 astronomy groups used the occasion to...

June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

Landslides kill 46 people in Myanmar

Forty six people have been killed and four others injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Maungtaw township of western Rakhine state in Myanmar, over the past four days since the weekend. The official daily New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday the heavy rain and strong wind, that also...

June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

Landslides kill 46 people in Myanmar

Forty six people have been killed and four others injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Maungtaw township of western Rakhine state in Myanmar, over the past four days since the weekend. The official daily New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday the heavy rain and strong wind, that also...

June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

15-year-old Australian boy held for Nitin Garg's murder

In Australia, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday by the Victoria police in the western Melbourne suburb in connection with the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg. Garg was stabbed to death in January this year in Melbourne while he was on his way to work. The Victoria police said in a state...

June 17, 2010 11:27 AM

15-year-old Australian boy held for Nitin Garg's murder

In Australia, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday by the Victoria police in the western Melbourne suburb in connection with the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg. Garg was stabbed to death in January this year in Melbourne while he was on his way to work. The Victoria police said in a state...

June 17, 2010 11:26 AM

Japan's new PM Naoto Kan survives no-confidence motion

<br/>Japan's new centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan easily survived a no-confidence motion on Wednesday and dismissed opposition calls for snap elections for the powerful lower house of parliament. <br/> <br/>The conservative opposition Liberal Democratic Party s...

June 17, 2010 11:26 AM

Japan's new PM Naoto Kan survives no-confidence motion

<br/>Japan's new centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan easily survived a no-confidence motion on Wednesday and dismissed opposition calls for snap elections for the powerful lower house of parliament. <br/> <br/>The conservative opposition Liberal Democratic Party s...

June 17, 2010 10:12 AM

Flash floods in France leave 19 dead

Flash floods in south-eastern France have killed 19 people and seven are still missing. Heavy rainstorms triggered flash flooding in the picturesque Cote d'Azur region, sweeping cars down streets and gutting houses. In the Draguignan area near the Mediterranean coast firefighters have been sear...

June 17, 2010 10:12 AM

Flash floods in France leave 19 dead

Flash floods in south-eastern France have killed 19 people and seven are still missing. Heavy rainstorms triggered flash flooding in the picturesque Cote d'Azur region, sweeping cars down streets and gutting houses. In the Draguignan area near the Mediterranean coast firefighters have been sear...

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