This time, private rocket maker SpaceX is hoping for an actual liftoff for its history-making flight to the International Space Station.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:12:37Z
Qantas to split international, domestic businesses

Qantas announced on Tuesday it will split its international and domestic arms into separate businesses

Embattled Australian flag carrier Qantas said on Tuesday it will split its loss-making international arm from its domestic operations as part of a drive to turn around its fortunes.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:53:25Z
Pakistan disciplines officers over base attack

Heavily armed militants stormed the naval base in the country's biggest city on May 22, 2011

Pakistan is to discipline three navy officers for negligence a year after a 17-hour militant assault on a military base in the heart of Karachi, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:19:28Z
Witness says he saw Clemens at Canseco pool party

Former Major League baseball trainer Brian McNamee leaves federal court in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2012, after testifying in the Roger Clemens perjury trial. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Star-struck at 11 when he saw pitching great Roger Clemens, a 25-year-old man became a witness for prosecutors seeking to convict the former baseball player of lying to Congress.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:11:03Z
Old feud in Bush administration part of Ariz. race

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008, file photo, former Surgeon General Richard Carmona speaks during a news conference in Austin, Texas. Old political battles are resurfacing for former Carmona as he seeks to become Arizona’s next U.S. senator _ as a Democrat, not as a Republican. Carmona served four years as surgeon general under Republican President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, file)

Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn't go quietly.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:07:44Z
Opening statements set in Ft Hood bomb plot trial

FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the most serious of the six charges on which he's being tried at his federal trial in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo, File)

Opening statements are set to be delivered in the federal trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a restaurant frequented by Fort Hood troops.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:07:57Z
Greeks embrace some new myths about life with the euro

A man makes his way past a replica of a one drachma coin outisde the Athens Town Hall

ATHENS (Reuters) - In a land of ancient myths, modern Greeks have created some of their own about their near-bankrupt country's future as an integral part of a Europe that will never kick them out. Solemn warnings from abroad that Athens cannot stay in the euro while rejecting the terms attached to the billions offered to pull Greece out of its financial hole are widely disbelieved in a land that considers itself the envy of foreigners. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:04:43Z
Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado
A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:18:34Z
From rubble to rebuilding: A year in Joplin, Mo.

This three-photo combo shows a scene taken on May 23, 2011, top, July 20, 2011, center, and May 7, 2012, bottom, shows progress made in Joplin, Mo. in the year after an EF-5 tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 161 people. In the top photo, Laura Vanzant looks for her dog at her home that was destroyed by the tornado and is today cleared of debris. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city, and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:03:42Z

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