By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON — Pending resolution of a potential radiator hose problem, the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for launching on Feb. 7 on a twice-delayed mission to the International Space Station, NASA managers said Wednesday.
N. Wayne Hale Jr., director of the space shuttle program, said in a televised news conference that no […]
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By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON — The Messenger spacecraft that zipped past Mercury two weeks ago found more evidence of the innermost planet’s turbulent past, including ridges that run hundreds of miles and a unique feature made up of more than 100 troughs radiating in all directions, scientists said Wednesday.
A preliminary look at data from […]
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Personal Best
By GINA KOLATA
YOU know what is supposed to happen when you grow old. You will slow down, you will grow weak, your steps will become short and mincing, and you will lose your sense of balance. That’s what aging researchers consistently find, and it’s no surprise to most of us.
But it is […]
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By TIM JOHNSTON
SYDNEY, Australia — The new government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says it will apologize for past mistreatment of Australia’s Aboriginal minority when Parliament convenes next month, addressing an issue that has blighted race relations in the country for years.
In a measure of the importance Mr. Rudd attaches to the issue, the […]
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By NAZILA FATHI
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that his country would produce nuclear energy by next year and condemned Israel as a “filthy entity” that would soon collapse.
He spoke as the United Nations Security Council considered imposing new sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to halt uranium enrichment […]
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By ALISSA J. RUBIN
BAGHDAD — The unsettled situation in northern Iraq continued Wednesday as Iraqi troops massed in Mosul to fight Sunni Arab extremists, and a Turkmen political group in Kirkuk threatened to resort to arms in response to the kidnapping and killing of Turkmens by extremists.
A Defense Ministry spokesman, Mohammed al-Askeri, told reporters […]
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