Dawn of Orion: NASA launch opens new era in space
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05 Dec 2014

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's new Orion spacecraft streaked into orbit Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars. The unmanned journey began with a sunrise liftoff witnessed by thousands of NASA guests. Parts of the spacecraft peeled away exactly as planned, falling back...

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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 at at 7:05 a.m. EST, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Florida.
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International Criminal Court Drops Charges Against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta
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05 Dec 2014

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor dropped all "crimes against humanity" charges against Kenya's president on Friday for lack of evidence, highlighting the court's problems in bringing to justice the high-ranking officials it has accused of atrocities. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda filed a terse,...

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Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta appears before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014, to appeal for the crimes against humanity case against him to be dropped for lack of evidence.
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Kenyan president to attend International Criminal Court
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at ICC over violence charges International Criminal Court
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Kenya president at Hague court charged with crimes against humanity
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Kenya leader at ICC over violence charges
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International Criminal Court hears Kenyan vice-president William Ruto deny orchestrating...
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Luke Somers: Al-Qaeda taunts US forces for failed raid to rescue hostage photojournalist
Full Article The Independent
05 Dec 2014

An Al-Qaida commander has branded US forces as fools for a failed attempt to rescue a hostage British-born photojournalist in Yemen. Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi condemned the attempt to rescue Luke Somers, calling it a "foolish action" and warned against any more "stupidities". Mr Somers, who is 33, was kidnapped in September 2013 as...

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File - In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo, Luke Somers, 33, an American photojournalist who was kidnapped over a year ago by al-Qaida, poses for a picture during a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa, Yemen.
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US Vs al Qaeda: AQAP threatens to kill Luke Somers after US’ failed rescue mission
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Yemen hostage US reveals bid to rescue Luke Somers
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Luke Somers: Al-Qaeda group 'threatens to kill US hostage'
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Yemen hostage: US reveals bid to rescue Luke Somers
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These 6 Countries Are Responsible For 60% Of CO2 Emissions
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05 Dec 2014

Six countries produce nearly 60 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. China and the United States combine for more than two-fifths. The planet's future will be shaped by what these top carbon polluters do about the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. How they rank, what they're doing: CHINA China Photos/Getty ImagesChina accounts...

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In this Dec. 16 2009 file photo, water vapor billows from smokestacks on Paris. France is backing down from a plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions that had been a central plank of President Nicolas Sarkozy's push for a more prominent role in the global fight against climate change.
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China surpasses EU in per capita carbon emissions
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China, US, India Push World Carbon Emissions Up
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U.S. unveils plan to reduce carbon emissions by 2030
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It's Official: A Secretary Of Defense Nominee Has Been Chosen
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05 Dec 2014

Lee Jin-man/APUS Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter during a news conference at the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18, 2013. See Also Ashton Carter, the former theoretical physicist who was briefly second-in-command at the Pentagon under Chuck Hagel, will be President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Hagel as secretary of...

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter addresses the officers and crew of the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) moored in Yokosuka, Japan, on July 21, 2012.
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Carter seen as Obama's pick for US defense secretary - sources
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Ashton Carter: Obama's pick for next Defense secretary
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Ashton Carter is Obama's Likely Pentagon Pick
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Carter Seen As Obama'S Pick For Us Defense Secretary
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War by Media and the Triumph of Propaganda
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Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New...
Why Obama’s New Defense Nominee Ashton Carter Likes 'Charmed Quarks'
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The man President Obama has tapped to be his next Secretary of Defense is an expert in “charmed quarks." Ashton Carter is a physicist and medieval historian by training, educated...
Recognising Taliban govt was Pakistan’s mistake: Musharraf
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KARACHI: Former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Thursday termed recognition of Taliban regime in Afghanistan a blunder on part of Pakistan but blamed the West and...

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International court withdraws charges against Kenyan president
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, center, sits amidst his defense team members before the International Criminal Court in The Hague
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The Hague, December 05: The International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday withdrew charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she could not sustain the charges, Al Jazeera reported. "The...
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Thousands stranded as Filipinos brace for super typhoon Hagupit
Typhoon Ewiniar formed in the western Pacific on June 29, 2006, a hundred miles south of the Yap Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. The tropical depression gathered power and size as it traveled in a zigzagging fashion over the next several days, tracking northwest, then east, northwest again, then north. It passed almost directly through the Yap Islands before turning northwest yet again on a projected track towards the southern end of Japan. Fortunately for the island residents, Ewiniar was still a tropical storm during its passage through the island chain. As of July 4, 2006, Typhoon Ewiniar was 880 kilometers (550 miles) northwest of the Yap Islands. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on July 4, 2006, at 2:40 p.m. local time (04:40 UTC). The typhoon had a very distinct and clear spiral structure in this image, hinting at its intensity. Most of the islands of the area, including Yap, are hidden under the clouds, though the Philippines are visible well to the storm’s west. Sustained winds in the storm system were estimated to be around 200 kilometers per hour (125 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured, according to the University of Hawaii’s Tropical Storm Information Center.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Ports were shut across the Philippines, leaving thousands of travelers stranded, and some local governments ordered forced evacuations on Friday as super-typhoon Hagupit swept towards eastern coasts of the island nation. More than...
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Hagel Insists He Wasn't Fired As Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based U.S.-based missile defense system reflecting concern about North Korea's focus on developing nuclear weapons and its advances in long-range missile technology.
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Thomson ReutersU.S. President Obama listens to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after the president announced Hagel's resignation at the White House in Washington See Also WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday his...
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40 people rescued from flash floods in California
40 people rescued from flash floods in California
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dayslong storm took a parting shot as it moved out of the drought-stricken state Thursday, dumping more heavy rain that triggered flash floods and stranded more than three dozen people in their cars in Southern California. Five...
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Justice Department Finds Cleveland Police Use Excessive Force
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, to announce the results of the Distressed Homeowner Initiative, the first law enforcement effort focused on crimes against struggling homeowners.
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Thomson ReutersU.S. Attorney General Eric Holder makes a statement about the grand jury decision not to seek an indictment in the Staten Island death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July, in Washington See Also WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An...
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Purges 'Treacherous' Deputy
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech following his inauguration in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.
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Reuters HARARE, ZIMBABWE— Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe purged the deputy seen just months ago as his most likely successor, denouncing her before party loyalists as leader of a "treacherous cabal" bent on removing him...
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Orion launch scrubbed, reset for Friday
Orion Crew Module mockup.jpg Orion A mock-up of the Orion space capsule heads to its temporary home in a hangar at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. In late 2008, the full-size structural model will be jettisoned off a simulated launch pad at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to test the spacecraft's astronaut escape system, which will ensure a safe, reliable method of escape for astronauts in case of an emergency. NASA's Constellation program is building the Orion crew vehicle to carry humans to the International Space Station by 2015 and to the moon beginning in 2020.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – NASA plans to try again Friday to launch its next-generation space capsule Orion after a wayward boat, wind gusts and fuel valve problems scrubbed Thursday's launch.lRelated NewsOrion spacecraft arrives at Cape...
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