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Commercial rocket blasts off for International Space Station, opening new era of spaceflight

The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

No Canadian boots on Afghan soil after 2014, Harper tells NATO summit

Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press 22 May, 2012 8

UN says Aung San Suu Kyi to make first speech outside Myanmar at UN conference

John Heilprin, The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

GENEVA - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver her first speech outside the country before a U.N. labour conference in Geneva on June 14, the head of the U.N. labour office said Tuesday. Suu Kyi's speech to the annual conference of the Geneva-based U.N.'s International Labor Organi

Passenger train rams into parked freight train in southern India, killing 24, injuring dozens

Omer Farooq, The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

HYDERABAD, India - A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smouldering wreckage near the southwe

Eight people wounded in shooting following Oklahoma City Thunder game

The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police say at least eight people were shot late Monday blocks from Chesapeake Energy Arena after the NBA playoff game between the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers. Capt. Dexter Nelson said some scuffles broke out in a crowd of people walking east toward the Bricktown

UN nuclear agency chief says agreement reached with Tehran on Iran probe, to be signed soon

The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

VIENNA - The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will "be signed quite soon. " Yukiya Amano says some details still need to be worked out. But he tells reporters that Iranian officials say that

A commercial rocket blasts off for International Space Station, opening new era of spaceflight

Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A commercial rocket has blasted off with a load of supplies for the International Space Station. The SpaceX company's Falcon 9 rocket took flight at 3:44 a.m. Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, opening a new era of spaceflight. It carried a capsule named Dragon that is pack

Suicide bomber kills 96 Yemeni soldiers, turns a parade drill into a massacre

Ahmed Al-Haj,Maggie Michael, The Associated Press 22 May, 2012 0

SANAA, Yemen - A Yemeni soldier who detonated a bomb hidden in his uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade has killed 96 fellow soldiers and wounded at least 200 in what was one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for Monday's

A satisfying close for medical drama 'House' after 8 seasons of zaniness, healing and pain

Frazier Moore, The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Whither Dr. Gregory House? Would the cantankerous hero of the Fox TV medical drama mend his ways or self-destruct for all time? That was the mystery as "House" barrelled to its conclusion Monday night. In a recent interview, series star Hugh Laurie had teased that House was coming t

Moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Bulgaria near capital Sofia

The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

SOFIA, Bulgaria - The U.S. Geological Survey says a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia early Tuesday. There are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage. The U.S.G.S. said the quake struck shortly after 3 a.m. local time Tuesday near