Nasa's new hope Orion makes perfect flight and return
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
06 Dec 2014

Nasa's new Orion spacecraft made a "bullseye" splashdown in the Pacific following a dramatic test flight. The brief journey took it to a height of 3,600 miles and ushered in a new era of human exploration aiming for Mars. The unmanned test flight ended just four hours and 30 minutes after it began and achieved at least one record - flying farther...

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Following a perfect launch and more than four hours in Earth's orbit, NASA's Orion spacecraft is seen from an unpiloted aircraft descending under three massive red and white main parachutes and then shortly after its bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles southwest of San Diego, 5 December, 2014.
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Luke Somers: British-born photojournalist 'killed by al-Qaeda after failed rescue attempt in Yemen'
Full Article The Independent
06 Dec 2014

A British-born photojournalist has reportedly been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue attempt by US special forces. Luke Somers, 33, had been held hostage since being kidnapped in the capital, Sana’a, in September 2013 as he left a supermarket. His captors had taunted his family after a previous attempt by American and...

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This image made from video posted online by militants on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain and held hostage by al-Qaida's affiliate in 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 - VIDEO
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Al Qaeda gives demands, threatens to kill American hostage
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Luke Somers Yemen hostage's family in video appeal
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Yemen hostage US reveals bid to rescue Luke Somers
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US grand jury to rule on fatal NYC shooting case
Full Article BBC News
06 Dec 2014

A US grand jury will be asked to decide whether to prosecute a New York police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in Brooklyn. Akai Gurley was shot in the chest after he entered the stairwell of his apartment building last month. The decision comes days after a grand jury opted against charging a New York policeman in the...

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File - Demonstrators pause outside the 75th Police Precinct during a march in protest of the shooting death of Akai Gurley by rookie NYPD officer Peter Liang at the Louis Pink Houses public housing complex, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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US grand jury to rule on fatal NYC shooting case
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Missouri grand jury announces no charges will be laid over police shooting of black teenager
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Is it too late to save the Maldives from climate change and Islamic extremism?
Full Article The Independent
06 Dec 2014

Three years ago, Mohamed Nasheed had the dubious honour of appearing on David Cameron's guestlist for a hypothetical 'dream' stag weekend. After naming Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy during a magazine Q&A;, the PM added: "My new best friend is the President of the Maldives. He's great. That's a weird mixture, isn't it?" Weird,...

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The tsunami that has swept across the Maldives on 26 December 2004 left 82 people dead and 26 missing while completely covering hundreds of small islands with water, many of which may be lost forever.
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Fabiola, Belgium’s Queen Consort for 33-Year Reign, Dies at 86
Full Article Bloomberg
05 Dec 2014

Fabiola, who as the wife of King Baudouin was the second-longest-serving queen consort in the history of Belgium, has died. She was 86. She died today at the Chateau du Stuyvenberg in Brussels, according to a statement from the royal palace. No cause of death was given. Spanish-born Fabiola was queen from 1960 until her husband’s sudden death of...

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Kenya bus attack survivor: 'I played dead'
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Kenyan head teacher Douglas Ochwodho Ondari was on a bus that was attacked by Somali al-Shabab militants last month in north-eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. He...
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...

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France's Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. Putin looked nervous as he greeted Hollande, who was on his way back to...
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Hagel: 10,800 Troops To Stay In Afghanistan After Dec. 31
Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, visits Kabul, March 10, 2013. Hagel is traveling to Afghanistan on his first trip as the 24th Secretary of Defense to visit U.S. Troops, NATO leaders, and Afghan counterparts. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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8:35 AM ET Scott Neuman Twitter i i Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is greeted by Gen. John F. Campbell (right) after arriving in Kabul on Saturday. Hagel announced that an additional 1,000 U.S. troops would remain behind in country after Dec. 31....
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(TNS) — The Dane County Sheriff’s Office used a controversial military surplus program to acquire 151 rifles from the Department of Defense. Madison police and 23 other law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin each received a mine-resistant armored...
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Swiss Hostage Kills Guard And Flees Militants
A Philippine Air Force Huey helicopter flies away from a camp of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front on top of Mt. Palaw, Sultan Gumander town in Lanao del Sur, Southern Philippines after dropping off troops and supplies Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. The MILF camp, captured by government troops last October 10, was allegedly occupied by MILF and Abu Sayyaf rebels led by Isnilon Hapilon who fled Basilan island to escape military pursuers. Army soldiers engaged the rebels in several running gunbattlesand killed nine and captured one
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6 December 2014, 10:07 Swiss Hostage Kills Guard And Flees Militants Tweet A Swiss wildlife photographer captured by Islamist rebels in the Philippines over two years ago has escaped after killing his guard with a machete. Members of the Abu Sayyaf...
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Peacekeeper in Liberia tests positive for Ebola virus
Peacekeeper in Liberia tests positive for Ebola virus
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A UN peacekeeper in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment. The Nigerian soldier is expected to arrive in the Netherlands this weekend and will go into isolation at the University Medical Centre in...
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Bill Cosby’s Star On The Walk Of Fame Vandalized With ‘Rapist’ Allegations
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According to E! News, the damage to Cosby’s star on the Walk of Fame was discovered Friday morning. The 77-year-old comedian has been accused by some two dozen women of drugging them and sexually abusing them. While there are numerous...
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Egypt government denies fabricating evidence in Mohamed Morsi trial
Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse during a court hearing on charges of inciting the murder of his opponents, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014.
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Unverified leaked recordings appeared to show senior officials colluding before trial of ousted president ...
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